Example sentences of "[is] [conj] the [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The one 's that the volunteers planted are thriving quite well . |
| 2 | Again they ask of what significance it is that the metaphors used for God in the Hebrew and Christian scriptures are overwhelmingly male ? ) |
| 3 | The first is that the views expressed here are the author 's and not necessarily those of the Law Commission . |
| 4 | Erm And the other factor that that 's introduced as well is that the powers got into the habit of meeting in congresses . |
| 5 | Here is an extract from a letter written by an indignant rentier to his bailiff ( Driver , no. x ) : When in the next century Alexander the Great , after winning the battle of Issos in Cilicia , turned south against Egypt rather than going immediately east towards the Iranian centre of the Persian Empire , his decision , as we shall see , was strategically sensible ; what is surprising is that the Persians surrendered so quickly , not trying to defend Egypt at all , although economically Egypt probably mattered more to the Persian upper class than any other satrapy . |
| 6 | Well my Lord the issue is that the defendants deny they were under any duty to offer any advice about financial . |
| 7 | Part of the left 's problem , admits Mr Geremek , is that the communists have sullied the term ‘ socialist ’ beyond redemption , even though people respond favourably in opinion polls to such left-wing causes as social justice and equality . |
| 8 | The irony is that the others sense this but they too cover up that they sense it , and they too cover up their cover up . |
| 9 | What is clear , however , is that the problems facing the water industry are their most difficult yet and that unless some action is taken , the problems can only get worse . |
| 10 | Farr-Jones ' suggestion is that the players acquire units or shares for their involvement in the team . |
| 11 | ‘ The crowd will be supportive of the players , too , because what they ask is that the players do all they can for their country , ’ said Roxburgh . |
| 12 | What you must recognize is that the answers given to the questions will affect the outcome of the research . |
| 13 | Remember that the point about self-access is that the learners make their own choices about how they will use the resources at their disposal . |
| 14 | Rather , it is that the processes described in the previous chapter have continued during the more recent period . |
| 15 | One reason for this is that the agencies supply them efficiently with information about assignments . |
| 16 | But what you 're then saying is that the taxes start at a very low threshold I E you , you , you start to pay tax at a hundred and fifty Cantonese per person . |
| 17 | ‘ The key point is that the studies did not contain any specific evidence that the drug was harmful ’ , said the minister . |
| 18 | What is important is that the studies outlined in this section have attempted to gain an insight into day-to-day practice . |
| 19 | The result is that the muscles move the wings in such a way that the bird stays aloft . |
| 20 | The outstanding feature of the new county system , as compared with the one before the 1972 Act took effect , is that the counties absorbed the hitherto independent county boroughs which thereupon ceased to exist , a decision which , in retrospect , some now think was a mistake , since the county boroughs were effective multipurpose authorities . |
| 21 | But the bad news is that the schemes require a 10-year commitment . |
| 22 | ‘ What is important about the work in Edinburgh is that the scientists have shown that in children who are growth retarded , the risk of cot death is abnormally stronger , ’ said Prof Van Velzen . |
| 23 | But perhaps what is most noticeable from this and other research is that the differences seem marginal . |
| 24 | The fourth element that the plaintiff has to prove is that the acts done by her were done in reliance on or as a result of her belief that she would become entitled to the deceased 's property on his death … |
| 25 | Ormerod 's working hypothesis is that the parasites migrate there to avoid the host 's immune response , which can not recognise foreign invaders that have crossed the blood-brain barrier . |
| 26 | My own impression is that the editors have , over the past year , become a little more flexible in their interpretation of the rules . |
| 27 | One reason for these differences of opinion is that the claims made for serotonin reuptake inhibitors are often based on the results of individual trials . |
| 28 | If Hizir Bey held a muftilik in Istanbul at all , then-and this is by no means certain-the reasonable conclusion both from the silence of the great majority of Turkish sources on the subject of Hizir Bey 's muftilik and from the evidence indicating Fahreddin Acemi 's preeminence vis-a-vis Hizir Bey is that the claims made by d'Ohsson and Hammer for Hizir Bey 's importance in his capacity as mufti are at the least exaggerated . |
| 29 | The one good thing that 's come out of this is that the speculators have been shaken out . |
| 30 | The stark fact is that the Quakers have failed to achieve back-to-back victories since an encouraging start to the season when they won their first two games . |