Example sentences of "[noun] [is] [conj] [art] " in BNC.

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1 One reason why there can be no simple answer to the question whether there has been irresolvable conflict between science and religion is that the answer may well depend on which of these types of explanation is favored .
2 What happens in the blast furnace is that the slag is lighter than the molten iron and it collects on top of the molten iron and by some means that I s
3 The proposed remedy is that the liability of those carrying the risk in the insurance market should not be unlimited and that capital should be recruited from corporations as well .
4 Current thinking is that the chromosome of E. coli meets all the microbe 's ordinary domestic needs , which rarely change , and that plasmid-borne information comes into play only when the microbe encounters a stress — a changed nutrient , an antibiotic or competitor .
5 Current thinking is that the whole word recognition approach is not viable for the more general problem with large vocabularies ( Tappert et al , 1990 ) .
6 The theory behind Sir Bryan 's thinking is that the more efficient tied agents — such as the building societies — will offer the products to consumers at lower prices than smaller and less efficient tied agents .
7 The problem with making deep segmented turnings from flat stock is that the joints are at compound angles .
8 We huddle beneath the covers , but to our dismay , the one duvet is but a slim pink layer of fabric resembling a furniture cover .
9 The key to yesterday 's deal is that a problem of this magnitude is now unlikely to happen again .
10 An essential part of such a major deal is that the album from an established artist is launched into the market place with a strong impact .
11 In this respect an important lesson from Allende 's experiment is that the decision to abolish private property inevitably results in the erosion of economic and political freedom also .
12 And the cause is manifest in every sordid glimpse we gain of their parents and their homes … the enduring lesson to be learned from this painful wartime experiment is that the primary aim of education must be to produce not merely cleverer children , but in the next generation wiser parents
13 All that has changed over the centuries is that the monarch used to be the substantial head of the government and it is , indeed , still the case that , legally , much central government executive authority continues to reside in the monarch .
14 ‘ A common public perception is that the Aquino government is doing something that goes against the time-honoured Filipino tradition and cultural values , ’ said Alvin Capino , a newspaper columnist .
15 You see , the human perception is that the thicker string feels different to the thin one , and so a balanced set of strings actually feels completely out of balance .
16 One attribute of thinking as opposed to perception is that the evidence is relatively less complete , gaps have to be filled either within or beyond the available data .
17 I mean he 's a , he 's got to a , he 's got to be a claim all across the whole sitting is that the , that their budgeting is not enough is it ?
18 Over at Ibrox , the news for their fans is that the long injury list is continuing to shorten .
19 The partnership is that the public sector provides funding — on a contracted , targeted basis — but the voluntary group provides the policy , the strategy design , the management skills and administration of the initiative .
20 But the fallacious assumption underlying this reasoning is that the idea of identity of meaning makes sense only if the criteria of equisignificance can be clearly defined , whereas the simple fact is that any reference to the criteria of equisignificance already presupposes the notion of sameness of meaning .
21 Another problem with a textbook description of research methods is that the textbook gives the impression that this is what really goes on .
22 The crucial feature necessary for the occurrence of the special phenomena of double diffusive convection is that the two components should have different diffusivities .
23 The only similarity between the words in these lists is that the pattern recognition system perceived them as being orthographically similar .
24 The key recommendation is that a workforce should be recruited and trained to bring five million energy-inefficient homes to current building standards at a cost of £2–3,000 each or a total of £40–45 billion .
25 Yet even here there are minefields , for the report of a group of Commonwealth experts is likely to be the basis for the discussion on the environment , and its main recommendation is that the developed countries should foot the bill for the under-developed to adopt environment-friendly means of production .
26 Mrs. Dyer told parish councillors : ‘ The recommendation is that the area is dredged and the lining is repaired .
27 On Brother machines the recommendation is that the edge needles should always be in the working position at the start of every row .
28 But what must astonish us , I think , more than the details of violence is that the only charges brought as a result of this death were against three men who were charged with assault and punished with a 20 shillings ' fine , with the additional requirement that they should pay the doctor 's bill on the dead man .
29 The trouble with extreme emotion is that the horse behaves like us !
30 Vision to the north of the Watford Gap is impaired and anything north of the Solway Firth is but a distant and insignificant blur .
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