Example sentences of "[is] that the average " in BNC.

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1 The sad truth is that the average collector is unlikely to recover more than the most fragmentary remains of dinosaurs .
2 But the record is that the average real cost overrun on any kind of large fossil-fired project is 23 per cent , and on nuclear the smallest overrun has been 36 per cent .
3 Another interesting fact shown in the DVR accounts is that the average weekly number of employees has been reduced by only five even though the DVR now operates one railway .
4 The most striking finding from this comparison ( Woll , 1983 ) is that the average percentage of similar signs in two different sign languages is 35–40 .
5 In addition , they help to explain why it is that the average length of custody imposed by the higher courts is a historically proven index of prison population generally , once allowance has been made for changes in the level of recorded crime ( Home Office , 1956 ; but cf.
6 This is another area largely unexplored by the Church , and the Commission believes that more work needs to be done here , for the implication of the research completed so far is that the average parish congregation demands a variety of musical styles if the needs of all its members are to be met .
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