Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [noun] is that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , one of the arguments put forward by those who support all forms of field sports is that the landowners over whose land foxes and deer are being hunted and game birds shot , will maintain a more natural environment than if such activities did not take place . |
| 2 | However the advantage of part learning is that the feedback can be of much higher quality . |
| 3 | One of the major tenets of the mental models theory of text comprehension is that the model of the text so far provides ( part of ) the context for understanding the current sentence . |
| 4 | Another problem with a textbook description of research methods is that the textbook gives the impression that this is what really goes on . |
| 5 | An implicit tenet of museum life is that the original object is the ultimate historical source . |
| 6 | One of the oddities of child development is that the word meaning ‘ mother ’ is so similar in so many languages . |
| 7 | The point to make here is that the logic of adversary adjudication is that the decision of the court should be based on the case put to it by the parties in dispute and not on material or information supplied by third parties ; and rules of evidence are designed to achieve this result . |
| 8 | One implication of revisionist work is that the root cause both of the fall of tsarism and of the failure of the liberals and moderate socialists lies much deeper than the liberal interpretation would have it . |
| 9 | A variation on this theme is that a consequence of the preeminence of business interests is that the fundamental ingredients of the capitalist system , notably private ownership of the means of production and the rules of the ‘ free market ’ , are afforded a protected status . |
| 10 | The evidence of video films is that the police advanced at a trot and that at all times they were controlled . |
| 11 | It seems that the best explanation for the survival of this kind of insider knowledge is that the knowledge is reinforced by frequent close contact with other speakers , and this is best accessed by a theory of network ties , which when they are strong function as norm-enforcement mechanisms . |
| 12 | By contrast , the essence of the unorthodox view of insider dealing is that the financial conglomerate itself , through its directors , or other corporate personnel , is the ‘ insider ’ , or ‘ quasi insider ’ . |
| 13 | The beauty of endurance racing is that the factory bikes can always hit trouble , handing the glory to hard-up , hard-riding privateers |
| 14 | One of the Regional Council 's reasons for refusal of planning permission is that the proposed development falls outside the areas identified for office use in the Lothian Region Structure Plan 1985 and can not be justified on prime land in the Green Belt as there is no essential overriding need , given the supply of office floorspace currently available , under construction or with outstanding planning permission , which is more than sufficient to satisfy development needs within the Structure Plan period to 1996 and beyond . |
| 15 | Another irritation with the current crop of fax modems is that the two parts of the modem do n't cooperate with one another . |
| 16 | A second likely reason for the ineffectiveness of project work is that the activity itself does not have a clearly defined purpose on the part of either the teacher or the pupil . |
| 17 | A major point emerging from our analysis of language/network relationships is that the variable network needs to be considered in relation to the variable sex of speaker . |
| 18 | Clearly , a great advantage of this particular type of participant observation is that the researchers are in the group or community and can quite openly ask as many questions as they feel necessary . |
| 19 | One incidental advantage of personality pieces is that the magazines in which they appear may be able to afford good-quality colour reproductions . |
| 20 | Another fear of the critics of Liberation Theology is that the logic of the argument leads to violence , since violence may be the only means available to overthrow corrupt regimes and this , they feel , no Christian should condone . |
| 21 | The problem with encouraging the creation of pressure groups is that the pressure might be applied against you ! |
| 22 | One result of this method of expectation formation is that the expected rate of inflation always lags behind the actual rate ; though if the actual rate should remain constant , the expected rate would eventually come to equal it . |
| 23 | ( j ) The last major disadvantage of panel interviews is that the interviewers may be more concerned with their relationship with each other than with relating to the candidate . |
| 24 | The main reason why there is currently no overall theory of language comprehension is that the relatively simple models which have been empirically tested have proved to be inadequate . |
| 25 | In this sense all that review over findings of fact means is that the court will decide what meaning the particular statutory provision should bear . |