Example sentences of "[noun pl] [is] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The the main thing you 've got to think about with roundabouts is that Where does it where does it all start ? |
| 4 | However the nature of selling in industrial , commercial and public authority settings is that long-term relationships are established and both parties become dependent upon each other , one for reliable supplies and the other for regular custom . |
| 5 | The significance of these environments is more than just their friendly appearance to the user and their use of graphics rather than text standards . |
| 6 | The advantage of using hybrid methods is that high-order Markov dependencies do not have to be introduced because accuracy is ensured by using the dictionary . |
| 7 | One compelling reason for trying to improve selection methods is that poor personnel selection practices can be very costly to an organisation : Schmidt and Hunter ( 1981 ) estimated that poor or non-existent selection by the US Federal Government costs $16 billion a year . |
| 8 | Come now , a little imagination and subtle poaching of the ideas of Country Living 's more affluent readers is all that is required . |
| 9 | Siting premises used for the carrying on of designated offensive trades is all important . |
| 10 | Among the leading candidates is former England defender Graham Roberts , player-manager at Diadora League neighbours Enfield . |
| 11 | ‘ Eight acres is all the council needs — we 'd build the club and manage it both as pay and play and as a private club . |
| 12 | How many acres is that ? |
| 13 | One of the problems that can develop through the feeding of wild animals is that of dependency , particularly in the case of those animals which live in urban areas where natural foraging opportunities are few and far between . |
| 14 | But , as I argued there , the conscious appetitive behaviour of animals is more than enough to drive a significant wedge between the expression of their needs and the mere presence of those of plants and machines . |
| 15 | What is inadmissible in Lukacs 's eyes is any impoverishment of this historical complexity . |
| 16 | Vacuums is that vacuum |
| 17 | Since the number of probes is much less than the library size , it is more efficient to order the probes first and then fit the clones to the probe order automatically . |
| 18 | Energy conservation in our homes is another way that the world 's huge waste of commercial energy can be reduced without actually producing discomfort for anybody . |
| 19 | The third factor which is relevant to an explanation of the limited development of early Soviet — Latin American ties is that significant sectors of the Latin American elites were ( indeed , in some cases still are ) deeply imbued with a strong anti-Communism . |
| 20 | On their account , the thrust of the rule-following considerations is that rule-following is a practice , a custom or a way of behaving . |
| 21 | As Colenutt makes clear ( Chapter 2 ) , LDDC 's record in these respects is less than impressive . |
| 22 | An interesting development advocated by the authors is that of moving towards a multidisciplinary approach , whereby other health-care professionals take responsibility for specific problems but all carers have access to the objectives involved . |
| 23 | ( The average rate in Serbia without the provinces is less than o.3 per cent . ) |
| 24 | A few Chinese sparrows and Chinese magpies is all I 've seen . |
| 25 | The range of syllabus options in each of the study units is such that a single subject route or a more interdisciplinary pathway may be followed , depending upon individual abilities and aspirations . |
| 26 | What is beyond disputes is that Battle produces the kind of seamless , creamy sound , and faultless intonation that recalls the girlish purity of Gundula Janowitz at the very height of her powers , and Perlman turns on all his customary warmth and charm from which even his relatively close positioning can not detract . |
| 27 | It is important to exclude the more obvious infective causes by a thorough microbiological examination and , once this has been done , advice on the use of artificial lubricants is enough to break the vicious circle in many cases . |
| 28 | As Mass Observation noted , " One very vital effect of the air-raids is this blurring of the future . |
| 29 | These figures suggest that employers , at least with the present education system , largely feel that basic knowledge in a few subjects is all that they find useful for their purpose . |
| 30 | But Great Malvern was worth visiting , if only for the best one-liner of the conference , from Joan Beck , chief inspector of Doncaster SSD : ‘ Equal opportunities is all very well until someone else gets the job you wanted . ’ |