Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] is [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once the modules in the package are in this state , the only difference noticed by users carrying out normal operations is that should one or more such modules be required in a transfer of a package out of LIFESPAN , the transfer takes longer than usual , since these modules must first be brought back online . |
| 2 | An important study of muscular effort and air-pressure in stressed syllables is that reported in Ladefoged ( 1967 ) , pp. 1–49 . |
| 3 | The official business of these essentially philosophical rather than scientific views is and must be the first or conceptual matter , the analysis of our conception of causation . |
| 4 | By contrast , the position ultimately reached in the English cases is that if the primary reason for issuing new shares is to fend off a potential bidder for the company then the decision of the directors will be one that the courts can overturn even if the directors are acting bona fide in the best interests of the company . |
| 5 | Another characteristic of social policies is that , while some involve broad responses to popular needs and wishes , many are specific measures to assist quite small disadvantaged groups in the population . |
| 6 | One of the disconcerting features of New Historicist accounts is that a recognition of critical partially and a mapping out of the historicity of texts through the textuality of history does not produce a critical manner which is careful and self-scrutinising . |
| 7 | One reason for the previous misrepresentation of the logical abilities of such social groups is that the tests carried out to assess such abilities were unreliable both in method and in conception . |
| 8 | My view is and it 's a widely held view within the association and , and the informed clubs is that if we let that situation go on and do nothing about it we will have a decreasing er number of people going and number of people going sailing . |
| 9 | The extraordinary thing about the tenor of the right hon. Gentleman 's speech in the past few minutes is that once again he seeks to make out that this is not a very important problem and that we can push it away . |
| 10 | What moves me very deeply about primitive peoples is that they still attach an enormous importance to a certain kind of communication which we have lost ; and that is that they allow the being of the person they are with to communicate with more than words . |
| 11 | The great skill of Japanese and German manufacturers is that they know how to make things efficiently and well , which is what we are so bad at . |
| 12 | One problem with normal car launching in light winds is that any poor steering on the part of the pilot results in the parachute dropping outside the normal dropping zone . |
| 13 | The importance of these stored finds is that they form a research collection available for study by archaeologists and others , and some are used for travelling and temporary exhibitions , and in teaching collections on loan to schools . |
| 14 | A dilemma for British reformers is whether to list or illustrate the types of impairment envisaged . |
| 15 | What annoys English winemakers is that , for them , the English Vineyards Association 's seal is a guarantee of quality in itself . |
| 16 | While the general behaviour of some dogs on the beach can be a cause for concern , the main reason why they are banned from some beaches and other public places is because of the danger of contamination by their excrement . |
| 17 | Another difficulty of the last 11 or 12 years is that we have always faced west , towards the United States of America . |
| 18 | As to economic support , one noticeable difference in the circumstances within the former Soviet Union over the past few weeks is that the price of a liberalisation programme has been put in place . |
| 19 | A spokesman said : ‘ The problem with heavy rainfall and flash floods is that a lot of it runs away before it can soak through to the underground aquifers . ’ |
| 20 | The disadvantage that besets British firms is that they can not sell enough products in the UK to generate the cash needed to promote their wares overseas and develop new products . |
| 21 | The danger with these time-removed antecedents is that they come to be regarded as irremediable causes ( which they are ) . |
| 22 | The danger with accepting that cats have a hundred different sounds is that the whole subject becomes too complicated to make much sense . |
| 23 | You see one of the other interesting things is that there is a essentially a tradition in this country that the Royal Family do not sue newspapers |
| 24 | As you go backwards in time , to say the first minute of the universe 's life , the density is not absurdly high , it 's only a little more than that of water , but the density of radiation is much , much higher — it 's a million times higher — and the temperature is like the inside of a nuclear reactor , so one of the interesting things is that when we get back to just a minute , say , after the apparent beginning of the expansion , we 're not yet dealing with any bizarre physics , we 're dealing with conditions that we know and understand on earth . |
| 25 | One of the more commonly heard complaints against the existing management structure from top athletes is that its detachment from the road race scene leaves management ill-equipped to make selection decisions for road races in major internationals . |
| 26 | The concept 's importance in theoretical terms is that the epic poet catches himself dreaming , and tries to communicate his dream to the rest of the group , through a mythic poem , or a ritual drama . |
| 27 | In fact , the dilemma of any national state in cultural terms is that it is charged with defending cultural patrimony within a world market over which it exercises little control . |
| 28 | Its detailed arrangements varied , in the many thousands of cases , but what is generally true about its form of social relations is that the artist was typically retained or commissioned as an individual professional worker . |
| 29 | Part of the manifestation of social relations is as knowledge , shared by human beings and used to inform their actions . |
| 30 | The problem for the Free Presbyterians is that the fraternal orders have always seen themselves as linking the broad Protestant religious tradition with the main unionist party , hence the common arrangement of Orange Lodges holding their annual church parades at each of the Church of Ireland , Presbyterian , and Methodist churches in turn . |