Example sentences of "[that] the system [is] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 If there is no load torque then this motor torque is used to accelerate the motor/load inertia ( 1' ) , therefore : This is an equation of simple harmonic motion for the rotor position and so the natural frequency of rotor oscillation about the equilibrium position is : The simple analysis of oscillation frequency assumes that the system is undamped .
2 Authorities , borrowing heavily to meet budget shortfalls caused by non-payment , concede that the system is creaking , with collection and rebate allocation well behind schedule after countless Government amendments .
3 But since the early 1970s , there has been a great deal of controversy about it and the prevailing mood in the accounting profession appears to be that the system is archaic and needs replacing .
4 Even more telling for the issues discussed in this book , is the fact that the system is capable of transfer across borders to provide new local advantages .
5 One of the principal authors of the ANLT grammar system has estimated that the system is capable of covering about 25% of English ( Briscoe , 1988 ) .
6 Dr Richard Thorne whose practice is not fund holding says it reinforces his fear that the system is two-tier
7 As with the curriculum generally , there is a readiness on the part of parents , school boards and municipal officials to trust the professionalism of teachers to ensure that the system is consistent and just , in and between schools and municipalities .
8 The authors of the system have stressed ( Ritchie et al , 1987b ) that the system is prototypical and our experience with using the system for a practical application has encountered some problems :
9 It is hard to accept McClellan 's assurance that the system is responsive , to an extent , to ‘ unsatisfied demand ’ .
10 In the Tarim River basin in the northwest province of Xinjiang , between 15 000 and 60 000 m 3 of water per hectare are used annually for irrigation , but inadequate drainage means that the system is inefficient resulting in considerable water loss and salinisation .
11 The ultimate strength of capitalist global hegemony is that it continually works , and works very hard , to persuade people that the system is natural , fair and fundamentally better than any realistic alternative .
12 First , that a system is headed by a president does not mean that the system is presidential !
13 There will be a separation of any data that the system is likely to want to input , output , process , or store , and the physical record , that will be part of the computer database .
14 By this we do not Just mean that many people believe that the system is unjust .
15 The Duke of Norfolk says the Lords should be replaced by an elected chamber , and Earl Spencer — brother of the Princess of Wales — does not attend because he acknowledges that the system is undemocratic .
16 The present scheme 's inadequacies are best highlighted by a constituent , Mr. Russell , who wrote to me on the advice of his local DSS office , which also thinks that the system is unfair .
17 Four other major criticisms of the scheme have been advanced — that the initial limit is too low ; that the financial criteria are too strict ; that the scheme is not sufficiently well-known to attract those who need it ; and that the system is open to abuse by solicitors .
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