Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] [adj] [noun] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | In conversations and discussions the thrust should be that school is a good place and that learning is fun and worthwhile . |
| 2 | If it is accepted that ability to consume is the major determinant and indicator of economic status — and that is implicit in the common concern over the ‘ standard of living ’ of different groups in society — then the conclusion must be that retirement is only one of a number of factors that affect economic status , and retirement alone is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for economic dependency . |
| 3 | What might be useful Trev is , Jane put together this proposal , |
| 4 | One possible explanation for this discrepancy might be that Ac-ASA is less well taken up by the colonic mucosa , and there is indirect evidence to suggest that this so . |
| 5 | Of course there are ethical problems here but , in the absence of these control experiments , it might be that light is exerting its effect by some other means , say , by encouraging the patient to become more active . |
| 6 | And it might be that infinity is a hundred amps , or |
| 7 | Another important consideration might be that infection is not important in determining mortality in critically ill patients and that the type of infection seen in these patients ( that is , nosocomial infections ) is the consequence of their illness rather than the cause of it . |
| 8 | Last year it was Billy Casper , but who it might be this time is anybody 's guess . |
| 9 | Gosh , balm cake does n't have any essence at all , you know , erm that 'll be astonishing finding is , whereas your point is , look it might just be some of all these things in some proportion or some ratio . |
| 10 | It may be that gluten is important , but only in a fairly small proportion of schizophrenia cases . |
| 11 | The implication may be that Laban is adopting Jacob as his son — particularly as no son of his own is mentioned at this time . |
| 12 | It may be that calculation is involved . |
| 13 | Another possible reason for this discrepancy may be that Ac-ASA is less well taken up by the colonic mucosa than 5-ASA , resulting in subtherapeutic mucosal concentrations . |
| 14 | It may be that Creole is just more visible , more public in the years fourteen to seventeen , say . |
| 15 | There is a general rule that the holder may disclose information held in confidence if necessary to protect his own interests , and it may be that disclosure is justified if needed to protect someone from harm . |
| 16 | Many children are unable to tell of their abuse , and some who do are not believed — it may be that abuse is more widespread than currently thought , whilst those families already under supervision by the social services for other difficulties are not more likely to abuse , but are simply more likely to be found . |
| 17 | They argued that the apparent over-representation of black youth in the criminal statistics may be that youth is such a large part of the black population . |
| 18 | It may be that Ciccolini is following the new Debussy edition made by Roy Howat ( which I have not seen ) , since that scholar is responsible for the English note . |
| 19 | It may be that meaning is only a complication and that social science can allow for it by regarding human affairs as simply more complex than the other workings of nature . |
| 20 | That these may be continuing problems is evident by a study by Bauman ( 1964 ) who found partially sighted pupils to be particularly insecure and with a greater sense of loneliness when they were integrated into open education systems . |