Example sentences of "[noun pl] is [adv] " in BNC.

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1 The development of a corporate culture which deals appropriately with risks is most important .
2 ’ But why is it the only time you take risks is when you 're likely to make a profit. ? ’
3 The report points out that quantifying risks is not without its uses : it teaches you a great deal about the way that the engineering systems you 're analysing behave .
4 The evaluation of investment risks is generally accepted to be a corporate responsibility .
5 The evaluation of investment risks is generally accepted to be a corporate responsibility .
6 Despite many investigations , the evidence for these cancer risks is still not conclusive , although it is certainly disturbing ( Vessey et al .
7 Research in the Arts is mostly conducted on an individual basis and it is not possible to do full justice to this activity here .
8 The International Association of Women in the Arts is also planning a series of events in Madrid in September , as well as its AGM and conference which will take place from the 28 September to the 2 October .
9 Without these criticism lacks intellectual rigour , and is unable to justify itself adequately in a world in which the personal and social utility of the arts is increasingly called into question .
10 But a Harris poll conducted in February indicates that support for the arts is up significantly , now over 60% as opposed to 48% in 1974 .
11 The Faculty of Arts is not only one of the largest Faculties in the University but one of the largest in the country and , as such , offers a stimulating and challenging environment in which to study .
12 Course Television Coverage of the Arts is mainly a matter of pearls before swine and horses before carts .
13 Does my right hon. Friend agree that although business sponsorship of the arts is extremely important and welcome , it would be just as beneficial for the arts , particularly local theatres such as the Civic theatre in Chelmsford , if we had a national lottery to which everyone could contribute to help to raise funds for the arts ?
14 A French scientist said ‘ Most of the work to be done in science and the useful arts is precisely that which needs the knowledge and co-operation of many scientists that is why it is necessary for scientists and technologists to meet — even in those branches of knowledge which seem to have least relation and connection with one another . ’
15 Erm , I think it 's important for us all to remember what community arts is about .
16 That 's what community development is about , that 's what community arts is about .
17 Student involvement in the arts is especially encouraged and as well as the theatre being used regularly by the Department of English , Media and Theatre Studies for productions and teaching , the University Drama Group and the Ballet and Contemporary Dance Society regularly use the Riverside for their own public presentations .
18 Student involvement in the arts is especially encouraged and as well as the theatre being used regularly by the Department of English , Media and Theatre Studies for productions and teaching , the University Drama Group and the Ballet and Contemporary Dance Society regularly use the Riverside for their own public presentations .
19 Now ethnic arts is really playing for a very small number of people .
20 Although Cal Arts is now associated with a distinctive West Coast style , Baldessari was influential in bringing in East Coast and European artists — Joseph Kosuth , Robert Smithson , Lawrence Weiner , Daniel Buren , Hans Haacke , Sol LeWitt .
21 The kind of criticism that is appropriate in the performing arts is quite different from that in technology , which again differs from the nature of criticism in philosophy .
22 Not that the crowd at Le Palais noticed , of course : British audiences ' antipathy to homegrown rappers is as legendary as it is ignorant , but the real surprise was the startlingly similar response for Pete Rock & CL Smooth .
23 For instance , enabling a robot to recognise a wide variety of objects in different positions and lighting-conditions is currently beyond the state of the art , as is building a robot or desk-computer that will understand many different sentences , on different topics and spoken by different speakers .
24 Writin' fuckin' songs is n't very easy either . ’
25 The use of today 's worship songs is much in evidence and they are described in the United States as ‘ songs important to pilgrim people ’ .
26 It is quite feasible that band members will have contributed to the composition of songs in different amounts , so the income received from the band 's songs is often split to reflect this .
27 Macedo 's vision of preservation for the forest and its peoples is very different from the Utopian fantasies of many in the developed world who profess a passionate concern for Amazonia .
28 The interchange of the two peoples is more and more frequent , and … is likely to continue increasing ’ .
29 The fact that a right ear advantage was obtained in the experiment by Morais and Bertelson does not mean that there is no difference in functional potency of crossed and uncrossed pathways , but implies that competition between the two ears is not the sole and necessary determinant of auditory laterality effects .
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