Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] is that some [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ A further complication is that some products are doing exceptionally well while others are in decline . ’
2 A further complication is that some plants , especially foliage houseplants , seldom flower in this country , or only do so when many years old .
3 The only difference when we open the economy to foreign trade is that some relief for I m could occur if an additional part of C m now comes from abroad .
4 The logical extension of this argument is that some form of interdependence might be possible , where Third World actors could carve out niches for themselves in the crevices that the hegemon TNCs leave unattended .
5 A further concern is that some journals do not transmit the referees ' comments to the authors ; this wastes the referees ' time and fails to appreciate that they want to improve published articles not just act as gatekeepers .
6 A further consideration is that some variables such as occupation , industry and educational qualifications were only coded for 10% of non-imputed households .
7 But the unpleasant reality is that some holiday destinations are positively dangerous .
8 Another problem is that some synthetics smell , even when washed , so look for fibres coated with an antibacterial agent .
9 Another testable restriction is that some variables will affect only the membership and wage equations directly .
10 An additional problem is that some drugs , notably diuretics which are commonly used with older people , cause a loss of potassium .
11 The cruel truth is that some animals put some humans to shame .
12 The net effect is that some plants should be more resistant to water stress ( and more tolerant of atmospheric pollution as partially closed stomata impede entry of potentially harmful air pollutants into leaves ) .
13 Another highly important fact is that some sets of cross- references taken together would actually reveal inadequacies in the way in which the material to which they refer is handled in the dictionary in its present form .
14 The plain fact is that some elements of the social charter would run the risk — indeed , would make it a real possibility — of this country returning to some of the trade union practices that did so much damage during the 1970s .
15 The general concensus is that some housework is required — car cleaning , bed making , one lad even tries his hand at ironing !
16 Part of the alleged unfairness is that some plaintiffs in the United States courts will be denied the extensive discovery available to plaintiffs generally ; but that is to give absolutely no weight to the specifically international aspects present in particular cases .
17 The success of these individual desires not withstanding , general belief is that some form of compromise is most likely .
18 The only exception is that some mosquitoes prefer drinking blood from group A for some reason .
19 One possibility is that some patients thought to be stone free may , in reality , have had residual debris despite our use of the best available techniques ( ultrasonagraphy+oral cholecystectography ) to ‘ confirm ’ complete gall stone dissolution .
20 The main hypothesis is that some CSPs are socially differentiated in that they are not all used by every social group , and that people are more aware of these CSPs than of others .
21 A third reason is that some bank managers feel threatened by a measure which could prove embarrassing .
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