Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] is that [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The interesting part is that the measuring fibre does not need to be part of the current carrying circuit , giving a high degree of electrical isolation . |
| 2 | The reason for the need for this rigorous honesty is that a continuing sense of guilt and remorse will reduce the sense of self-worth and well-being . |
| 3 | One consequence of the primacy of the metric equation is that the Gaussian curvature is a function of the coefficients in the metric equation . |
| 4 | The other most obvious difference between the researcher and the ordinary new member of a social group is that the former must keep detailed and accurate notes and records of everything observed and every impression gained . |
| 5 | A second consequence of the more explosive nature of a Surtseyan eruption is that the pyroclastic material gets scattered much more widely . |
| 6 | The clear inference is that the nuclear threshold is becoming robust enough to withstand even fairly overt military challenges . |
| 7 | The major factor in the incremental process is that the previous year 's budget and level of expenditure is not challenged — there is general acceptance that it is valid . |
| 8 | One of the major points to emerge from computational theory is that the best way of achieving a representation of the environment is via a modular system that represents different properties of the environment in different parts of the system . |
| 9 | The second reason for the silence on foreign policy is that the big differences on it run within the parties rather than between them . |
| 10 | A more devious theory is that the whole red-mercury affair is simply a fantasy dreamt up to make Mr Rutskoi look foolish . |
| 11 | One American commentator has expressed the following view : ‘ the skewing effect of an ageing society is that the economic imbalances caused by the provision of health care for the elderly potentially threaten the welfare of younger generations and of society as a whole … the stage is set for a profound confrontation . ’ |
| 12 | But the most shocking thing about this new black-humour novel is that every life-or-death horror story is true , says its author , consultant anaesthetist Dr Philip Keep . |
| 13 | And then up at Gleneagles we have a pro-am celebrity golf tournament and that 's in conjunction with a dinner and a fashion show and yet again the interesting thing is that the Scottish P G A is actually going to run the golf tournament for us so that 's a great scoop . |
| 14 | That gag was consciously played for laughs , of course , but the really funny thing is that the pioneering Australian brands which were on the shelves in the ‘ 70s were actually called the much more comical names of Kanga Rouge and Wallaby wine . |
| 15 | Its peculiar feature is that the main raw material , pig bristle , is bought from a monopoly supplier , China , and it is imports of Chinese paint brushes that have quadrupled within the last three years . |
| 16 | The central finding is that the rising superiority of the Japanese is based , not on scale or factor costs , but on the creation of what has been dubbed a ‘ lean ’ system of production . |
| 17 | Her central hypothesis is that a social organization with its culture , mode of functioning and political structure , is the product of a number of interacting factors . |
| 18 | ‘ Not in any great sense of condemnation , but quite clearly the scriptural teaching is that the one safe situation is to have one partner , within the Christian view of marriage . ’ |
| 19 | The principal disadvantage is that a limited company invariably incurs some additional costs . |
| 20 | As we approach Christmas the real tragedy is that the vast majority of our friends — good , sincere people , most of them — will not get within a mile of the real meaning of Christmas . |
| 21 | The litmus test between the great mind and the clever mind is that the former is always conscious of how little he knows , and the latter of how much he knows . |
| 22 | The overall effect is that the main swell of the ocean is broken , leaving calmer water inside . |
| 23 | ( An ironic postscript is that a new generation of physicists is growing up right now that entertains certain reservations about orthodox quantum mechanics , themselves brooding darkly about their elders and muttering blasphemies about ‘ hidden variables ’ , a term held in unmitigated horror by this older generation of quantum theorists . |
| 24 | Marx 's central contention is that the capitalist economy sows the seeds of its own destruction , that it can not help creating the forces that will destroy it as a product of its own internal contradictions . |
| 25 | The crucial point is that the non-time-related organisation requires a conceptual grasp of the content and a level of linguistic ability which allows the writer to realise the concepts successfully in the text . |
| 26 | A more basic and crucial point is that the logical conclusion of the Marxist approach would be that the introduction of socialism will lead to a society without crime , where collective interests and responsibilities are all important . |
| 27 | The crucial point is that the English department was to be elevated , not so much by virtue of its importance within the institution , but because of the role it might be made to occupy in leading , coordinating , and sustaining extra-mural initiatives : |
| 28 | The sad truth is that the primary sufferer is much more likely to die if this " enabling " support continues . |
| 29 | The sad truth is that the average collector is unlikely to recover more than the most fragmentary remains of dinosaurs . |
| 30 | One dubious consequence is that the short-term memory , of limited capacity compared with the virtually infinite capacity of long-term memory , is conceived as the internal stage on which exhibits from the store are manipulated . |