Example sentences of "[art] [n mass] [conj] [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This type of statistical work is about inferring things from the data and is really a sophisticated form of guesswork . |
| 2 | Thus , we would suggest that these second types of explanation for the differences in the rate of crime between men and women — that female crime exists to a much greater extent than is indicated by the statistics but is just less often recorded — can not explain the enormous sex differences in recorded rates of crime . |
| 3 | Theoretically , in parliamentary systems the assembly embodies the sovereignty of the people and is therefore the source of authority for the executive . |
| 4 | The catfish that is sometimes suggested is carnivorous and pugnacious and generally creates havoc . |
| 5 | Such occasions are not the rule though , for their whole design suggests a fish that is more at home when his hollow belly is gripping the bottom and the surging current is pushing down on his drooping snout and coursing past his streamlined body . |
| 6 | In the case of plants , for example , the end product may be a species that is relatively drought resistant , a high carbohydrate yielder or one that is easy to harvest . |
| 7 | Does n't it ever strike you as faintly ludicrous — the pursuit of happiness by a species that is less equipped for it than anything in nature ? ’ |
| 8 | And there 's a fruit that 's still riper . |