Example sentences of "the [noun sg] is [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The algorithm is breadth-first ; each state at time t is advanced before updating states at t+1 . |
| 2 | As the estimate is simply the maximum that any hypothesis can achieve for the remainder of the utterance , the estimate is always optimistic and the algorithm is admissible . |
| 3 | Thus the cost of a path can not increase , it can only stay at the same level or decrease , and the algorithm is admissible . |
| 4 | Otherwise , the algorithm is impractical ( e.g. if run-time is > Cn ) . |
| 5 | The algorithm is fast , taking under a second to order 1150 clones and 180 probes from the S.pombe YAC library and under 3 seconds to order 667 probes and 2837 clones from the S.pombe cosmid library on SUN SPARCStation II . |
| 6 | Johnson , never under an obligation to generate social ease , dismissed that by saying ‘ The intimacy is such as one of the professors here may have with one of the carpenters who is repairing the college , ’ Johnson 's point being that the printer , having printed some of Warburton 's works , might perhaps have bought the copyright in one or two of them . |
| 7 | The computer can not interpret the information if the tag is dirty or marked . |
| 8 | ‘ The porter is right and Dame Catherine 's explanation feckless . |
| 9 | If the defence is successful then the plaintiff will recover no damages at all . |
| 10 | The defence is solid … remember we were playing Wimbledon … the last thing they do is give the defence an easy time — I thought they coped well and limited Wimbledon to a few shot from the edge of the box — which beeney coped with admirably . |
| 11 | If the defence is good that will be the end of the matter . |
| 12 | The other view is that where the conduct of the plaintiff would have given rise to the defence at common law if he was suing for negligence , the defence is applicable . |
| 13 | The defence is appealing against a ruling by the colony 's Supreme Court that a tape recording made by Scottish police at a Perthshire hotel of an alleged confession was admissible as evidence by the Crown . |
| 14 | By mauling and driving , the defence is able to reorganise and fan out across the pitch , ready for the next attack , as the English team found out to their cost in Cardiff . |
| 15 | We know they can play this game but the defence is shocking . |
| 16 | However , if the prosecution does not raise it as a motive for murder the defence is unlikely to challenge this . |
| 17 | ‘ If , therefore , for any unhappy reason , counsel for the defence is unable to accept the assumption which stems from the fact that a particular statement has not been made available to him by the prosecution , it would become counsel 's duty to invite the judge to exercise the discretionary power which is given to him by the proviso to section 18 of the Evidence Law , ( c. 118 [ J. ] ) , by examining the statement himself and directing that it be used in such manner as the justice of the case demands . |
| 18 | Why is it then that he refuses to acknowledge that the defence is bad and needs improving ? |
| 19 | If the car dealer had made extensive enquiries of previous owners as to the accuracy of the odometer reading , then the defence is likely to succeed , especially if the general condition of the car was consistent with the mileage recorded on the odometer . |
| 20 | Where , however , the recorded mileage was exceptionally low for the age of the vehicle and the defendant had failed to make any enquiries even of the car 's immediate previous owner , the defence is likely to fail , Simmons v. Ravenhill ( 1983 D.C. ) . |
| 21 | Criticism of the defence is unfair again IMO . |
| 22 | Distinguishing Rex v. Clarke , 22 Cr.App.R. 58 and Reg. v. Hall , 43 Cr.App.R. 29 , Shelley J.A. , delivering the judgment of the court , observed that the defence is entitled to see such a statement , not by virtue of any general rule of law , but by virtue of the prosecution 's duty to inform the defence of statements in their possession made by a witness whose evidence at the trial differs substantially from what has been said in the statements . |
| 23 | As can be seen , although the response is variable , all patients showed an increase in titre . |
| 24 | If the response is strong , I suppose there could be other dates , but really we 're regarding it just as a single date right now . |
| 25 | ‘ The response is fantastic , ’ said a spokesman . |
| 26 | As with the centesimal system the time will depend on the acuteness of the symptoms , the chronicity of the complaint and the vitality of the patient but there has always been the question of when to repeat the remedy if the response is insufficient having regard to the severity of the symptoms . |
| 27 | The response is good . |
| 28 | If the response is favourable a full placement memorandum , i.e. loan prospectus , is made available to participating banks . |
| 29 | A high but realistic standard of work and behaviour is expected from all pupils , and generally the response is positive . |
| 30 | Alternatively , if the behaviour is followed by an undesirable or noxious event on a regular basis , the response is likely to occur less frequently under similar conditions in the future . |