Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] is that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another problem with a textbook description of research methods is that the textbook gives the impression that this is what really goes on . |
| 2 | GENERAL TIPS A general rule for pub rock patrons is that the quality of music will be in inverse proportion to the quality of the beer ( except at Finsbury Park 's Sir George Robey where an excellent music policy comes complete with a decent pint of Guinness ) . |
| 3 | But what will make the industry 's traditional jamboree an even more painful experience for America 's big three car makers is that the Japanese will hog the limelight with a clutch of flashy new models . |
| 4 | Another difference between the Act and The Stock Exchange rules is that the latter specifically permit pre-emptive offers to exclude holders of shares when the directors ‘ consider it necessary or expedient … on account of either legal problems under the laws of any territory or the requirements of any recognised regulating body or any other stock exchange . ’ |
| 5 | What is remarkable — and , I think , indefensible -about English libel trials is that the judge gives directions and guidance on the measure of damages as part and parcel of a single summing-up on the substantive issue . |
| 6 | The effect of the Transfer Regulations is that the contracts of employment of the persons working in the business immediately before it is transferred are novated automatically to the purchaser on completion of the transfer . |
| 7 | The stock answer to defence procurement questions is that the information is commercially confidential or that the Department does not normally give the information . |
| 8 | As Docherty said : ‘ The problem caused by the tendency in user organisations to hive off IT to specialist managers is that the real users and decision-makers within them are isolated . |
| 9 | Accordingly , the danger with floating exchange rates is that the less formal arrangements for cooperation may foster insufficient inter national cooperation of policies for the alleviation of sustained economic recessions or containment of inflationary pressures . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The distinctive mark of these church planting activities is that the churches planted are more a federation of congregations than churches in their own right , arid they retain strong links with the overall structure of Ichthus . |
| 12 | The relevance of this policy to the rights of floating charge holders is that the procedure for enforcement of a floating charge is to some extent treated as an insolvency proceeding . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The evidence of video films is that the police advanced at a trot and that at all times they were controlled . |
| 15 | In any event , from the American point of view , the whole purpose of ground-based cruise missiles is that the decision to use them can be taken instantaneously without consulting anybody else . |
| 16 | Another problem with share schemes is that the employees must recognise the value of the benefits that they are receiving , otherwise the tax or National Insurance saving will be wasted . |
| 17 | In fact , one of the major drawbacks with signature models is that the buyer unwittingly inherits all of the idiosyncrasies of the original player 's design and , in a few instances , these could prove to be incompatible with his or her own style of playing . |
| 18 | The difficulty with all these policy areas is that the effect on economic efficiency is by no means clear cut : there are nearly always benefits and losses that have to be weighed . |
| 19 | One major advantage to pupils and an important motivational factor in the use of word processing programs is that the pupils can obtain a print-out of their work . |
| 20 | My charge against the Government and most of the Conservative Back Bench Members is that the majority of them do not care , and those who do — I include the Minister for Housing and Planning — are too wedded to , too unable to break away from , the principles of the Government who during the past 12 years , have created the crisis . |
| 21 | The justification for government action on efficiency grounds is that the costs of organizing private sector collective action are too great for this to occur in many cases . |
| 22 | An important advantage of transformer ratio-arm bridges is that the turns ratio may be known to an accuracy as high as 1 part in 10 7 . |
| 23 | The main disadvantages of an instantaneous water heater compared with storage systems is that the flow of water is often slower and , in the winter when the water in the mains is colder , the hot water will be less hot . |
| 24 | The problem with encouraging the creation of pressure groups is that the pressure might be applied against you ! |
| 25 | Specifically , the problems of unaggregated ( or unconsolidated ) fund accounts is that the cost of a particular service will not be shown as a single item . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | One incidental advantage of personality pieces is that the magazines in which they appear may be able to afford good-quality colour reproductions . |
| 28 | Another irritation with the current crop of fax modems is that the two parts of the modem do n't cooperate with one another . |
| 29 | For a verb such as ’ collide ’ , all that is specified by the case restrictions is that the object case can be any inanimate entity . |
| 30 | One important assumption of the modernity/postmodernity controversies is that the political left of Marxists and critical Theorists is aligned with the modernists , whereas those ( especially French-influenced poststructuralists ) who connect somehow to postmodernism are apolitical and have little concern with contemporaneous social struggles . |