Example sentences of "real [noun] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | — You want to see who the real winner is , then look up there . ’ |
| 2 | He figures in the future , the world 's management information system departments are going to juggle two environments , Microsoft Corp Windows NT and Unix and that the real loser is all of this is IBM 's OS/2 . |
| 3 | Either a study focuses upon the formally defined incumbents of leadership roles in large organizations , or it must somehow identify the real power holders behind the careful façades built by constitutions or organization charts — which seems to assume that the power of the real elite is known in advance of undertaking the empirical research ( Mills , 1956 , pp. 366 — 7 ) . |
| 4 | They are a façade : they are confined to the most superficial aspects , and scope for real variety is so limited that they in fact quickly become clichéd , standardized , themselves . |
| 5 | But the real horror is the pollution of the small , compact town centre by buses . |
| 6 | The real trick is then to sustain a high enough level of air play , press and TV to allow the record to ‘ cross-over ’ and appeal to people other than the band 's fans . |
| 7 | For many the real favourite is last year 's winner , the Spaniard Miguel Indurain . |
| 8 | You are my enemy , but the only difference from a real fight is that I 'll miss you each time . |
| 9 | When a movement called Christians for Socialism started in 1972 , they chose to have their inaugural meeting in Santiago and received a message from the President assuring them that ‘ Divisions today are not on the religious level or on the level of philosophic ideas : the real division is between imperialism and dependent countries . ’ |
| 10 | First we must begin to recognise that a very real division is incorporated into the existing structure of housing between the public and private sectors , where the public sector is increasingly just a residual back-up for single-parent families , minority and ethnic groups . |
| 11 | Its real advantage is performance through a range of wind speeds , the battened tips on its 214cm ( 841/4 in ) span contributing to the lateral stability while the traditionally flexing leading edges of the Delta shape pivot about the cross-spar . |
| 12 | To the delight of the animal rights movement , Britain 's trade in real fur is in drastic decline , with manufacturing figures issued by the DTI showing that sales have plummeted from £56 million in 1986 to £11 million last year . |
| 13 | However , our real weakness is not that we lack the potential , but that we lack the will to act . |
| 14 | The only real worry is that , to finance a strategy driven by buying other firms , Hanson keeps a large cash balance — £7 billion at the last count . |
| 15 | ‘ My real worry is that it will be overburdened with all the problems there are in the community ’ . |
| 16 | As a result , the goat is well protected against its opponent 's horns , and a fight will usually end with the subordinate animal signalling submission , before any real damage is done . |
| 17 | The sexual act does violate the child , but the real damage is done to the psyche , wherein lies the trauma — the memory , the damage to self esteem . |
| 18 | A real Christian is one who can give his pet parrot to the town gossip Billy Graham |
| 19 | The real change is that many are doing it alone . |
| 20 | Of course , the data presented in the community care plans are limited and , as pointed out in the introduction to the methodology , it could be argued that their relation to real change is tenuous . |
| 21 | The real difficulty is surely whether scio raises a trust at all . |
| 22 | Furthermore , the real difficulty is not only that costs seem to be higher in areas of sparse population , but they are also likely to increase as depopulation occurs . |
| 23 | The real difficulty is in each case to ascertain how far such implications extend . |
| 24 | But the real contrast is surely with the tacit . |
| 25 | Second , a ‘ substitution effect ’ , with leisure now cheaper via higher taxes , since less real income is now sacrificed for each unit of leisure consumed . |
| 26 | ‘ If income was rising sharply it would not matter that credit was being paid off but there is every indication that real income is flat , ’ he said . |
| 27 | The equilibrium price level is OP and the equilibrium level of real income is OY f , the full employment level . |
| 28 | During it , the reader is put in a position with the boys — you want them to succeed , and no real sympathy is felt for the pigs . |
| 29 | One might imagine that this is where the real expertise is to be found , where the proprietor might be a famous retired climber scratching a meagre living from the sale of a few anoraks to fuel his or her continuing interest in the hills . |
| 30 | But their real function is to give people a chance to be famous for five minutes , by saying something that will get them on to the next news broadcast . |