Example sentences of "[art] main [noun sg] [is] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main principle is that the secretarial aspect should not be allowed to predominate in the assessment while the more complex aspects of composition are ignored . |
| 2 | ‘ The main benefit is that I 've enjoyed it ; that 's my yardstick . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ The main benefit is that I 've enjoyed it ; that 's my yardstick . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ It costs around £8 a year and the main benefit is that if you 're involved in a car accident , even if it 's not your fault , the company will pursue the claim for you , ’ he explains . |
| 5 | The main advantage is that it makes the junction much simpler . |
| 6 | The main advantage is that no ACT is payable when a company issues additional shares to a shareholder in lieu of a cash dividend . |
| 7 | The main advantage is that the observer can use both eyes instead of only one . |
| 8 | The main advantage is that they do not intrude on floor space in the same way as a normal hinged door — they simply fold back on themselves to half width . |
| 9 | The main division is that between receiving and the rest of the sub-section : per Lord Bridge in Bloxham . |
| 10 | The main hypothesis is that some CSPs are socially differentiated in that they are not all used by every social group , and that people are more aware of these CSPs than of others . |
| 11 | The main hypothesis is that the social adaptation results in an informal regulation of work-performance to meet the requirement that ‘ actual ’ effort expended by workers of equal status should be rewarded equally . |
| 12 | But the main deterrent is that in much of Russia and Ukraine the bureaucrats , Servicemen and scientists who rode roughshod over the locals while living ‘ abroad ’ can not find homes or jobs . |
| 13 | The main problem is that the stored sound can be lost when the thin layer of aluminium which coats a CD 's plastic surface is oxidised , losing its ability to reflect laser light . |
| 14 | The main problem is that we rarely know what we really want . |
| 15 | The main problem is that the cost of most new resistors and capacitors is now so low that it is barely worthwhile going to the trouble of removing and testing them . |
| 16 | The main problem is that so far the central battle seems unevenly pitched . |
| 17 | ‘ The main problem is that some of my bones are crumbling and doctors have got to have a look to see what they can do for me . |
| 18 | But the main problem is that it is far more difficult to teach a new spoken dialect because so many aspects of spoken production are automatic and below the level of conscious control . |
| 19 | ‘ The main problem is that the illness makes her foodpipe so sore that she drinks only milk and rarely eats solids . |
| 20 | That is good , but the main problem is that not enough black families are coming forward . ’ |
| 21 | The main problem is that neither cluster is at all prominent , and it is easy to be misled by the adjacent star-fields . |
| 22 | The main problem is that while the software can generate the presentaion very quickly the slides themselves do take time to image , it 's not like taking a conventional photograph . |
| 23 | But Galtung concludes that the main problem is that the target of loyalty , which is the family , is ill-adapted to operating at the level on which new institutions will emerge . |
| 24 | The main problem is that they are then required to undergo training in paramilitary riot control at Hounslow under the tuition of superfit instructors who convey a militaristic image . |
| 25 | The main problem is that a dictionary is designed to be used by a human being , not a computer program . |
| 26 | The main problem is that the policy approach that has evolved is no longer seen as efficient . |
| 27 | Er so I suspect it 's not worked out quite as we intended er and it I mean the main problem is that it 's it 's it 's cost us time , cost me time which I would rather have spent on something else but there we are . |
| 28 | The colliding conversations are neatly synchronised but the main problem is that each part needs to convey a sense of tough experience with some firm characterisation which the self-conscious and rather tense cast could n't find in this patchy production . |
| 29 | Possibly the main problem is that the Keynesian model is only short-term and in the short-run , it is not always easy to predict the effects of policy changes , and the management of the economy , therefore , may become very erratic . |
| 30 | The main problem is that if one has a licensing arrangement with a company in a politically sensitive area then , for one reason or another , royalties due might not be paid . |