Example sentences of "[noun] [is] [det] " in BNC.

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1 Another difference between Dr Tipler 's story and traditional religion is that man leads to God , not vice versa .
2 Religion is that ideal by which we live and act which , though not embodied in particular religions since all religions are necessarily imperfect , is nevertheless communicated to us through those particular religions .
3 Thus the question which confronts Christian feminists — how should they deal with the fact that the basic symbol of their religion is that of a male Christ — does not really impress her .
4 A precise use of imagination with regard to religion is that without it a person can quite easily not even consider the possibility of there being truth in religion .
5 Religion is another variable of limited importance .
6 Chaucer 's self-image is that of a writer , and he reflects upon it by exploring extremes in literature .
7 So what you 're s so what you 're saying is that erm one of the consequences could be that even as people are being rehoused from , one of the risks is that other people who are on the h waiting list
8 Buxton is all lime — limestone , ground lime , hydrated lime and cement ; sales £45 million .
9 My policy regarding Morecambe is this , people come into Morecambe as a private individual like yourself , like me , like my family and we come in here to accept Morecambe as it is
10 Both the long and short meditations are presented as prayers in which Rolle counterpoints awareness of the suffering caused by sin in the events of the Passion with a growth in horrified consciousness of the death blows of sin in the self , for which the only remedy is that love manifested in the death of Christ working in man : what Julian will call " the werkyng of mercy " , which lasts as long as sin pursues man , and of grace which works our " dredful faylyng " into solace and our " shamefull " " falling " to resurrection .
11 Under the frontispiece is another note concerning a new wall built and a plantation of cedar of Lebanon and pines made along it in 1761 .
12 Even a cursory glance is enough to show that Picasso had several changes of mind while he was working on the canvas .
13 The thing with protest songs is that pop 's always been about the immediate , spontaneous and puerile , it has n't the patience to slog through sub-committees and lobbying and making orderly demands through the proper channels .
14 The advice from the Building Societies Association is that prospective tenants should ask to see written consent from the lender , before entering into a tenancy agreement .
15 The enduring appeal of the Workers Educational Association is that of the public house : all human life is there .
16 The Childminders ' Association is all in favour of ‘ hugs and cuddles ’ even when a youngster is behaving badly .
17 To illustrate this point let us postulate a hypothetical , though possibly unattainable , unemployment rate U F which is the true full-employment unemployment rate : U F is that unemployment rate where at w * ; .
18 The thinking is that Conner , or some of his key crew , could join one of Koch 's boats .
19 The thinking is that last year 's lobbying may have convinced those who matter in Whitehall and Westminister that the proposals go rather too far .
20 I know it happens in individual subjects and there 's the element of repetition but , you are at the same time making them reflect over a certain period and say I have not entirely wasted my time , there maybe some youngsters for whom it will be extremely difficult , and I except that but my thinking is that is you look hard enough you can find something that everybody has done at whatever level that they can take some pride in .
21 ‘ True thinking is all of these . ’
22 The essence of doublethink was to hold absolutely to the given motive but also simultaneously to its contradiction : that is after all what dialectical thinking is all about .
23 But nevertheless that 's human nature and perhaps it 's also a reason why life should not stand still , whatever progress we make both in housing and in quality of housing and the quality of life , once people are used to that , to that they expect more and this is what progress , what forward thinking is all about .
24 Is n't this what the core of strategic thinking is all about ?
25 Positive thinking is another cause Pearce has always tried to promote .
26 Way ahead of current thinking is this new form of Parisian transport designed by Jacques Rougerie
27 The most dramatic entry is that of the poor rabbit .
28 On the other hand a diary entry such as ‘ ring X ’ is effective and if the entry is some way in the future it may be necessary to amplify with a trigger of the form ‘ ring X re Y ’ and to have easily accessible some factual data such as the X telephone number and some data re Y. In a different context a car driver will develop a strategy to ensure that he does not run out of petrol , he may rely on a light which appears when the tank is nearly empty or he may calculate from his expected travelling that he need not concern himself about the issue until at least the next weekend , or he may programme himself to react to the fact that he is approaching a particular garage .
29 Probably the best known stylometric work on the New Testament is that of A.Q. Morton .
30 The other sort of multiple grief is that of circumstance or events .
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