Example sentences of "[noun pl] is [conj] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over at Ibrox , the news for their fans is that the long injury list is continuing to shorten . |
| 2 | Another argument in favour of the provinces is that the steady decentralisation of justice from London naturally increases the importance of the provincial Bar . |
| 3 | A major point emerging from our analysis of language/network relationships is that the variable network needs to be considered in relation to the variable sex of speaker . |
| 4 | One of the puzzling features of these areas is that the receptive field properties of their cells appear to repeat properties already present in primary visual cortex . |
| 5 | The difference between the two countries is that the formal wording of the United States Constitution can be amended only by an extraordinary process , i.e. , one that goes beyond the provisions employed for amending the ordinary law . |
| 6 | The danger for almost all golfers is that the right side tends to be dominant at the start of the downswing . |
| 7 | The buzz among senior Conservatives is that the quiet campaign on behalf of MacGregor is not going well . |
| 8 | One important assumption of the modernity/postmodernity controversies is that the political left of Marxists and critical Theorists is aligned with the modernists , whereas those ( especially French-influenced poststructuralists ) who connect somehow to postmodernism are apolitical and have little concern with contemporaneous social struggles . |
| 9 | The general impression of investigators is that the great majority of the graduates , in spite of certain difficulties , enjoy their work . |
| 10 | The nature of the disciplinary sanctions on which the system rests is that the modern MP is heavily reliant on the support of party activists and party finance in order to be elected . |
| 11 | The danger with accepting that cats have a hundred different sounds is that the whole subject becomes too complicated to make much sense . |
| 12 | One of the difficulties is that the Angolan understanding of the agreement reached in June was that Mr Savimbi should not remain in Angola while elections are held , though he might return later . |
| 13 | The advantage of the design of these experiments is that the critical comparison is made within-subjects . |
| 14 | There are many reasons why , in the early nineteenth century , different considerations would intrude on the modelling of a dissected female body rather than that of a male , but one conclusion we could draw from these figures is that the human norm is male , and the only reason to look at female bodies is for that which makes them female , i.e. the reproductive system . |
| 15 | The concept 's importance in theoretical terms is that the epic poet catches himself dreaming , and tries to communicate his dream to the rest of the group , through a mythic poem , or a ritual drama . |
| 16 | Where I think the problem lies is that the Victorian age was one which stressed personal salvation and the individual soul . |
| 17 | Also acting against Britain 's interests is that the previous director general before Quistgaard hailed from these isles . |
| 18 | The clear view of both miners and my hon. Friends is that the proposed abolition of the 1908 Act is to pave the way for privatisation by deregulating vital safety provisions and allowing the employer to introduce an extended normal working day in the guise of a flexible shift . |
| 19 | Another view of modern scholars is that the New Testament Devil and his demons became augmented by the fathers of the patristic era and were made even more devilish , as it were , than they are in the Bible . |
| 20 | For immediate purposes what is important about this and similar procedures is that the theoretical generalisation is induced from systematically gathered data . |
| 21 | The effect of both these procedures is that the defaulting party has 21 days in which to make the payment , following which the party making the demand can present a bankruptcy petition against an individual or a winding-up petition against a company . |
| 22 | The outcome of these processes is that the official portrait of crime and criminals is highly selective , serving to conceal crimes of the powerful and hence shore up their interests , particularly the need to be legitimated through maintaining the appearance of respectability . |
| 23 | The consensus in the markets is that the newly-formed audit committee , made up of board members , is examining more than last years figures . |
| 24 | The distinction between the cases is that the Hydraulic Power Co. were empowered by statute to supply water for industrial purposes , that is , they had permissive power but not a mandatory authority , and they were under no obligation to keep their mains charged with water at high pressure , or at all . |
| 25 | The outcome of these cases is that the Chinese wall has not been seen as providing satisfactory protection for the interests of the former client and , despite the existence of a Chinese wall , the courts have required the law firms not to act on behalf of the new client . |
| 26 | ‘ You were lucky to make it to the lav , ’ observed Lydia , meaning that she was very grateful that Betty had made it to the lav , since one of the rules is that the afflicted person does not mop up her own vomit and Lydia was absolutely no good at doing this . |
| 27 | One of the key features of the CTD rules is that the combined transport operator acts as a principal , not as agent of the shipper , when performing or procuring the performance of the combined transport contract . |
| 28 | So the overall effect on these budgets is that the original estimate is just over seven hundred thousand pounds , the original estimate for ninety four-five is just over seven hundred thousand pounds below the original estimate for ninety-three , ninety-four . |
| 29 | An important conclusion that can be drawn from the fiscal records is that the immediate effect of the Black Death in 1348–49 was slight in destroying communities , because most of the villages which eventually disappeared are still recorded as contributing to subsidies levied in the fifteenth century . |
| 30 | But functionalism also operates specifically to deny housework 's status as work ; indeed , one of its main premises is that the feminine role in the family is opposed to the masculine role precisely on this dimension . |