Example sentences of "the [noun pl] is [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The great ‘ secret ’ of the rituals is that the Piaroa are cannibals ; for the meat they eat each day is human in its origin . |
| 2 | Well yeah but the reason I think you can condemn the excesses is because it 's |
| 3 | It would seem to follow from this analysis that the most appropriate content to ascribe to the duty to act in the interests of the shareholders is that the directors should attempt to maximise the present value of the company . |
| 4 | Turn right into er what is a very busy er road in any event at that time but that the dangers is that many drivers are becoming impatient with waiting their turn in the queue and what they 're doing is driving down on the wrong side of the road in order to utilise a little back road that 's a service road which runs alongside road and leads into Nightingale avenue . |
| 5 | All three party leaders have their admirers and the feeling on the ranks is that it will be a hung Parliament . |
| 6 | The oddity about the scrum-halves is that Strachan can not get a game for Auckland ahead of Jason Hewett , of last season 's World Cup squad , and Preston does not rank ahead of Graeme Bachop , the no.1 All Black halfback since 1990 , for Canterbury . |
| 7 | The other major weakness of the proposals is that they do not properly identify the nature of the problem . |
| 8 | What worries me at the moment about the proposals is that there is discrimination not only against the United Kingdom but against Europe in the way in which the Commission is carrying out the negotiations with the United States . |
| 9 | My main criticism of the proposals is that the reforms that they suggest are far too complacent and conservative . |
| 10 | Another sign of the times is that dealers are taking smaller spaces . |
| 11 | The chief importance of the cases is that they illustrate general principles . |
| 12 | The distinction between the cases is that the Hydraulic Power Co. were empowered by statute to supply water for industrial purposes , that is , they had permissive power but not a mandatory authority , and they were under no obligation to keep their mains charged with water at high pressure , or at all . |
| 13 | ‘ You were lucky to make it to the lav , ’ observed Lydia , meaning that she was very grateful that Betty had made it to the lav , since one of the rules is that the afflicted person does not mop up her own vomit and Lydia was absolutely no good at doing this . |
| 14 | You see one of the rules is that you keep money in cash until it was invested . |
| 15 | You have to have a licence to have a C.B. and when you get your licence you also get given a rule book which tells you all the things you are and are not allowed to do and say when using the C.B. One of the rules is that you are not allowed to swear down the C.B. as anybody can listen into your conversation and hear you swearing . |
| 16 | Whilst desktop publishing at the low-end of the market may appear to be a careful juggling match between cost and quality of output , as indeed it is , the real determining factor about the suitability of the products is whether they actually provide some benefit that could not be achieved by other means . |
| 17 | One of the reasons is that people in this country do n't value labour . |
| 18 | One of the reasons is because the Law Society says you 've got to have advocacy skills , and you 'll find in your manual the actual amount or degree of advocacy skills you will eventually have to learn . |
| 19 | And the reason for a , a lot of fashion and a lot of change in the fashions , one of the reasons is because these men had , needed some way of showing off their wealth . |
| 20 | The cover under the policies is as follows : |
| 21 | What is clear from the minutes is that the implications of school closure for the way of life of the community which was to lose its school were not considered . |
| 22 | The problem for the authorities is that it may be impossible to confirm or disprove the existence of ‘ Inner Circle ’ . |
| 23 | The problem for the authorities is that it may be impossible to confirm or disprove the existence of ‘ Inner Circle ’ . |
| 24 | The concern of the authorities is that a dominant firm will price aggressively in those markets where it faces actual or potential competition with the intention of seeing off the competition . |
| 25 | The interesting point about the satellites is that their behaviour includes many submissive components that trick the resident males into allowing them to remain near their sites . |
| 26 | The difference between the pairs is whether or not the vocal chords are used in making the sound or not . |
| 27 | I said at the time that reports are ALWAYS one sided when the score is 3–0 or 4–0 , this coupled with what I actually heard on radio 5 and what Ive seen of the goals is that Leeds had plenty of the ball , just found it hard to break a 6,7,8 man defence , and norwich looked dangerous on the counter attack . |
| 28 | The problem for the schools is that not all parents accept their share of the authority . |
| 29 | Chair , the point about the schools is that we could put that information in the minutes for the next meeting , schools that are participating in the survey . |
| 30 | Another aspect of the applied philosophy of the polytechnics is that they should maintain close contacts with industry and business . |