Example sentences of "[adj] method be [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.

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1 The major advantage of this method is that it does not depend on the calculation of MNI , which at best is an unreliable estimate of the true numbers of individuals in a sample .
2 The weakness of this method is that it takes no account of what happens after the payback date is reached .
3 The weakness of this method is that it takes no account of what happens after the payback date is reached .
4 A further advantage of this method is that it allows the phonetic location of an incipient change to be identified rather precisely , and particular variants to be associated with particular groups of speakers : ‘ The main difference between the boys and the girls in the use of ( r ) is that the girls are almost always rhotic and most frequently use [ ? ] , while the boys are less frequently rhotic and tend to use [ ? ] more frequently than the girls ’ ( Romaine 1978a : 150 ) .
5 The beauty of this method is that it makes you aware of the most harmonic choices that are avaible to you on any chosen scale degree .
6 A further and very important advantage of this method is that it suggests a way of testing the validity of the rational expectations hypothesis itself .
7 The benefit of the first method is that it cuts total lead time while leaving each individual stage length unchanged .
8 The main advantage of the new method is that it requires only water .
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