Example sentences of "[be] therefore a " in BNC.

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1 Year after year we came home convinced that ‘ all-German ’ emotions , though officially discouraged on one side and dormant on the other , were far from dead , and that the post-war arrangements in central Europe were therefore a lot less permanent than they might seem .
2 The weapons were therefore a superior product at the forefront of developments in alloying .
3 The Clarks were therefore a good deal out of pocket .
4 Somewhere in the period between the time that early man first made for himself a ‘ god ’ , and the time when evidence of ‘ god ’ worship was left for later generations to find , the use of ‘ gods ’ for purposes which were largely intended to create unfair privileges , and were therefore a source of evil , gradually crept in and became a widespread part of the social scene .
5 Youth cultures were therefore a ‘ metaphor for social change ’ .
6 You gave out emanations of virtue and vice at once , at school and at home respectively ; you were therefore a deceiver , and so were bad in truth .
7 People who were ‘ chronically sick ’ , on the other hand , were familiar : they had failed to benefit from medical treatment and were therefore a problem , usually best left to themselves or to others to cope with .
8 There were therefore a number of attempts to avoid the conclusion that there had been a big bang .
9 But the question of what pictures are entirely or for practical purposes Bellini 's own is answered largely by personal taste ; there is therefore a considerable divergence of view .
10 Line , like stance , is therefore a fluid thing ; it is a method of positioning and repositioning yourself so that you are always trying to reduce the opponent 's opportunities .
11 The telling of atrocity stories is therefore a highly structured occasion which reveals little about the teller other than that he or she is performing a ritual for a contextually specific purpose .
12 The result of the migration process is therefore a steady increase in the demand for purchased products , since most rural families will grow their own food , and make much of their domestic equipment .
13 Because the ruler takes on such an exalted role , his power is unchallengeable and he is therefore a despot .
14 It is therefore a mistake to make too much of ‘ the ulsterior motive , .
15 None of our Churches is therefore a ‘ whole ’ Communion as a result .
16 It is therefore a very powerful dating technique making it possible to date the right archaeological samples ( see p. 144 ) to the year of felling , as well as providing the accurate calendar timescale necessary for radiocarbon calibration .
17 The world is therefore a big nation .
18 It is therefore a theoretical structure flawed in some of its fundamental conceptions and all too readily adaptable to the needs of hierarchical bureaucracies .
19 Perhaps inevitably , the text is rather bitty , and it is therefore a book to be dipped into rather than read from cover to cover .
20 This is a broad but concise one-volume review of the subject and is therefore a useful addition to the literature .
21 The PSS 9.6V is therefore a compromise .
22 Motivation is therefore a causal relationship between effort expended , the performance attained and the reward related to the performance .
23 It is therefore a mixture of MI5 , Special Branch and MI6 .
24 There is therefore a real need for the adequate provision of residential homes catering for long stay mentally handicapped children , and an equal need that such homes offer the right type of care for the young mentally handicapped child .
25 There is therefore a balance between the risks of not being vaccinated against certain diseases known to be prime causes of mental handicap , and having vaccinations which can themselves be harmful .
26 It is therefore a comprehensive conflict .
27 Cleaning , using detergents , is therefore a function carried out using a detergent combined with heat and water
28 Awe is therefore a natural human response to God .
29 The heart , or the inner life , is therefore a great teacher , pointing us back to the source of all happiness — to God himself .
30 It is therefore a moving thought that the rivermen were among the first people in the modern countryside business to begin to stop and think a little harder about what they were actually doing .
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