Example sentences of "[conj] is [adj] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is , in other words , endemic within the corporation 's standard operating procedure ( Hopkins 1980a ) , or is inherent within the nature of relationships between corporations and their environment in a world capitalist economy ( Barnett 1981 ) , or within the asymmetric power relationship between transnational corporations and national state regulatory agencies ( Braithwaite 1979b , 1981a ) . |
| 2 | In law , however , it has no force , and a doctor must ignore it if it requests him to do that which is otherwise unlawful or is contrary to the duty he owes to any patient . |
| 3 | The issue is not whether or not a government is sovereign but whether that government is the custodian of a system of non-instrumental rules or is concerned with the management of a common purpose . |
| 4 | And does the 1.4 mil include a brain transplant for Jon ? ? ? ? or is this without the item . |
| 5 | As Ian Kirkpatrick , among others , has pointed out , the debate is one that is central to the game 's future well-being . |
| 6 | The reverse should also be considered ; that is , why should n't the user feed back into the system so that the system performs in a way that is best for the user ? |
| 7 | It also has a tradition and a function that is paramount within the community . |
| 8 | an explanation of the accounting treatment adopted for a refund that is subject to the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 where a credit appears in the financial statements in relation to it |
| 9 | British films are too rarely good , not because of national character , but because of a production system that is inadequate to the task of generating a regular output of full-blooded films . |
| 10 | Take semi-hardwood cuttings in late summer , choosing material that is woody at the base , but soft at the tips . |
| 11 | She amplifies this in a way that is helpful to the teacher by explaining that the term is used to describe the total group of children whose vision is affected by impairments in seeing , irrespective of the nature or extent of these . |
| 12 | Second , it is not absolute simplicity that is helpful in the input , but rather a tuning of the degree of complexity to the child 's stage of development and to the on-going demands of the conversation . |
| 13 | Each party has a view of the world that is uninfluenced by the other . |
| 14 | SUBFERTILITY — FERTILITY that is lower than " normal " or at a level below the level that is average for the population . |
| 15 | Both tagsets contain information that is absent from the other . |
| 16 | One item that is invaluable to the angler who does any amount of boat fishing is an electric outboard . |
| 17 | The rule , which is an articulate version of the policy of judicial reticence that is implicit in the practice of the English courts , is designed to ‘ stimulate risk taking , innovation and other creative entrepreneurial activities ’ . |
| 18 | It could be argued however that according to the theory of bureaucracy the Central Bank would operate monetary policy to suit its own needs , and also that monetary policy ought to be operated by a body that is accountable to the electorate ( a central bank is not , although the Bundesbank does not appear to suffer from the above problems ) . |
| 19 | Another problem arises because the air on board the aircraft has an oxygen pressure and water vapour content that are low in comparison with ‘ fresh air ’ and such an environment tends to cause dehydration and headaches. further , the lack of movement that is possible during the flight can lead to stiffness , even cramp . |
| 20 | Sparc International on the Novell Inc acquisition of Unix System Laboratories Inc : ‘ There is a large amount of information that is unclear regarding the impact of this purchase — initially , we anticipate that there will be more Novell NetWare content in Unix … potentially , having Novell run Unix as a ‘ business ’ would be beneficial to the Unix community , because it would drive for unification around a central Unix implementation . ’ |
| 21 | 17.32 Development in attainment target 3 is marked by : increasing control over the structure and organisation of different types of text ; a growing ability to handle complex or demanding subject matter ; a widening range of syntactic structures and an expanding vocabulary as the pupil begins to use language that is characteristic of writing rather than speech and to strive for a style that is appropriate to the subject matter and the readership ; a growing capacity to write independently and at length ; an increasing proficiency in re-reading and revising or redrafting the text , taking into account the needs of the audience ; a developing ability to reflect on and talk about the writing process . |
| 22 | The great thing about tea drinking is that so many varieties are available that you can always find a brew that is appropriate to the occasion . |
| 23 | Use pattern that is appropriate to the style and size of your home — a small sprig design looks far more at home in a Victorian cottage than a grand , formally patterned carpet that would be better suited to a large room . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | This is consistent a more optimistic view of future economic performance that is appropriate in the light of the counties economic strategy . |
| 26 | It was not seriously challenged until the late 1960s , when A. Wenner and others pointed out that von Frisch had not excluded the possibility that the returning , dancing bee brings back with it a smell that is specific to the locality where the food is . |
| 27 | But critics have warned that a plentiful and cheap supply of the hormone is open to abuse in a nation that is obsessed with the idea that ‘ big is better ’ . |
| 28 | Ferrari and Ibañez ( 1987 b ) have also used a generating that is familiar in the study of solitons to obtain a solution of ( 10.2 ) in which ( 10.37 ) where and a is an arbitrary constant . |
| 29 | Ian Hay leads his troops of visiting anglers with similar verve and spirit , and fishing at Scourie is organised with almost military precision ; using a system that is exclusive to the hotel and which is being increasingly emulated by other Scottish fishing establishments . |
| 30 | There is one small predatory species that is exclusive to the region , the Malayan moon rat , or gymnure . |