Example sentences of "third [noun sg] is that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The third difficulty is that the criteria which a lender uses to differentiate between borrowers he is prepared to accept and borrowers he judges too risky may , as it were , throw out the sheep with the goats . |
| 2 | A third worry is that the Treasury 's decision to finance its budget deficit by selling more short-term securities ( see page 99 ) and issuing fewer long-term bonds will increase the government 's incentive to pursue inflationary policies . |
| 3 | The third weakness is that the method adopted to conquer inflation for the second time — raising the interest rate — only works by inflicting pain on borrowers , both corporate and domestic . |
| 4 | The third requirement is that the defendant 's conduct in committing the crime must have been objectively dangerous . |
| 5 | The third point is that the opponent 's fist only needs a slight deflection so you should n't need to make your action too pronounced . |
| 6 | A third point is that the pro file indicates the child 's ability to control aspects of the emerging adult grammatical system and therefore makes the assumption that , for children , language learning is about the acquisition of that adult system . |
| 7 | The third conclusion is that the reduction of socio-economic inequalities of use and outcome depends as much on government policies relating to the areas of work , the environment , income , etc. , as on social policies . |
| 8 | The third attribute is that the final sentence in a paragraph should , ideally , form a link and a lead-in to what is to be discussed in the next paragraph . |
| 9 | The third criticism is that the medical basis of the Infanticide Act 1938 is now discredited : the reference to the effect of lactation is without foundation , and it is acknowledged that the social pressures consequent upon the arrival of a new child ( such as financial demands , unsuitable housing , effects on family relationships ) may be just as likely to lead to the mental disturbance manifest in these cases as any condition linked specifically with the event of giving birth . |
| 10 | The third assumption is that the stream terminates at the edge of the grid . |
| 11 | A third suggestion is that the black and white stripes dazzle the lion when it gets very close to its prey and make it difficult for the killer to concentrate on its fast-moving victim . |
| 12 | A third variant is that the ‘ good ’ and ‘ bad ’ qualities are apportioned to different people outside , in much the same way as children believe in and distinguish between fairies and witches , cowboys and Indians , empires of good and evil . |
| 13 | The third possibility is that the adjective is a deliberate invitation for the population to divide themselves into ‘ active ’ and ‘ passive ’ citizens . |
| 14 | A third possibility is that the Candida provokes antibodies which happen to cross-react with some of the body 's own proteins . |
| 15 | The third possibility is that the shifted features are not due to the Doppler motion of the gas but due to stimulated Raman scattering of the main features . |
| 16 | The third possibility is that the plaintiff may take up a position which is not in itself dangerous but where his failure to take precautions increases the risk of the extent of harm which he may suffer . |
| 17 | A third view is that the proportion of students going into permanent employment is what really counts and , here , the polys at least hold their own . |