Example sentences of "second [noun sg] is [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since managers may be assessed on short term profitability , heavy investment in R & D may adversely affect their rating ; a second worry is that firms which invest heavily in R & D may be ‘ undervalued ’ by financial institutions . |
| 2 | The second advantage is that the length of the vertical bar can be used to indicate the typical variability of the rough . |
| 3 | The second advantage is that such promotions enable the name of your organisation or its brands to be included in the copy , which can be very important in publications which would not normally use such names . |
| 4 | A second advantage is that children 's " errors " or incompetences reveal to us what adult competences in verbal interaction must involve . |
| 5 | The second change is that records are also blocked in overflow . |
| 6 | The second difficulty is that , although the Kalahari Bushmen may have a similar technology to European prehistoric hunters and gatherers , their economic situation is very different . |
| 7 | A second difficulty is that data requiring specialist knowledge are becoming available to non-specialists . |
| 8 | The second condition is that it must specify the conditions under which the behaviour will occur . |
| 9 | The second is , the second condition is that the president 's language was plain and simple . |
| 10 | The second alternative is that there may have been a continuation of the dryopithecin radiation . |
| 11 | The second criterion is that ‘ there is sufficient evidence that the change in assets or liabilities inherent in the item has occurred ( including , where appropriate , evidence that a future inflow or outflow of benefit will occur ) ’ . |
| 12 | My second recommendation is that both parties think in terms of a return to an independent consumer protection Department . |
| 13 | The second requirement is that the date of first registration is more than three years from the date of the suspected offence . |
| 14 | The second requirement is that the EP system should support annotations , and moreover that there should be provision for several sorts of annotation , e.g. the student 's annotations explaining why he has done what he has , and the marker 's annotations commenting on the student 's work . |
| 15 | The second requirement is that he should know what is said against him . |
| 16 | The second requirement is that it should be a clear expression of local preference afforded by the local planning authorities , my I think the fact that it has been promoted by the Greater York authorities , albeit some of them have erm taken a slightly different view of late , I think that is clear expression that the local , that the new settlement proposal does have a substantial local support . |
| 17 | The second question is whether counsellees want to give up drinking , or at least to reduce the amount consumed . |
| 18 | A second question is whether the ‘ rights ’ approach does not essentially depend on a non-controversial ( that is , abstract and apolitical ) formulation of the master principle ? |
| 19 | ‘ The second question is whether this conclusion applies to all applications for judicial review . |
| 20 | If it has , the second question is whether the irregularity must lead to the committal order being set aside and the release of the contemnor . |
| 21 | If it does , the second question is whether certiorari can lie in respect of the decision of a visitor . |
| 22 | The second benefit is that accruals accounting yields an income figure . |
| 23 | The second issue is whether , assuming he fails on non est factum , the defendant can repudiate the transfer as being ultra vires the power of attorney . |
| 24 | A second issue is whether motivational style is consistent across contexts , in this instance pupils ' performance in Maths and English , or varies according to context . |
| 25 | The second issue is that , if a household is composed entirely of students , it should be exempt . |
| 26 | The second place is that probably one of the reasons that physicians feel threatened by these kind of laws is that , without the law , I can cruise along and maintain my patients ' comfort and my sanity to the best of my ability . |
| 27 | A second limitation is that the duration of the effect with standard doses is confined to only a few minutes before the drug diffuses around the circle of Willis and into the opposite hemisphere . |
| 28 | The second limitation is that it is only occam processes that may be transformed : the laws do not apply to guarded processes or conditionals , even when they have the same syntax as processes . |
| 29 | The second scenario is that there would be some degree of Community economic policy-making . |
| 30 | A second scenario is that this can not happen . |