Example sentences of "[adj] is [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 What Jencks 's argument makes clear is that inheritance theories are only of practical value when the inherited characteristic is specified , together with the way in which it actually operates to produce criminal behaviour .
2 What does seem clear is that Nu was one of the hardliners : he was suspicious of the British Government 's intentions , particularly with regard to keeping the Frontier Areas apart on ‘ Divide and Rule ’ lines .
3 In all these projects , what has become clear is that software configuration control is essential .
4 However , what is clear is that agriculture in many parts of the developing world is extremely vulnerable to even a slight worsening of conditions ( Parry , 1990 ) .
5 What is now becoming clear is that clozapine produces a build up of dopamine in different receptors from other neuroleptics , and this gives a strong indication that another neurochemical abnormality underlies at least some symptoms of the disorder .
6 Whether annexation was a long-term aim in Japan is debatable ; what is clear is that Japanese believed that their nation 's security necessitated a hold on power in Korea of a kind which could only be achieved by colonial status .
7 There is no room here for a highly technical debate about language , but what is clear is that Christianity can not possibly associate any view of God with what we would normally conceive a person to be .
8 What is clear is that business managers are pulled in many directions and that they must and do make choices among alternative objectives ’ .
9 if nothing for the fact that the message that is coming home loud and clear is this request for clarification , the advent of certainty , one way or another .
10 So clear is this conclusion to my mind that , notwithstanding anything which has been said in other cases , I would be very slow to concede that the word ‘ appropriates ’ in section 1(1) is in its context ambiguous .
11 It can therefore be assumed that Miller 's message from this is that betrayal is wrong — it is the act of betrayal which finally destroys Eddie 's happiness forever .
12 This is that kind of book .
13 A possible conclusion to be drawn from this is that management can provide alternative more attractive forms of work organisation but these may be at higher cost .
14 One justification for this is that gravity is so weak that quantum gravitational effects would be large only at particle energies way beyond those in any particle accelerator .
15 The most obvious reason for this is that neuro-science has not yet reached the point where it is possible to describe language as a direct manifestation of underlying physiological of neurological states .
16 A main reason for this is that preparation for housewifery is intermingled with socialization for the feminine gender role in the wider sense .
17 A straightforward explanation for this is that inflation affects all voters whereas unemployment tends to be heavily concentrated on ( as far as the UK is concerned ) areas not noted for extensive Conservative support .
18 This is that empiricism leads to verificationism , and verificationism embodies the foundationalist asymmetries .
19 One implication of this is that evaluation procedures are usually better developed in-house than bought in from other institutions .
20 A sufficient reason for this is that M may be an adjective or a verb , neither of which would normally be considered as having a referent .
21 The response to this is that intentionality and consciousness are emergent properties of physical systems .
22 The advantage of this is that space is used economically .
23 One reason for this is that reading development is normally closely related to children 's knowledge of spoken language .
24 The major reason for this is that exchange markets appear to be fairly volatile , and therefore governments have required large reserves of foreign currencies to moderate unwanted fluctuations in the exchange value of their currencies .
25 Computers in general have undoubtedly allowed us more dive time , but a consequence of this is that ascent speeds are now critical .
26 What 's even more special about this is that Lindsey 's back with us too . ’
27 Nor do I believe that the conclusion to be drawn from all this is that life is a miserable business .
28 The moral of this is that rationality , at least as narrowly defined , does not ‘ add-up ’ .
29 Part of the explanation for this is that government spending tends to be planned over a number of years ( e.g. hospitals , schools , and other capital expenditures take several years to complete , and governments are reluctant to dismiss teachers , policemen , and other employees for short-term economic reasons ) ; consequently such expenditure tends to be fairly inflexible , especially downwards , in the short run .
30 This is that section 4(2) serves as a useful reminder of the consequences which may follow when an obscure common law power ( which seems to have been rarely used ) is restated in statutory form .
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