Example sentences of "[is] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 This is my first letter to this magnificent mailing networky thing ( except it is'nt really because i had one sent back the other day , but that s another story ) This is also going to be my last for a while as I 'm going back home to newcastle tomorrow .
2 At least there s some loyalty left in the game
3 That s All Folks
4 I do think it is a possibility to use him as a substitute to come on when there s more space around on the pitch .
5 I think he s more use in the squad for the money wed get for him .
6 OK — and there s more futba to come — Leeds on SkySport this Sunday ; guess i find me a little pub here in Trondheim which showes the game live .
7 At this stage , there is little reference to the likely difficulty of the criterion or to factors which are associated with variation in difficulty .
8 As for the detailed number criteria there is little reference at this stage to likely success rates or to the difficulty factors which are associated with variation in success rates .
9 Systems are relevant to how you run your office , not how you run your cases and there is little reference to the transaction criteria .
10 There is little exploration of the sorts of processes and events reported in research in Manchester ( Ward , 1979 ) and London ( Wall man , 1986 ) , for example , which documents the shifting forms of boundary maintenance , division and alliance that emerge in relation to local politics .
11 However much Labour may talk about public expenditure , it normally makes such a mess of the economy that there is little benefit to be found in the longer run .
12 Apart from two or three cafes and a restaurant or two , there is little habitation .
13 Very little research has been carried out on the functions of domestic pottery ; there must have been a variety of functions which , glibly , can be placed under the headings of cooking and storage , but behind such distinctions there is little clarity .
14 Despite the considerable attention given to poverty-environment linkages amongst donor policy agencies , there is little clarity as to the precise causal relationships involved .
15 There is also some evidence to suggest that there is little variation by social class in the amount of practical support given and received .
16 For systems in which there is little variation of both load torque and distance of travel it may be appropriate to operate with a fixed switching angle , so as to minimise the controller costs .
17 There is little variation by sex or social class in these attitudes , and little consistent variation with age except that the older the respondents , the more likely they are to consider Respect for authority and Discipline and orderliness essential , and the less likely to consider Sex education essential .
18 There is little variation with age or sex in these attitudes , but some variation between social classes .
19 On the other hand , male sterilizations are rare and there is little promotion of the operation .
20 There is little possibility of France rejoining the alliance 's integrated military command , which it left in 1966 ; that would be a French political retreat .
21 Today , the gap between treasure hunters and archaeologists is considerable , and there is little possibility of confusing the two : the main aim of the treasure hunter is to make a financial gain from what is found , whereas the main aim of the archaeologist is to investigate the past .
22 There is little possibility of any recovery of the costs of using a lawyer from the losing party and legal aid will not finance representation .
23 ‘ Since , however , he is away for a couple of days , there is little possibility of your doing that ! ’
24 The working party found that the linkage between the IT research community and the IT industry is very strong , but that there is little linkage between the IT research community and the wider engineering research community or engineering industry .
25 There is little accumulation because many people sell the shares after the flotation , and most of those that hang on do not accumulate others .
26 Indeed , there is little differentiation by class at all in domestic divisions of labour .
27 In this type of marriage there is little blurring of roles .
28 Unfortunately , there is little pipe — so you would need quite a standardisation between nut sizes large selection of open-ended spanners to cope with all the nuts you might find .
29 Market research has shown that the company 's torches are seen as dependable but rather old-fashioned and there is little awareness of the newer products which have been introduced to fit the contemporary lifestyle .
30 More often there is little awareness of either the potential for independent living or how its denial is a denial of a basic human right .
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