Example sentences of "[num] [noun sg] is that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One difficulty is that the approach is not sufficiently general : many words do not in any straightforward way denote classes of potential referents ( consider air , some , usually , however ) . |
| 2 | One advantage is that the students are not in competition with each other , as each student 's achievement is assessed against the criteria laid down and not against the best student . |
| 3 | One advantage is that the number of seconds when grading one 's own eggs are usually less than producers experience when supplying a Packing Station . |
| 4 | One advantage is that the animals do n't have to be moved so much so lorries do n't clog up town centres , but there are disadvantages , market day is a chance for farmers to meet and keep track of prices . |
| 5 | One result is that the old parties face a growing challenge from new groups led by energetic men who have been excluded from the ruling class because of their race or their class . |
| 6 | One disadvantage is that the viewing room must be darkened while the instrument is in use . |
| 7 | One of the joys of owning a '73 Viva is that the most important ‘ extras ’ are included in the basic price . |
| 8 | One difference is that the fundic gland mucosa is often normal in patients with duodenal ulcer , but is affected by atrophic gastritis in those with gastric ulcer , especially high lying gastric ulcer . |
| 9 | One difference is that the worms penetrate between the glands rather than into the glands as in Ostertagia . |
| 10 | The one constant is that the doctor , not the patient , is a fool , or mad . |
| 11 | One consequence is that the thought patterns of primitive society , being felt to lack a scientific approach , are generally felt to be beyond the bounds of reason . |
| 12 | Taking a more global view , one opinion is that the manufacturing industries should indeed move to developing countries whilst the advanced industries orientate their labour forces toward information and other service industries . |
| 13 | One counter-argument is that the communications revolution of the late nineteenth century was no less comprehensive . |
| 14 | One theory is that the US was at a loss to know how to deal with the rebels becuase it had , indeed , been plotting a Panamanian coup , but not this coup . |
| 15 | Their visits break many of the established patterns of human/dolphin encounter : they accept gifts of dead fish ( one theory is that the dolphins receive the fish as a signal from humans that they have come to play and interact ) , and they maintain their own social grouping while at the same time allowing close human contact . |
| 16 | One theory is that the bomb was detonated by remote control , a method used to kill Ranjan Wijeratne , Sri Lanka 's defence minister , earlier this year . |
| 17 | But one theory is that the Mujahideen are seeking to use the election to demonstrate that opposition to the mullahs is alive and strong . |
| 18 | One theory is that the oil has sunk , and is drifting in globules a few metres below the surface of the water . |
| 19 | One theory is that the town was once part of a vast cosmic Zodiac which radiated from Stonehenge . |
| 20 | One claim is that the conclusion of a certain treaty would violate constitutional principles , or deprive an individual of a constitutionally guaranteed right . |
| 21 | One argument is that the growing burden of taxation has tempted more and more people to disregard the law by not declaring taxable income . |
| 22 | One concern is that the package , while adequately covering its target themes , does not give sufficient recognition to the context in which it will be used . |
| 23 | One assertion is that the world 's richest country is maintaining its high and raising standard of living by borrowing and thus depriving other countries — with very much lower living standards — of investible funds . |
| 24 | One suggestion is that the umpires should inspect the ball at the fall of every wicket , or at unscheduled stops , instead of the end of each over when bowlers have the chance to cover their traces . |
| 25 | One suggestion is that the folding maintains the appropriate kinetic unit of the chain at any given temperature ; as this would be expected to lengthen with increasing temperature , it would account for the observed thickening of the lamellae . |
| 26 | One reason is that the distinction we have made between productive and consumption property is not always maintained , or it is applied in differing ways . |
| 27 | One reason is that the Government has always set upper limits to loan redemption periods . |
| 28 | One reason is that the lithosphere is not divided into small discrete blocks able to move freely up and down with respect to each other . |
| 29 | One reason is that the commercial transaction test seems to go too far ; many transactions which will be generally regarded as perfectly legitimate forms of investment , are entered into solely , or at least predominantly , for tax reasons , and I think it would be wrong to suggest that they might be taxable for that reason alone . |
| 30 | One lesson is that the Bank must modify its expectations in Africa , and stop promising instant results . |