Example sentences of "a [noun] [be] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | it appears to be accepted that the effect of such a provision is that : |
| 2 | The effect of such a provision is that the claim in question can not be enforced in any way , either by litigation or indirectly , for instance by set-off or counterclaim . |
| 3 | The great advantage of starting from scratch in a kitchen is that you can , for very little extra cost , make major improvements by repositioning services ( gas , plumbing , electricity ) , doors , windows , even walls . |
| 4 | The reason Gandhi gives for choosing to become a vānaprasthin is that he wanted to devote himself to the service of the community . |
| 5 | One of the drawbacks of A level is that because it is an examination to be taken at a particular time , namely after two years of study in the sixth form ( there are exceptions to this , but such is the general rule ) it is taken by people who are at very different stages of development , of readiness for the examination , and , above all , of interest in the subject matter . |
| 6 | One reason why students do n't do as well as they should at A level is that they ca n't express themselves . |
| 7 | The implication of such a decision is that freight will continue to be carried , as at present , on existing lines , with the intensified use of those lines possibly throughout the night . |
| 8 | But before we move from discussing the lower levels of language — words , phrases , grammatical categories — to talking about the text as a unit of meaning , it would perhaps be useful to explain briefly what a text is and why we identify a given stretch of language as a text rather than assume that it is a set of unrelated words and sentences . |
| 9 | The processing stages for each reading of each sentence in a text were as follows . |
| 10 | As discussed above , a more robust recognition system may result from allowing multiple interpretations of a segment , and letting lexical access make the final decision about whether a segment is or , for example , in the context of or , since neither gis , nor kif are valid lexical sequences . |
| 11 | But however the ‘ Conscription of Riches ’ was interpreted , the secret of its success as a slogan was that it fused basic socialist ideas about state control and greater equality with patriotic support of the nation at war . |
| 12 | The other advantages of a freezer are that it enables you to store food that can be brought out in an emergency when you have unexpected guests , or to store certain foods in bulk , such as bread , to save you from frequent trips to the shops . |
| 13 | What is apt to happen when we strike a solid is that a whole series of stress waves radiate from the point of impact and move off into the body of the material . |
| 14 | This is grievous news , grievous not only for this and other universities but for the nation ; for it is a grave national misfortune to be governed by those who do not know what a university is and what distinguishes it from other institutions of learning and study , not to mention training . |
| 15 | The only significant difference between Lucy and a statue was that Lucy had pubic hair ; this caused them a bit of a surprise at first . |
| 16 | The only times I do not want to be a writer are when I want to be a painter , and the only times I want to be a painter are when I am taken by the cast or mobility on a person 's face . |
| 17 | What might be seen to be a hurdle is that the ‘ likely adverse effects on the animals concerned ’ will be weighed against ‘ the benefit likely to accrue as a result of the programme ’ ( 5.4 ) . |
| 18 | The only trouble with such a hypothesis is that it is difficult to prove . |
| 19 | I suppose one advantage of a computer is that it can store and remember a great deal of information . |
| 20 | A different possible interpretation of a contract is that , not the buyer , but the seller has undertaken to accept the risk that the goods might not exist , i.e. he has undertaken as part of the contract that the goods do in fact exist . |
| 21 | In your own words describe what a creditor is and when creditors arise . |
| 22 | One of the advantages of being a vet is that we can get out of almost anything by pleading an emergency . |
| 23 | A consequence of the existence of such a link is that excitatory conditioning will be retarded when an inhibitory CS is used to signal the occurrence of the US . |
| 24 | One of the criticisms of reporting convertible debt as a liability is that it ignores the equity rights which are inherent in an issue of convertible debt . |
| 25 | Thus the criterion proposed in the Discussion Paper and the FRED to determine whether a capital instrument represents a liability is whether it contains an obligation to transfer economic benefits . |
| 26 | It 's not as bad as I think , I think the funniest thing was erm is that that Hackney Housing Office down here looks just like a squat is that the housing office for Hackney |
| 27 | A difficulty is that Mercier 's brushwork , and an essential freedom in his style , does not lend itself to the same kind of minute scrutiny that could be applied to a painter like Zoffany . |
| 28 | Both the ideal good and the ideal bad objects are understood , not as a something external to the subject , but as inseparable from an emerging sense of the world in which such a division is as yet unperceived . |
| 29 | My method of writing and producing a play was as follows : being a little lazy and a great procrastinator , I would leave the writing of the Saturday night play until the day before , meanwhile working out the plot and sequence of scenes in my head . |
| 30 | One problem when using the Tube as a tent is that the lightweight alloy poles have a tendency to bend at the joints when under strong pressure . |