Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [be] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In outline the algorithm is as follows : — |
| 2 | The defence is that the defendant took all reasonable steps and exercised all due diligence to avoid committing the offence , section 39 . |
| 3 | The effect of the defence is that the plaintiff consents to exempt the defendant from a duty of care which would otherwise have been owed . |
| 4 | The defendant accepted as a fact that he was holding the revolver when the fatal shot was discharged , but the case for the defence was that the revolver went off accidentally in the course of a struggle during which the defendant forcibly placed Paulette in the driver 's seat . |
| 5 | The argument for the defence was that the defendant , being inside , was not ‘ in the vicinity of ’ the place , which meant outside . |
| 6 | The defence was that there was no consideration for the promise because the plaintiff was bound by his existing contract to assist in sailing the ship . |
| 7 | The defence was that the action was time barred . |
| 8 | Tell that story to one of America 's many grumblers about Japanese investment and the response is that Mr Dukakis would never have made that mistake at a Japanese firm : he would have been able to tell the difference . |
| 9 | The response is that since the words relate to the past , later debts are not included . |
| 10 | The response is that in a rapidly growing market ( say 30 per cent growth per annum ) the only way to increase market share is to go for massive expansion of capacity ( say 50 per cent per annum ) . |
| 11 | The response is that he 's very upset and concerned about the women . |
| 12 | The response was that we do not get involved in trying i in to get foreign administrations to try to tell them what decisions they should make . |
| 13 | Er and er well I look to myself and my family to make sure that er I do n't just jump without fully reviewing the opportunity 's that are available for me . |
| 14 | In the case of a bridal couple the ideology is that during the initiatory phase of their marriage the groom and his bride are playing out the roles of a god and a goddess ; when they resume their life as ordinary mortals their dangerous divinity must be removed . ) |
| 15 | Undeniably their faith is genuine , but the weakness is that their faith is developed at the expense of their understanding . |
| 16 | The likely terms of the split are that Solvay will take over sole ownership of Interox , the price being Laporte 's takeover of the organics and persulphates and cancellation or sale of most of Solvay 's shareholding in Laporte . |
| 17 | The final condemnation of the change is that no-one consulted formally these top men in the sport before passing the show-stopping law and , furthermore , that the lawmakers left so much still to be ironed out . |
| 18 | The essence of the change is that the intermediating function between social and economic forces is no longer one that a government can renounce or let go by default . |
| 19 | Does my hon. Friend accept that the change is that there is now a proposal to cut a road through the wood whereas 40 years ago there was not ? |
| 20 | So radical has the change been that Freddie and Caroline are sometimes at Prue 's dinner-parties now . |
| 21 | The suspense is because our winnings depend not just on which card we have played ( which we each know ) , but on the other player 's card too ( which we do n't know until the banker reveals it ) . |
| 22 | The advantage of own brands for the retailer is that they can only be purchased from that particular company . |
| 23 | But what persuades me that we have not heard the last of Havel the writer is that he combines a total commitment to social freedom and individual responsibility with an extraordinary ironic detachment . |
| 24 | So the upshot of the trial was that Mr. Steed was restored to the position of registered proprietor but had failed to upset the building society 's charge . |
| 25 | Mr Heslop said : ‘ The evidence of the majority of the board is that they no longer have any confidence in his ability to discharge his function . |
| 26 | In my concern as Chairman of the Board was that er if very few people turned up then perhaps people might say that we did n't go around go about advertising it in the correct way what I think we actually did I 'm not sure how many people are here this evening , but I should think it 's somewhere in the region of about hundred and , hundred and fifty , so I hope that the meeting this evening sort of cross representation people actually use facilities which the playhouse offers . |
| 27 | At least , most of the Board were and the rest of us were persuaded that it would be no bad thing , without , I confess , being precisely clear what we meant by that blessed word . |
| 28 | In the limiting case where ( i.e. , a 100 per cent tax on bequests ) , the inequality is that due to the variation in the income of the current generation ( and var[Β] ) , moderated by saving ( if ) . |
| 29 | I do n't know how big the uptake is because actually it does n't make a lot of sense you know , it 's not that much cheaper . |
| 30 | Yes , I mean my view is that we put it out for members we see what the uptake is and then we can always look at the list and ring certain other people |