Example sentences of "[prep] this method [be] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The major advantage of this method is that it does not depend on the calculation of MNI , which at best is an unreliable estimate of the true numbers of individuals in a sample . |
| 2 | The beauty of this method is that it makes you aware of the most harmonic choices that are avaible to you on any chosen scale degree . |
| 3 | A further advantage of this method is that it allows the phonetic location of an incipient change to be identified rather precisely , and particular variants to be associated with particular groups of speakers : ‘ The main difference between the boys and the girls in the use of ( r ) is that the girls are almost always rhotic and most frequently use [ ? ] , while the boys are less frequently rhotic and tend to use [ ? ] more frequently than the girls ’ ( Romaine 1978a : 150 ) . |
| 4 | The advantage of this method is that it is a multivariate technique which allows an analysis of the relationship between unemployment and imprisonment to be examined after controlling for other factors such as crime levels , numbers of convictions , and age structure of the population , which might affect the rate of incarceration . |
| 5 | The beauty of this method is that it is not only fascinating but incredibly cheap and will not need large capital expenditure to put it to the test . |
| 6 | A further and very important advantage of this method is that it suggests a way of testing the validity of the rational expectations hypothesis itself . |
| 7 | The weakness of this method is that it takes no account of what happens after the payback date is reached . |
| 8 | The weakness of this method is that it takes no account of what happens after the payback date is reached . |
| 9 | The benefits of this method are that it can be easily understood and it gives total control over every element at all times . |
| 10 | The major drawback to this method is that it can be very time-consuming sorting through the piles when you start a new picture . |