Example sentences of "is [det] feature [prep] " in BNC.

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1 For it will set aside a conviction whenever it appears unjust or unsafe to allow the verdict to stand because some failure has occurred in observing the conditions which , in the court 's view , are essential to a satisfactory trial , or because there is some feature of the case raising a substantial possibility that , either in the conclusion itself , or in the manner in which it has been reached , the jury may have been mistaken or misled .
2 It might appear , from the arguments and prejudices just considered , that the nature of the commitment dividing holists from individualists has already emerged : holists , it seems , are in effect determinists , and it is this feature of their theories that individualists are anxious to reject .
3 It is this feature of Beccaria 's programme that has caused more problems than probably anything else , as we shall see later .
4 In our judgment it is this feature of the later history that has led to understandable confusion .
5 They go on to note that it is this feature of the market that necessitates detailed regulation to protect the interests of the shareholders , a principal objective of the City Code on Take-overs and Mergers being , for instance , to ensure a fair distribution of the take-over premium among the members .
6 It is this feature of price/yield relationships that ensures that the nearer an instrument approaches maturity , the more liquid it becomes .
7 Closely related to the question of syntax is another feature of difference that has only recently become clear , as linguists have studied " real " as opposed to idealised language data .
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