Example sentences of "is [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | While is possible that Ryde have signed him in his other capacity as Saviour of the World , the official reason is that regular ‘ keeper Ian Lloyd is having trials with York City . |
| 32 | The general opinion is that Real are tighter in defence , but less interesting and inventive . |
| 33 | The most obvious fact is that real problems are rare . |
| 34 | The evidence is that primary safety improvements , like studded tyres , better acceleration and so on , encourages more cautious driving . |
| 35 | The sad fact is that dolphin-friendly labels were a commercial decision by companies looking to protect their profits , not dolphins . " |
| 36 | The upshot is that incumbent governments tend to remain incumbent even when they have not got things arranged as conveniently as they would like . |
| 37 | The result is that young adults , themselves seeking a separate sexual and personal identity , are resisting the way of life lived and promoted by their parents . |
| 38 | A more long-term effect is that over-exposed skin will age and wrinkle prematurely , and will thicken to take on a leathery look . |
| 39 | Indeed we will see that the outcome of the Keynesian view is that monetary policy should be directed at interest rates , rather than the money supply , but that in any case monetary policy should be subsidiary to fiscal policy . |
| 40 | The Cecchini Report does not have much to say on this issue , but the implication of such a policy is that monetary policies would need to be co-ordinated to prevent the growth of monetary instability . |
| 41 | There are certain routine practices , customs and procedures in our society whose consequence is that black people have poorer jobs , health , housing , education and life chances than do the white majority . |
| 42 | The reason is that hot water causes the pipes to expand to a greater extent than copper and at higher temperatures it can soften slightly and consequently ‘ sag ’ between supports . |
| 43 | One view is that rural manufacturing growth stems from the preferences of employers for rural environments . |
| 44 | The net result is that rural areas have gained an increasing share of manufacturing and service employment as both Table 5.8 and Figure 5.7 show . |
| 45 | The Marxist view is that petty commodity production indirectly contributes to the surplus in the modern economy , which is so necessary for capital accumulation ( these points are well developed by McEwen Scott 1979 ) . |
| 46 | One consequence is that mainstream political science has a long history of insensitivity to issues of gender . |
| 47 | The result is that retired people too often become bored , dissatisfied and unfulfilled . |
| 48 | The simple form of this argument is that new technology is so enormously labour-saving that we will never again need full employment to provide for all our needs . |
| 49 | It is thus possible that , just as we are suggesting for some of the other finds at Mycenae , it was taken from Knossos : if so , the implication is that other pieces of statuary and relief carving from Minoan Knossos were also removed — by some Mycenean equivalent of Lord Elgin , perhaps . |
| 50 | Hareven 's view is that economic circumstances have eased in the twentieth century , for most people , so that the alignment of individual time and family time has increasingly become a voluntary matter , whereas the stark economic conditions of the nineteenth century made this an absolute necessity ( Hareven , 1978 ) . |
| 51 | Our conclusion is that economic efficiency theories , carefully examined , support the prohibition of insider trading . |
| 52 | The result is that major segments of the population — sometimes a majority , sometimes a minority — will continue to experience a sense of deprivation , and to be in permanent opposition to the government . |
| 53 | The canonical form is not unique ; the best-known form is that due to Smith ( see Ref. ( 1 ) ) . |
| 54 | In the limiting case where ( i.e. , a 100 per cent tax on bequests ) , the inequality is that due to the variation in the income of the current generation ( and var[Β] ) , moderated by saving ( if ) . |
| 55 | An important group frequency is that due to the CO stretching motion of carbonyl ligands in transition metal complexes . |
| 56 | The final type of market failure to be considered is that due to the market producing and transmitting insufficient information . |
| 57 | The result is that first-time buyers now have to find at least 6% of the valuation to put down in advance . |
| 58 | One implication is that professional power is not just determined by professional status but by effectiveness in establishing the negotiating processes and helping to find solutions . |
| 59 | One thing which , it seems , has been sorted out is that contrary to what SINEAD O'CONNOR said in this very organ recently , her record company have emphatically denied that she 's going to stop making records . |
| 60 | ‘ The fact is that individual people are the best guardians of their own information . |