Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [is] that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The only requirement in this respect is that at least 25 per cent ( 10 per cent in respect of USM companies ) of the company 's shares should be in the hands of the public . |
| 32 | One measure of this demand is that by the 1950s direct expenditure on goods and services by government was on average just over 20 percent of GDP . |
| 33 | From the point of view of stress , the most important fact about the way we pronounce this word is that on the second syllable the pitch of the voice does not remain level , but usually falls from a higher to a lower pitch . |
| 34 | An important aspect of the new Somali operation is that for the first time American soldiers have been prepared to serve under a non-American chief . |
| 35 | ( The main reasons for taking this approach is that for dynamic handwriting recognition it is necessary to select the correct information shortly after the word was written — it may not be possible to wait for the user to finish a sentence or clause . ) |
| 36 | The basic reason for this trend is that in general very much more money is awarded in the US courts than anywhere else ; also the courts there tend to favour the individual against the big organisation . |
| 37 | The second assumption inherent in climatic geomorphology is that as an attitude it is actualist , i.e. it attributes the landscape to present processes . |
| 38 | The difficulty of this model is that in actuality some businesses are still run by families , and a good deal more have started as family enterprises but , in time , have gone public . |
| 39 | The second and for this thesis the more interesting suggestion is that in an otherwise normal driving situation a driver may report ‘ waking up ’ to find that they have no recollection of having driven some previous part of the journey , despite the fact that they completed relatively complex manoeuvres during the period . |
| 40 | The great strengths of this book is that in less than 300 pages , in an economical and restrained style , the author delivers a state-of-the-art report . |
| 41 | What is unusual about this resource is that at each point in the dialogue it is known what idea the speaker is trying to express , and what information the hearer has which provides the context for its understanding . |
| 42 | The effect of this endorsement is that in the event of a claim where the sum insured is inadequate , any payment would be limited to the same proportion which the sum insured bears to the value of the property at the time of the loss . |
| 43 | The practical effect of this wording is that for a claim to be covered the casualty must be reasonably attributable to an identifiable accident the source of which is external to the craft — thus the craft filling with water on its moorings over a period of weeks and then foundering would not be covered . |
| 44 | The short explanation of this phenomenon is that in many countries a Constitution is thought of as an instrument by which government can be controlled . |
| 45 | A further problem is that in most cases the witnesses ’ recollections of the events may have been biased by descriptions already given in interviews with the police and discussions they may have had with others . |
| 46 | Part of Kinsbourne 's evidence for this view is that on tachistoscopic tasks for which no left.right hemifield asymmetry is normally observed concurrent verbalisation can induce a left.right difference in favour of the right visual hemifield . |
| 47 | My point in this context is that in films of recent years ‘ spectacle ’ — especially if we expand the definition of spectacle to include also images marked by the aggressive instinct — does not any longer become subordinated to narrative . |
| 48 | One well-known and very important point about experimental work which emerges clearly from the studies discussed in this section is that in order to frame a specific hypothesis the experimenter needs to have acquired in advance a good deal of detailed knowledge ; Plutchik ( 1974 ) emphasizes this in his discussion of the applicability of experimental versus observational methods . |
| 49 | The cardinal feature of this appeal is that before the judge the appellants , case went substantially by default . |
| 50 | One of his largest monuments is that to Thomas , first Earl of Coventry , in the church at Elmley Castle , Hereford and Worcester , of about 1700 , which fills the height of the transept The earl ( in contemporary dress as was usual with Stanton ) is bewigged , and reclines comfortably , elbow on a cushion , with his coronet beside him . |
| 51 | A more serious difficulty is that on the theory in question : |
| 52 | A more straightforward case is that concerning Jack Straw 's Castle , which was listed after a scheme was submitted to cover the courtyard with a new restaurant . |
| 53 | An additional difficulty is that on occasion the layout does not help . |
| 54 | An important general finding of the inner-city research is that in most of the linguistic variables quantified , there is a contextual style difference for all twelve groups of speakers , and there is also a sex-based difference . |
| 55 | My personal philosophy is that by backing them — although a number will fall — some will grow , develop , float and become world class . ’ |
| 56 | Thus it may be said ( stage one ) that fundamental to the biblical outlook is that in Christ there is neither Jew nor Greek , nor bond nor free , no more male and female . |
| 57 | The second point is that of course as we accept into the role of opposition indeed to give these alternative proposals , give this particulary case to come within the government guidelines . |
| 58 | Doing so , my overall conclusion is that for the reasons set out above there do not exist here sufficient grounds for setting aside the demand . |
| 59 | My second premise is that in such a complex area , where social , cognitive pedagogic , affective , inter-personal and indeed ethical factors interact as they do in all aspects of education — there is unlikely to be a simple or single answer . |
| 60 | A second conclusion is that despite the findings from small-group research it is possible for relatively large primary work groups of up to fifty members to operate successfully . |