Example sentences of "[noun pl] [subord] [pron] is [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The degree of laterilisation between different tasks was compared in order to see if there was a greater right field advantage , for example , for words than there is for trigrams . |
| 2 | He shouted , ‘ Yes , there is more between this donkey 's legs than there is between that donkey 's ears ! ’ |
| 3 | This woman inhabits several time spans at once : she is no less at home with the whirling world of angels and demons than she is with the cordless phone and the digital clock . |
| 4 | Despite these traditions , analysis of student results does not indicate that it is more difficult to gain a first in arts than it is in science subjects . |
| 5 | Remember that some criteria are more applicable to certain categories of rug than to others ; for example , the fineness of the knotting is more critical in workshop rugs than it is in village or nomadic items . |
| 6 | Balance is difficult to define in simple terms and requires great sensitivity by journalists if it is to be achieved . |
| 7 | The ADC felt that this was ironic , given that a property has to be close to amenities if it is to be excluded from the Right to Buy ; |
| 8 | This is not yet the case as the Sterling exchange rates can still fluctuate considerably against other E.R.M. currencies whilst it is in the wide band and exporters should cover or hedge currency exposures as heretofore . |
| 9 | Nor can potential school achievement or social competence be directly linked to levels of sight : pupils with little or no sight have shown that they can achieve well in school , be independent and happy , since the interaction of the child and the learning environment is as significant for them in helping to achieve these goals as it is for any pupil in school . |
| 10 | In June , regular services began from South Shore to Bispham , which became a major terminal of the Promenade cars as it is to this day . |
| 11 | There is no automatic membership of the relevant Commons committees — let alone votes — for MEPs as there is in Bonn and elsewhere . |
| 12 | Modernization in form as well , though , is not apparent in these authors as it is in the equally realist Flaubert . |
| 13 | This time , the Third World has a lever of sorts in its willingness , or unwillingness , to co-operate , but one of limited value since co-operation in drawing up a climate convention is ultimately as much in the interests of the poor nations as it is in those of the rich . |
| 14 | Central heating can be as serious a scourge to fine old books as it is to fine old furniture . |
| 15 | The result is bound to be that it will be far harder to acquire convictions in these cases than it is at the moment . |
| 16 | CHILDREN IN SEX CASES Save in exceptional circumstances where it is in the public interest to do so , newspapers should not , even where the law permits it , identify children as victims , witnesses or defendants involved in cases concerning sexual offences . |
| 17 | The crime rate is higher in urban areas than it is in rural areas , and the larger the urban area the greater the crime rate is . |
| 18 | The problem is worse in some areas than it is in others but , as Karan and Iijima ( 1985 ) point out , soil erosion is particularly acute where steep slopes are cultivated without terracing . |
| 19 | The results presented so far imply that the information acquired during non-reinforced exposure to a stimulus , like that acquired as a consequence of other conditioning procedures , requires the presence of appropriate contextual cues if it is to be fully retrieved . |
| 20 | The Training Agency funding has been allocated to Urban Programme Areas since it is in the inner cities that a dysfunction is most clearly perceived between the needs and ambitions of young people , and the ability of the employing community to fulfil these . |
| 21 | In the world of the eighteenth century almost everything went easier with the patronage of a great man , a fact which is as true of non-governmental posts as it is of those in the service of the crown . |
| 22 | It argued that of the half million British troops overseas , 200,000 were in areas that did not create a foreign currency liability , and of the rest few were in areas requiring direct dollar expenditure ; ‘ it follows that the contribution to be made to the balance of payments problem by the withdrawal of troops in overseas theatres will be strictly limited , will apply only to those areas when there is at present a currency obligation , and will produce little or no direct dollar saving . ' |
| 23 | The Lewisian thing about the first of his space stories is precisely its blend of literary originality and religious truth ; it is not ‘ theology ’ dressed up as ‘ literature ’ ; rather it makes its best literary effects when it is at its most religious because the religious matter is what most engages the author 's imagination . |
| 24 | We thus tend to think of ourselves as machines , and when things go wrong treatment is organized along similar lines as it is for our machines — servicing , repairing and patching as dictated by the appearance of aches , pains and loss of function . |
| 25 | It 's as difficult for the stewards as it is for us , ’ he said . |
| 26 | It is the response of the supermarket business as a whole to the demand for a healthier and more natural product , freshly produced to a high standard , which has led to the advent of the in-store bakery , and in turn created the need , at any rate within Sainsbury 's , for structured , high quality management training , geared much more towards how we plan the business to grow over the next five to ten years than it is to simply manning the pumps . |
| 27 | Our results suggest that endometriosis is less of a problem during pregnancy and the subsequent four years than it is at other times , although the finding was not significant . |
| 28 | That 's right , yes , yes , that 's right , because erm , there 's a gre there 's a higher elasticity of migration inelasticity in respect to income differentials than there is to unemployment , any job creation schemes will lead to more migration , rather than , rather than less , so how , how best to get round the problem ? |
| 29 | With regard to what he said about Stratford school , if he had taken rather more interest in the school when it was in the control of Newham and insisted on the school keeping up to reasonable standards and if he now put pressure on Newham LEA to ensure that it raised standards in schools , he would be doing more for his constituents than he is by his performance today . |
| 30 | In large scale industry ( such as the Automotive Industry ) the use of cordless tools has been steadily increasing in recent years so it is by no means novel technology . |