Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] is [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | If deconstruction in a purest sense is only of limited interest to a study which is asserting that texts emerge out of a particular culture called the English Renaissance , it is also true that , fortunately , there is little pure deconstruction about . |
| 2 | Any employee who is told that he must lose his job through no fault of his own is likely to ask , ‘ Why me ? ’ |
| 3 | If you prefer , however , you can think of fitting a line to transformed data as equivalent to fitting a curve to the raw data ; in effect one is saying that the relationship between the two variables takes the form of a particular curve . |
| 4 | The formation of the Napier Debating Society has , unfortunately , progressed slowly ; however , with the changeover in Sabbatical Officers of the Napier Students Association it is hoped that the Society will be able to start a recruitment drive in Fresher 's Week of academic year 1993/94 . |
| 5 | As a result of this openness it is known that the Secretary of State chose to modify the Mathematics Working Party 's recommendations , particularly in the area of ‘ applied mathematics ’ , that consultation revealed that most of those consulted preferred the stance that the working party had adopted , that the Curriculum Council nevertheless made recommendations which accorded with the Secretary of State 's view and that their recommendations were , not surprisingly , accepted . |
| 6 | At low levels of arousal it is assumed that attention is divided among many cues so there will potentially be some memory for all cues . |
| 7 | As a result of her lecture demonstration it is hoped that some physiotherapy patients may be recommended to attend Medau classes . |
| 8 | In the future it is hoped that there will be a new type of computer interface which should mimic the conventional pen and paper interface . |
| 9 | In the future it is envisaged that all three methods will be available as alternative input techniques for computers , perhaps including shorthand as a fourth . |
| 10 | In the last part of the chapter it is prophesied that Hophni and Phinehas will both die by the sword on the same day , and that Samuel will be put in Eli 's place as God 's priest . |
| 11 | As with the previous study it is anticipated that the project will generate findings that can be used by various government departments and other public bodies to address issues of policy . |
| 12 | Concerning QUARRIED ROCK it is felt that any future development should be constrained only by points 2 and 4 above . |
| 13 | In essence he is arguing that strain in certain types of underground rock can generate an electric signal , which in turn can ionise a column of air above the rock . |
| 14 | Since most versions of legal theory are at least partial visions of law it is unsurprising that the criminal law will throw up both confirmations and refutations of most legal theories . |
| 15 | Although not defined under the Road Traffic Act it is considered that having regard to the spirit of the legislation that the definition used in other Acts would apply viz : Includes any place to which the public have access whether on payment or otherwise , e.g. fields where the public can park for a race meeting or traction engine rally , footpaths or bridleways ( unless the Act states otherwise : see section 22A ( 5 ) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 ) , or anywhere where the public could be at risk from mechanically propelled vehicles . |
| 16 | In a report from the Department of Highways to the Transportation Committee it is recommended that the statutory procedure be continued in respect of the necessary order to make Muirend Avenue/Viewfield Road a one way system . |
| 17 | ‘ If there any doubts … do n't take it ’ advises the book , easy to say , less easy to obey for someone in pain or distress , not so easy w hen it is considered that even too much coffee , cola drink or chocolate will register a positive result . |
| 18 | In the special theory of relativity it is assumed that a single inertial frame can be applied to the whole Universe , but at the cost of neglecting acceleration ! |
| 19 | ‘ Drivers want to be able to put the same smart card in a holder ( or a different card in the same holder ) whether driving in the Netherlands or on a French autoroute , ’ says Ian Catling , a member of an EC group which is ensuring that electronic Babel is avoided on the roads . |
| 20 | At this stage an author who is arguing that the study of social policy in Britain has been strong on criticism and value judgement but weak on analysis should make his own position very clear . |
| 21 | At the moment it is intended that they close only on New Year 's Day , 1 May and Christmas Day , although this may be altered to include also two Mondays a month . |
| 22 | On the left it is believed that it will encourage political participation , and on the right it is believed that it will get the central state off the backs of individuals and allow greater individual choice . |
| 23 | There were times — notably in the immediate postwar years and during the early 1970s — when it seemed that the gap between the two halves of the country was beginning to narrow ( Damesick and Wood , 1987 ) , but with the benefit of hindsight it is seen that these were periods when special factors were operating ( McCrone , 1969 ; Massey , 1979 ) . |
| 24 | In the jargon it is said that they can not even get on the Masters and Johnson ‘ ski-slope ’ , let alone start down it . |
| 25 | NOTE : In this article it is assumed that your machine has a hard disk called C : and MS-DOS is stored in a directory C : \DOS . |
| 26 | One very small point of procedure is worth noting : at a first glance at this example there appears to be a redundancy of the indication pp , but on closer examination it is seen that it has never been used unnecessarily , for where it appears on the same line of the score in two successive bars the first of the pair of instruments whose parts are written on that line enters alone , and the second joins him in the next bar . |
| 27 | ( " on examination it is seen that these ideas are not so very original after all " ) |
| 28 | A person 's membership of the committee is automatically terminated : ( i ) if he becomes bankrupt ( his trustee replaces him ) or he compounds with his creditors ; ( ii ) if he is not present or represented at three consecutive meetings ( unless at the third meeting it is resolved that this rule will not apply ) ; and ( iii ) if he ceases to be or is found never to have been a creditor ( r 6.158 ) . |
| 29 | What little evidence there is suggests that these dispositions were interpreted as trusts . |
| 30 | One minute he is boasting that " our girls set Greek , Hebrew , Algebra , indeed anything you like , they are all well-trained girls " ; the next he is saying , " their rate per line is not the same as a man 's ; their corrections are heavier and that kind of thing , they make more mistakes " . |