Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] is [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The difference between a more conventional company and an incorporated contract computer programmer/analyst is merely that the former can and does respond simultaneously to a multiplicity of orders which partly overlap and partly succeed one another . |
| 2 | The government budget constraint is so that we must have or . |
| 3 | Now doing it outside the parameters of 90 minutes on a Saturday afternoon is equally and probably more important . |
| 4 | True integration rests on non-Disabled people ensuring their arts practice is fully and equally accessible to Disabled people ready for as-and-when we choose to become involved . |
| 5 | The upper limit of normal for gastrointestinal blood loss is less than 1.0 ml/day . |
| 6 | A murder inquiry is underway after a pensioner 's body was found at his Oxfordshire home . |
| 7 | Radar observations have also shown that the inclination of the spin axis is less than 3° . |
| 8 | In the light of current data for non-insulin-dependent diabetics without evidence of nephropathy and whose diastolic blood pressure is less than 110 mm Hg , the high-fibre low-fat and low-sodium diet described earlier appears to be the preferred therapy and should be continued for at least three months . |
| 9 | The useful form of mica is called Muscovite ( because it originally came from Russia ) and in this mica the strength of the bonds on the weak cleavage plane is nominally and very roughly a sixth of the strength of the bonds elsewhere in the crystal . |
| 10 | If the roof slope is less than 15° ( including flat roofs ) , the eaves vents must be the equivalent of a 25mm wide continuous opening , and there must be a clear airway at least 50mm wide between the roof surface and the insulation . |
| 11 | In contrast , the enhanced generation of interleukin 1 by inflamed colonic mucosa in patients with inflammatory bowel disease is exclusively because of the production by lamina propria mononuclear cells as epithelial cells do not synthesise this cytokine . |
| 12 | The poles of are therefore given by and the appropriate transfer function is consequently or Comparison of this response with that of equation ( 12.12 ) establishes that the network of figure 12.2(a) achieves second-order Chebyshev response corresponding to provided that and . |
| 13 | It is important to stress that ( a ) this type of work experience is precisely that welcomed by employers , and ( b ) such young people are socially competent members of labour market social networks . |
| 14 | The earliest extensions or additions may be discreetly sited and carefully designed , but very quickly the hut syndrome is underway and the house is rapidly surrounded by one- or two-storey flat-roofed extensions of the very utilitarian kind mercilessly caricatured by Osbert Lancaster . |
| 15 | They are impossible to sex by sight , but their average clutch size is less than six eggs . |
| 16 | The wings advance until they are very much in the shelter of the main mass of the dune , where the sand flow is less and their rate of advance retarded . |
| 17 | Drought — Spain is the only major European country where over large areas rainfall is less than fifteen inches a year — precluded such changes on the secano . |
| 18 | A major change was made in 1980 when the policy of the Department of Health and Social Security in administering supplementary benefit was reduced to detailed secondary legislation , so that the supplementary benefit scheme is now as rooted in statutory provisions as the national insurance benefits . |
| 19 | It can be deduced by the prisoner if his local review committee date is less than 17 years after he was first detained , by adding three years to the period that he will have served at that date . |
| 20 | Tajine is a stew of meats and vegetables , poulet au citron is nearly as you 'd imagine but with sweet spices and lemon peel pickled in brine . |
| 21 | Moving to the capital market constraints , the takeover constraint is more or less unique to public liability companies though even then it can not impact strongly on the very largest companies . |
| 22 | A prediction of the rational expectations hypothesis is therefore that the variation in the actual series , , should exceed the variation in the anticipated series , , if . |
| 23 | ‘ ( The state ) thinks a security confrontation is enough and rejects the real way to ensure full security and real peace , ’ Gamal Badawi wrote . |
| 24 | Now Mickey , our Sports Editor is here and we 've mentioned Brian Houghton , of course , or he 's mentioned himself . |
| 25 | Place bed in a position for easy observation and access to omen and suction Ensure emergency resuscitation equipment is nearby and in working order and that the emergency call system is working . |
| 26 | So even though the yield has not changed from 10 per cent over the period , the holding period return is less than 10 per cent . |
| 27 | But the great strength of whole group drama is precisely that it gives context and coherence to small group work ; it makes it easier for the teacher to monitor work , to make it highly dramatic and keep it tightly focused . |
| 28 | however , a means of switching to petrol for starting or to meet heavy-load surges is usually retained ; so that the fuel saving is less than 100 per cent . |
| 29 | For a fear of pollution and impurity in the body physical is constantly and easily transposed to create controls in the body social . |
| 30 | With this interpretation , the structure of the Khan-Penrose solution is thus as described in Figure 8.4 . |