Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [conj] [pron] [is] " in BNC.

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1 There is evidence to suggest that the operation of vagotomy changes the ratio of primary and secondary bile acids found in the gall bladder and that it is the secondary bile acids that are carcinogenic .
2 I would wait a few weeks to see if it grows or clears up of its own accord and if it is still there , go to the vet .
3 I am delighted that he sees the benefits of competitive tendering and that he is anxious to ensure that further education colleges should get the best value for money .
4 If you are going to eat in the kitchen make sure overall lights arc on a dimmer switch and that there is enough light over the table — use a rise-and-fall light fixture for example — which can , of course , be substituted for or combined with candlelight at night .
5 And years ago I used to have sciatica , round the nerve and but it 's only happens when I sit and then the last thing so I went to the doctors the other day and what they do , they see us around bash on , on the knee on the nerve and she said , all my muscles have gone !
6 It is worth noting that there is a delay between diagnosis and reporting of cases of AIDS and that there is usually a long interval between infection with HIV and the development of AIDS , so the published statistics do not accurately reflect the spread of HIV infection .
7 I have no record of having received a reply and since everything is beginning to move again with the local authorities applying to the Secretary of State for him to lay Orders under the Transport and Public Works Act to enable them to proceed with public consultation on their scheme , the matter is becoming critical once again .
8 But you can see , you can see already that the production rate is no where near good enough to meet the programme and if it 's only on the first part of the seventh floor , bearing in mind we 've got to be working on three floors at the same time , we 're only on the first part of the seventh floor and already we 've got overlaps on day Granted , it 's a major problem .
9 Much of the veneer of sediments resting on the oceanic crust of the downgoing plate will not be subducted since it is not firmly attached to the underlying crust and because it is not sufficiently dense to sink of its own accord into the asthenosphere .
10 The scarcity of infill in the basins on the far side can be explained in the lava model if the Moon has a global crust and if it is thicker on the far side : the thicker the crust the less available would lava have been from beneath it .
11 We must be prepared to make value judgements — allow Milton to be better than Michael Jackson in absolute terms , not just because that one 's your cup of tea and that one 's mine .
12 I , I think we can we can look at what we can do about it in the future and whether it is practical to erm consult local members where possible .
13 In particular we need to check that the population defined and the sample extracted by the originator of the material are consonant with the objectives of our own study and that there is no ambiguity in any technical terms or schemes of coding .
14 what the ninth years did this year was Rob gave them a pep talk and and there 's a booklet , Choices , he gives out and asks them
15 The er the defence case is that er there was no duty a and in my submission it must be of assistance to your Lordship to determine that issue to hear evidence from both sides upon whether there is such a practice and if there is what the extent of it is .
16 The contents of the Church of Scotland ceremony and where it is to be held is entirely at the discretion of the minister .
17 anymore , you know because it 's the nice ceremony and because it 's it 's a do .
18 And we must n't forget that Andropulos may be as innocent as the driven snow and that there is a perfectly rational explanation for all that has happened .
19 Social factors include the general level of unemployment in the neighbourhood and whether there is a local trend for firms to shed their work force .
20 The first answer is that the commodity form of commercial recordings has a ‘ distorting ’ effect and that there is a deeper ‘ real content ’ ‘ lying behind ’ the distortions .
21 This is a haematoma and if it is in an area where you are likely to receive further knocks , you should withdraw from the competition .
22 I 'm the only applicant and if it 's a choice between me and nobody , they 'd give it to nobody .
23 He was briefed on how our skills are playing a key role in servicing the world 's nuclear energy industry and that there is significant potential for business in the global market .
24 ‘ Many hill sheep are in very poor condition and unless there is a dramatic upturn in the weather , hill farmers are looking disaster straight in the face . ’
25 Where there is darkness let me give light and where there is sadness let me give joy .
26 He points out wryly that ‘ entrepreneur ’ is a French term and that there is no equivalent word in the English language .
27 If you 've still got that cough and that it 's just
28 We may be handling a horse and get a feeling that we are in tune with the horse and that it is accepting and even anticipating whatever we want to do : we are in rapport with the horse , and are communicating with the horse but in a way that is not through the other senses .
29 It is not always easy to identify when a person is an employee and when he is not ; various tests have evolved and some concern questions of " control " .
30 However , Lea points out that for writers like Gilroy racism is embodied in the conscious policies and practices of the police as an institution and that it is difficult to argue that the police are de-politicising black struggles , and criminalising them , when some of them , such as the Spaghetti House siege , used crime to obtain political funds , and hence the police responded to the event as crime .
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