Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb -s] [conj] the [noun sg] is " in BNC.

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1 To stay and luxuriate in ordinary emotions and sensations means that the contemplative is trapped in our normal limitations .
2 The accusation that the adventure story offers an escape for adult readers implies that the escape is into a kind of second childhood or , at the least , suggests a limited expectation of a novel 's purpose .
3 Nevertheless the implications of senior and middle-ranking officers drawn from an array of army units suggests that the General is less secure than he is prepared to admit .
4 Lack of attention to explanations arises because the student is behind in his copying .
5 A graph ( Figure ) of the corresponding readings shows that the sensitivity is greatest in the middle of the view field , and less on the lefthand side than the right .
6 An informal survey of the lunchtime customers suggests that the hotel is well established as a meeting place and that the lunches are seen as providing good value .
7 While examination of these features reveals that the resemblance is no more than superficial there is a need to investigate the form and arrangement of both the hard skeletal structure and the soft tissues such as the tentacle and water vascular system associated with the second oral tentacle pore .
8 The diversity of responses to accountability pressures suggests that the concept is interpreted differently by different groups according to their different interests .
9 Coburn v. Colledge was a case arising from a contract for services and it is well established at common law that the cause of action in such cases accrues when the work is complete .
10 A comparison of the British and American policy-making processes reveals that the Congress is far more likely to amend or reject proposals coming from the executive than the House of Commons .
11 In the present epoch the systematic red shift of galactic spectra indicates that the Universe is expanding .
12 Since there is a body of theory associated with these routes , some of it of considerable generality , identification of one of the routes implies that the transition is at least partially understood .
13 However , the broad local consensus on MDC 's recent area based development strategies indicates that the Corporation is attempting a co-operative approach .
14 ’ Do n't talk to strangers ’ — it 's a message drummed into children from an early age , but an experiment carried out by Police indicates that the message is n't getting through .
15 However , the proximity of many settlements to streams and rivers means that the meadowland is frequently close by .
16 of green form assessments require no contribution from the client despite the strict financial criteria suggests that the scheme is serving the least well-off .
17 The lack of any hard eclipse at high frequencies suggests that the eclipse is due to scattering or absorption of the radio waves as they pass through ionized matter surrounding the companion star .
18 The presence of an adequate amount of anti-HBs insures that the individual is incapable of acquiring HBV .
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