Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] is [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where the director or directors is or are not in sole control of the company , there is no difficulty in holding that he or they can appropriate from the company and the property belong to another . |
| 2 | The essence of any claims for psychic phenomena or powers is that there are alternative realities to the physical . |
| 3 | ( 2 ) The conditions referred to in subsection ( 1 ) above are : ( a ) that the premises of the club are structurally adapted and bona ride used , or intended to be used , wholly or mainly for the purpose of providing facilities in connection with the carrying on by members of the club and their guests of athletic sports or athletic games ; ( b ) that one or more of such sports or games is or are usually carried on out of doors and , when so carried on , can ( unless artificial lighting is used ) only be carried on during hours of daylight ; ( c ) that the said premises are regularly used , or are intended regularly to be used , during the winter period , for providing facilities in connection with the carrying on by members of the club and their guests , during the hours of daylight , of such a sport or game as is mentioned in paragraph ( ii ) above ; ( d ) that having regard to the time at which the said sport or game is usually carried on by members of the club and their guests , the permitted hours set out in section 53(3) of this Act are not suitable for the supply of alcoholic liquor in the said premises to persons who participate in that sport or game . |
| 4 | To recommend to the council which sanction or sanctions is or are appropriate , for example , termination of membership ( expulsion ) ; suspension of membership for a defined period ; downgrading from fellow to members ; suspension for a specified period from office holding at branch and national level ; reprimand ( by way of rebuke ) ; caution ( by way of warning ) . |
| 5 | All that matters is that we know and they do n't know that we do . ’ |
| 6 | Whilst it is no doubt true that the heaviness of early Soviet ICBMs and the ‘ dirtiness ’ of their warheads stemmed from crude propulsion and guidance systems , all that matters is that they accomplished what they were designed to . |
| 7 | All that matters is that they 're both true , which I hope you 'll agree they obviously are . |
| 8 | The natural way to do this is as an N-dimensional rectangular array ; but all that matters is that there is some metric D on the set of nodes , so that we can talk about the distance |
| 9 | There is a sense in which all grieving is for ourselves , so whether or not we loved the lost one can be irrelevant : all that matters is that they played an important part in our lives . |
| 10 | In our electronic technology the discrete , digital locations have only two states , conventionally represented as 0 and 1 although you can think of them as high and low , on and off , up and down : all that matters is that they should be distinct from one another , and that the pattern of their states can be ‘ read out ’ so that it can have some influence on something . |
| 11 | A paraphrase usually substantially changes the language of the original , because all that matters is that the idea is conveyed . |
| 12 | But for some villagers who the remember the Lambourn as it used to be , all that matters is that it flows once again . |
| 13 | The reason why reliance is more deserving of protection than expectations is that the former involves merely a resto-ration to the position once held , whereas the latter entails a transfer of wealth or the enrichment of one party at the expense of the other . |
| 14 | One possible theory about why some people are much more affected than others is that they may have had traumatic experiences of falling as a baby or a young child , and that this has further re-inforced their instinctive behaviour . |
| 15 | If the reason girls achieve less than boys is because of remediable educational or social conditions which disadvantage them , then it is clearly unjust that girls should get a less fair deal than boys . |
| 16 | The great contrast , according to this moral philosophy , between beliefs and attitudes is that beliefs can be true or false , while attitudes can not be . |
| 17 | But the interpretation from dealers and experts is that motorists are hanging on to their ageing cars instead of buying new ones . |
| 18 | When you know what we should be saying to John Major and employers is that it is n't any surprise that er disablement er has increased over the last thirteen , fourteen years . |
| 19 | What distinguishes the last two from gains and losses is that they are transactions involving owners in their capacity as owners . |
| 20 | At the root of many of the dilemmas and contradictions is that while mothers gain a great deal materially from these benefits , they run the risk , at an ideological level , of merely con-firming the link between being a woman and necessarily , therefore , becoming a mother . |
| 21 | Arguably , the major advantage of procedures and functions is that they can be referred to by name . |
| 22 | The principal difference between ECP and euronotes is that euronotes are issued with the backing of a syndicate of underwriters whereas ECP is issued on a non-underwritten tap basis . |
| 23 | Pseudo-Ulpian suggests that the distinction between civil-law dispositions and trusts is that the former are in direct and the latter in precatory words . |
| 24 | A common complaint from clients and workers is that courts give young women sentences designed to control and confine their behaviour rather than punishments which fit their crimes . |
| 25 | However , the problem with contact lenses and glasses is that your eyes can change over time , so it is imperative that problems are sorted out as soon as possible , as it will be difficult to establish whether the fault lies in your eyes or in the lenses . |
| 26 | The first relevant principle to be derived from the ticket cases in the case of contracts placed on standard terms and conditions is that , if the party whom it is sought to bind knows that there is a set of standard terms which the other party intends should apply to the contract , and he enters into the contract on this basis , he will be bound by them . |
| 27 | The content of the parts in terms of goals and objectives is as follows . |
| 28 | Microcomputers are now common in homes as well as in schools and one uncomfortable fact facing school librarians and teachers is that pupils have a much greater technical knowledge of microcomputers than they have . |
| 29 | And the reason he remains friends with his ex-wives and lovers is that he 's a man 's man , essentially , he 's not the sort of man who would not have women friends around him unless they had , in some way , been involved with him . |
| 30 | The trouble with all these concessions and compromises is that they raise as many problems as they solve . |