Example sentences of "is [conj] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again they ask of what significance it is that the metaphors used for God in the Hebrew and Christian scriptures are overwhelmingly male ? ) |
| 2 | What Karlsson proposes essentially is that the genes responsible for the disposition to schizophrenia ( he confines himself to this form of psychosis ) also code for creative ability . |
| 3 | The advantage of whole learning is that the connections between the parts are also learned simultaneously . |
| 4 | One of the main reasons is that the connections between terminals and host computers are telecommunication links , usually simple coaxial cables , with what is technically known as low band width . |
| 5 | The first is that the views expressed here are the author 's and not necessarily those of the Law Commission . |
| 6 | Another problem is that the chains in polyacetylene are not neatly ordered , but convoluted and higgledy-piggledy . |
| 7 | The point is that the experts were convinced Leakey was wrong when they could not possibly have known this to be the case In his rollicking ‘ Steady-state cosmology revisited ’ , Sir Fred Hoyle recounts what occurred when a paper submitted by his fellow astrophysicist Sir Hermann Bondi was set before that august body , the Royal Astronomical Society . |
| 8 | Of course the other irony as well is that the powers that meet at the conference at St Petersburg er the powers decide they will intervene in Greece . |
| 9 | Erm And the other factor that that 's introduced as well is that the powers got into the habit of meeting in congresses . |
| 10 | However , the difference is that the powers of disposal in clause 4 will then stem from a Labour Government who have a strong commitment to expand collections rather than to freeze acquisition funds . |
| 11 | With regard to income tax , of course , the danger is that the powers of the protector are such as effectively to make him a trustee in which case the trust may be deemed to be resident in the United Kingdom under FA 1989 , s110 if the settlor when he created the settlement was resident , etc in the United Kingdom . |
| 12 | Leibniz 's view is that the sources of individuation lie within the entities themselves ; in other words , entities are regarded as basic , and places are said to be explicable in terms of relations between entities — " entities " meaning here " individual substances " or " monads " . |
| 13 | Here is an extract from a letter written by an indignant rentier to his bailiff ( Driver , no. x ) : When in the next century Alexander the Great , after winning the battle of Issos in Cilicia , turned south against Egypt rather than going immediately east towards the Iranian centre of the Persian Empire , his decision , as we shall see , was strategically sensible ; what is surprising is that the Persians surrendered so quickly , not trying to defend Egypt at all , although economically Egypt probably mattered more to the Persian upper class than any other satrapy . |
| 14 | Well my Lord the issue is that the defendants deny they were under any duty to offer any advice about financial . |
| 15 | And the danger presumably is that the surpluses we were having our discussion and debate about earlier on , those surpluses that and I do understand why you feel the pensioners should benefit from their surplus , but it the reality is that the employers and possibly the pensioners are currently arguing amongst themselves for the benefit of those surpluses , but in fact one of the significant contributors is often the deferred pensioners |
| 16 | What is clear is that the mechanics of the process , that is , the breaking down of the tissue into discrete blocks , involves an increase in adhesion between the cells in each somite . |
| 17 | The main reason for this is that the liabilities of the major investing institutions are are primarily nominal , although some pensions are index-linked . |
| 18 | ‘ But my feeling is that the winds of change are blowing through this club and that the old guard 's days are numbered . ’ |
| 19 | One idea that has been suggested is that the precursors of life — complex organic molecules — arrived here from outer space . |
| 20 | Part of the left 's problem , admits Mr Geremek , is that the communists have sullied the term ‘ socialist ’ beyond redemption , even though people respond favourably in opinion polls to such left-wing causes as social justice and equality . |
| 21 | The expectation is that the others — presumably definable as ‘ non-managers ’ — will follow . |
| 22 | The irony is that the others sense this but they too cover up that they sense it , and they too cover up their cover up . |
| 23 | But our main point is that the problems that research is designed to solve , throw light upon or shape up , do not stand alone but are part of a wider context . |
| 24 | What is clear , however , is that the problems facing the water industry are their most difficult yet and that unless some action is taken , the problems can only get worse . |
| 25 | The reason a bat is a particularly telling example for a philosopher , however , is that the experiences of an echolocating bat are assumed to be peculiarly alien and different from our own . |
| 26 | Martin-Jones ( 1991 : 50 ) writes : The main tenet of the diglossia model ( Fishman 1967 ; 1980 ) is that the languages of the bilingual communities are functionally differentiated . |
| 27 | What is new is that the personnel involved in this work have emerged from the different backgrounds of teaching , educational research and libraries , bringing with them expertise and specialist knowledge from these different areas . |
| 28 | The type of computer system used is very much a secondary consideration , and will depend upon such considerations as : enterprise size/number of employees number of physical locations range of personnel applications to be attempted whether enterprise is growing , contracting , static supply of computer professionals available budget available What is certain is that the personnel function needs a shared information system . |
| 29 | Its main hope , now that the Prince and Princess of Wales are settling down to their lives apart , is that the ructions that have damaged the monarchy 's dignity have ended , allowing Prince Charles , in particular , to rebuild his image as an earnest and honourable man . |
| 30 | Farr-Jones ' suggestion is that the players acquire units or shares for their involvement in the team . |