Example sentences of "[is] [det] [subord] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rule of thumb is this when the first cluster of bubbles is fully formed , sweep them away with a bird 's wing feather . |
| 2 | Is this where the earlier distinction returns : that ‘ art ’ depends on conscious performance ? |
| 3 | What all this shows is that a distinctively structuralist kind of criticism is possible , and moreover , that it is more than the simple application and refinement of the tools of poetics . |
| 4 | And it 's preferable to have a golf course rather than agricultural land which might be heavily dosed with chemicals six times a year , which is more than the average course . ’ |
| 5 | More crimes are committed with illustrated books , especially in certain categories , than with any others , owing to the operations of the ‘ breaker ’ , the dealer ( and sometimes , regrettably , the collector ) who will ruthlessly destroy a perfectly good book because the total value of the separate plates or maps , sold individually , is more than the intact volume would ordinarily be . |
| 6 | When a car drives slowly into her taxi , stationary at a traffic-clogged crossroads , it is more than the stupid accident it would be in London , New York or Sydney . |
| 7 | Javed at the crease is more than the uncomplicated warrior , laying about him with pride . |
| 8 | In Figure 8.2 the algorithm will initially take the leftmost path but will then backtrack and eventually take the correct , rightmost path , because the estimate for the rightmost path is less than the actual cost of any other path . |
| 9 | Barro obtains a value of 1.4 for his test statistic , which is less than the critical value under the F distribution with 3 and 19 degrees of freedom at the 5 per cent significance level . |
| 10 | But at the output Q , person 2 's marginal private benefit is only P 2 , which is less than the current price P 1 . |
| 11 | But other schemes are less contentious : partly because the extra money gained from child benefits and other payments which favour lone parents is less than the extra money lone parents gain when the whole household is living on supplementary benefit ; and partly because the public tolerates laxer or more generous administration in other schemes than it is prepared to tolerate when it comes to means-tested benefits for the poor . |
| 12 | The calculated value is less than the upper limit from Mariner 10 , indicating that Mercury is close to hydrostatic equilibrium . |
| 13 | But in 1983–7 the real ( volume ) increase in funds first fell to zero , then fell absolutely , then rose at a rate lower than 1 per cent — that is less than the increasing trend to an ageing population required to sustain standards ( Kings Fund Institute , 1988 ; Owens and Glennerster , 1990 ) . |
| 14 | Recall that in a boom year , aggregate measured income exceeds aggregate permanent income so that the measured apc is less than the long-run apc , while in a slump year ( where Y < Y p ) the measured apc is greater than the long-run apc . |
| 15 | This means that in a situation where saving exceeds investment , so that aggregate demand is less than the total value of production , firms will reduce output and lay off workers . |
| 16 | This figure is less than the average number of new company registrations every month . |
| 17 | Let's rewrite that slightly differently and just say l over L open brackets into D T P L over D L minus T P over L , alright , what 's that in economic terms , well that 's simply , right , marginal product of labour in the brackets , right , minus the average product of labour , okay , so if if the marginal product of labour here is greater than the average product right , the righthand side is going to be positive right , therefore , average product is going to be positive okay , the marginal product is greater than the average product ah change the slope of the average product curve is going to be er positive therefore average product itself is positive and rising let's write that down as the marginal product of labour is greater than the average product of labour that implies changing slope of the er average product curve right , is positive implying that average product is positive itself and rising Okay , if the marginal product of labour , right , is less than the average product right , that implies the slope of the average product curve is positive therefore the average product itself , right , is positive and falling sorry right , so we can rewrite that somewhat succinctly , using the following D A P L over D L , right , is greater than equal to or less than zero if D T P L over D L , right , is greater than , equal to , less than right T P L over L the average product . |
| 18 | If the remaining air time is less than the no-stop time required , the cylinder content display flashes air time . |
| 19 | If your pension in your own right is less than the dependent wife 's pension , the higher amount will be paid , but the existence of your own pension helps your tax position ( see page 72 ) . |
| 20 | The reduction in pull-out torque occurs when the stepping rate is less than the natural frequency of mechanical oscillations for the system , which can be determined from the results of Section 4.3 . |
| 21 | The lunar ‘ year ’ normally comprised twelve months , but this is less than the solar year . |
| 22 | Above Q * ; the marginal utility of films is less than the marginal utility of meals sacrificed . |
| 23 | Below S * it is worth increasing the tree size and paying the marginal compensation that is less than the marginal benefit . |
| 24 | She points out that at the size S 1 the marginal benefit of the last inch is less than the marginal cost to you , which is also the amount you must be compensated for that last inch on the tree . |
| 25 | If the shares are purchased wholly or partly out of the proceeds of a fresh issue and the amount of the proceeds is less than the nominal value of the buy-back shares , the difference must be transferred to the capital redemption reserve ( s170(2) ) . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's more than the last straw for Faye . |