Example sentences of "an [adj] [noun] is that [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One American commentator has expressed the following view : ‘ the skewing effect of an ageing society is that the economic imbalances caused by the provision of health care for the elderly potentially threaten the welfare of younger generations and of society as a whole … the stage is set for a profound confrontation . ’ |
| 2 | An interesting possibility is that the IP 3 R might function to communicate information between the ER and the plasma membrane . |
| 3 | An interesting speculation is that the decline in H pylori infection over the past few decades would account at least in part for the reported decline in duodenal ulcer disease in Western populations . |
| 4 | An interesting point is that the tendency to fracture by the spreading of cracks is relatively little affected by temperature whereas the viscosity or shearing stress is very dependent upon temperature . |
| 5 | An interesting point is that the words " yielding and paying " actually imply a covenant to pay the rent , but it is more usual to have a specific tenant 's covenant in this regard . |
| 6 | An additional consideration is that the adjustment process prior to floating was influenced by the one-way nature of speculative flows . |
| 7 | An additional consideration is that the latitudinal pattern of agricultural productivity is closely similar to that for per capital GNP . |
| 8 | An additional problem is that the most heavily used motorways are being designed to carry 100 million standard axles over 20 years . |
| 9 | An additional problem is that the resource requirements for the necessary development work may result in a degraded service to lexicographers and may displace the interactive work of lexicographers from time to time . |
| 10 | An additional problem is that the stimuli over which the relationships were observed were just six exemplars each of only ten junctions . |
| 11 | An additional benefit is that the machine is easy to clean , meaning a reduction in labour time . |
| 12 | An additional incentive is that a garden , in contrast to its associated historic building , does not always need substantial sums for major fabric repairs at the outset and can be revived over a longer period of time . |
| 13 | ( An ironic postscript is that a new generation of physicists is growing up right now that entertains certain reservations about orthodox quantum mechanics , themselves brooding darkly about their elders and muttering blasphemies about ‘ hidden variables ’ , a term held in unmitigated horror by this older generation of quantum theorists . |
| 14 | An obvious problem is that a text is not made up of collections of sentences , but of sentences organised into a coherent whole . |
| 15 | An obvious possibility is that the QPO timescale ( 500s ) is an orbital period ; the modulation could arise directly from the presence of bright spots on an accretion disc , or could drive physical variations , as in the accretion disc corona model . |
| 16 | An obvious objection is that the attitude of respect is not regarded by those who display it as the source of their obligation . |
| 17 | An encouraging development is that the opportunity has been given for a submission to be made in early autumn on behalf of the preserved railway movement to the House of Commons Select Committee which will be dealing with the Government 's privatisation proposals . |
| 18 | An alternative possibility is that the sperm may activate PLC- γ 1 through a tyrosine kinase-linked mechanism similar to that used by growth factors ( Fig. 1 ) . |
| 19 | An alternative explanation is that the person becomes sensitized to chemicals produced by the Candida yeast , and therefore reacts to quite small amounts of them . |
| 20 | An alternative explanation is that the figure indicates the existence of an important fertility bull cult at Stamford which was brought over by the Myceneans . |
| 21 | An alternative explanation is that the solid core at the centre of the Earth 's liquid iron core is an essential source of energy for a powerful magnetic dipole moment ( section 2.1.7 ) . |
| 22 | An alternative explanation is that the absence of dynamic homogeneity arises from using nominal asset stock measures ( in spite of the rationale for estimating in nominal terms outlined above ) with the dynamic nominal wealth terms picking up some inflation effect . |
| 23 | ‘ An alternative theory is that the killer knocked him out first , then went into the washroom to strip and came back for the final throat-cutting before Berowne had a chance to come round . |
| 24 | An alternative suggestion is that the substances produced by ants might supplement the birds ' preen oil in some way . |
| 25 | An alternative version is that the visit of Tupper and Hopkins resulted from an accusation by Shinwell that French , the branch secretary , had misappropriated funds . |
| 26 | An alternative view is that the parties to the Protocol have bestowed a benefit upon the treaty parties , which the latter must expressly or impliedly accept ( and presumably have done so in advance by ratifying the treaty ) . |
| 27 | An alternative view is that the accused is guilty only if he foresaw that he might not be able to redeem the article . |
| 28 | An alternative analysis is that the treaty constitutes an offer of Statehood , the acceptance of which is an implied acceptance of the obligations of the treaty . |
| 29 | Also , as we shall see in the next two sections , an important aspect is that the chaotic behaviour is exhibited by classical , deterministic systems ; hence , the name ‘ deterministic chaos ’ is often used . |
| 30 | An initial theory is that the baobabs contracted a fungal disease after rains earlier this year ended almost a decade of drought . |