Example sentences of "is that the [noun sg] is " in BNC.
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| 31 | Because the frequencies of all the components are well below the critical frequency , the phase shift β is always small enough to make the approximation or Corresponding to the phase shift there is a time delay per section given by The crucial point to emerge from equation ( 9.33 ) is that the delay is almost independent of frequency so that all Fourier components of the signal experience virtually the same delay and the signal is transmitted , delayed but virtually undistorted , as well as virtually unattenuated . |
| 32 | One difficulty is that the approach is not sufficiently general : many words do not in any straightforward way denote classes of potential referents ( consider air , some , usually , however ) . |
| 33 | All that is happening is that the story is taken over at various points by each of the members of the cast . |
| 34 | The difference with this book is that the story is told from the groundcrew 's side of things . |
| 35 | The main thing to remember is that the heart is simply a pump : the less work it has to do ( the less beats it makes ) , the longer it is going to last . |
| 36 | What follows is that the Spirit is for ever afterwards marked with the character of Jesus . |
| 37 | All this proves is that the Chancellor is human like the rest of us . |
| 38 | So it is that the crossing is made without further ado , ‘ opposite Jericho ’ ( 3.16 ) . |
| 39 | One reason why British figures look less reliable than those of other countries is that the CSO is too honest . |
| 40 | What the statistics show is that the centre is offering visitors what they want to see . ’ |
| 41 | Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : I have not yet seen a reply from the chief executive , but my understanding is that the position is exactly as I told the Hon. Gentleman in Committee . |
| 42 | The only significance is that the child is given the name Jesus , which means ‘ God is salvation ’ . |
| 43 | A second possibility is that the child is able to employ a set of relatively sophisticated strategies for analysing adult speech . |
| 44 | Word now is that the fanzine is trying to get something about Lennie Lawrence off its chest ( or rather , onto it . ) |
| 45 | A second reason is that the D-mark is already overvalued , not undervalued , against most other member currencies in terms of its purchasing-power parity . |
| 46 | The advantage of such a charging structure is that the investor is rewarded with a lower initial charge . |
| 47 | For clearly one of the principal characteristics of sculpture in the round is that the spectator is able , and is indeed often encouraged or compelled , to walk around it and study it from all angles . |
| 48 | The subliminal message of most music is that the universe is essentially benign , that if there is sadness or tragedy , this is resolved at the level of some higher harmony . |
| 49 | The answer that Hawking proposes is that the universe is neither created nor destroyed : It just is . |
| 50 | So all we know is that the universe is expanding by between 5 percent and 10 percent every thousand million years . |
| 51 | The significant point however is that the speaker is evoking his view of the possibility of the daring , and it is only by logical implication that we infer his opinion of its realization . |
| 52 | The effect of a decree of nullity , broadly speaking , is that the marriage is treated as if it had never existed . |
| 53 | For Swift , the reason is that the marriage is based on an idealization of the woman . |
| 54 | The sad thing is that the tie is broken when they are five , and the little ones can get very distressed . ’ |
| 55 | All the medical evidence is that the illness is n't food related , and there 's no risk to shoppers . |
| 56 | Even where you have to answer set questions — as in an exam — a choice between alternatives usually has to be made ; and not only do you have to pick a particular question to answer , but you also have to decide exactly what it is that the question is asking you to do . |
| 57 | I 've known many British historians who have an adequate reading knowledge of German , erm who go into the archives expecting to be able to read the documents , and what they do n't realise in advance is that the handwriting is actually Gothic script . |
| 58 | That 's no different to what the situation is now , it was there before , the difference is that the banker is different . |
| 59 | The fascinating result is that the painting is now completely invisible till the pages are fanned again . |
| 60 | The subterranean passage view offers a plausible account of how the monsters could feed , but unfortunately in doing so it destroys another theory about ‘ Nessie ’ , which is that the animal is a relic of the dinosaur age , possibly a plesiosaur . |