Example sentences of "[subord] [noun sg] is [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the most useful optional extra , particularly for classroom recording where sound is always a problem . |
| 2 | Furthermore , although delinquency is invariably a group activity it does not always take place within organised delinquent gangs , which is the basis of Cohen 's theoretical approach . |
| 3 | Although femininity is often a problem for women seeking equal treatment with men — in that it is easier to take advantage of people who are gentle than those who are aggressive and pushy — its positive aspects in terms of openness , emotional expression and human warmth are also important . |
| 4 | If evolution is simply a matter of selective breeding , then why can we never produce anything other than dogs from dogs , however hard we try ? |
| 5 | On the other hand , it might occasionally be fair to dismiss even if illness is just a risk . |
| 6 | Because alcohol is also a source of energy ( 1 g of ethanol provides 7.1 kcal ) , it is necessary to have an additional caloric control . |
| 7 | Poverty makes economy impossible , not because the poor are improvident but because economy is always a matter of scale — bulk buying demands bulk incomes . |
| 8 | Since marriage is essentially a relationship between man and woman , the validity of the marriage depends … on whether the respondent [ Miss Ashley ] is or is not a woman … |
| 9 | Since temperature is simply a measure of the average energyr speedf the particles , this cooling of the universe would have a major effect on the matter in it . |
| 10 | Space exists in its own right as a given frame for the visible order of things , whereas time is simply a feature of that order . |
| 11 | Unemployment or short-term employment immediately after graduation is largely a reflection of the time that graduates take to find the right openings . |
| 12 | It is not clear from the survey findings whether heroin is potentially a source of real ‘ primary ’ problems . |
| 13 | Though adolescence is generally a time of intense sociability. it can also often be a time of intense loneliness . |
| 14 | Hilton defines this using the traditional mirror image : " for soule is bot a mirrour , in whilk schalt see God gostly " ( 30.102v. – 253 ) . |
| 15 | Though consent is undeniably a defence to an action for conversion , there are difficulties in reconciling this result , sensible as it may seem , with general principles of agency , for since Y's act was unauthorised it could only be effective if done within an ostensible authority — but that doctrine is inapplicable to undisclosed agency . |
| 16 | But it is not man 's activities alone which can be held to account , for man is also a part of the natural ecosystem . |
| 17 | Ultimately , what counts as rationality is partly a matter of where one stands , and what intellectual position one is taking up . |
| 18 | This conception of law as thesis is therefore a product of constructivist rationalism : it is born of the belief that law is the result of human design ; that order in society is founded on the conception of law as taxis ; and that the political authority is capable of acquiring all the knowledge it needs in order to exercise its absolutist powers wisely . |
| 19 | Also , seek medical help , especially outside the UK , as rabies is still a possibility . ’ |