Example sentences of "the [noun] [pron] is [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Back in the tent there is more soup , coffee and a hunk of smoked lamb that goes down well . |
| 2 | Beneath the surface of the index there is much turmoil , with some shares zooming ahead . |
| 3 | In the west there is more rain ( about 800 mm per year ) , more cloud and therefore less sunshine than in the east ( 600 mm rain per year ) . |
| 4 | ‘ Beneath all the declamations there is another tone , and behind all the illusions there is another vision . ’ |
| 5 | In the data there is some support for the notion that certain matters such as child care and support for elderly people are regarded as women 's business in families , while men 's business is money ; but it would be too crude to assume that this simple division of responsibilities could explain all the gender differences which occur in kin support . |
| 6 | One may anticipate the conclusions of the following discussion of the fifteenth-century Muftilik by saying that while both traditions are less than satisfactory and while , in the present state of knowledge , there are questions of considerable importance which remain unresolved , on the particular point of the origins of the institution there is some evidence to support at least the broad outlines of the Mustakimzade tradition , however vexed the details may be ; whereas , on the other hand , not only is there a lack of positive evidence to support the Katib Celebi tradition , there is also a certain weight of evidence , largely of a negative nature , against it . |
| 7 | There are no remarkable buildings in the town ; there are banks , churches , very many general merchants , and a few bakers , butchers , curing yards , ship-building yards and suchlike , while in the harbour there is some shipping life . |
| 8 | Tesco is not publicly endorsing any political party , but reading between the lines there is little doubt where the sympathies of Sir Ian and his top team lie . |
| 9 | Without this experience of reconciliation in the home there is little chance to learn models of mutual forgiveness and the reinstatement of love . |
| 10 | ‘ Beneath all the declamations there is another tone , and behind all the illusions there is another vision . ’ |
| 11 | If in the process there is less stress on individual labour rights than the constitution proposed , then this merely reflects its inappropriate model of industrial , general or trade unions . |
| 12 | It will presumably then decline , and some presently unconsidered part of the world — perhaps Africa , or Arabia — will rise to prominence ; but for the moment there is little doubt that the Pacific era is beginning , it will reach its full flower in perhaps two or three decades , and will then enjoy or suffer the supremacy known to other oceans and regions in the decades and centuries past . |
| 13 | If you are riding on the road you just see different towns , but in the forest there is such variety , that an hour ride becomes what you want it to be . |
| 14 | In large parts of the population there is little discipline over the pregenital , and particularly the oral , drives of children . |
| 15 | Where the fault lies with the structure of the job there is little point in blaming the holder of the job . |
| 16 | With the exception of the UK there is little evidence of brands being positioned on an environmental platform . |
| 17 | A further criticism of ‘ displacement ’ theory is the fact that for the UK there is little evidence that ratchet increases in public spending are long lasting . |
| 18 | Modest and unsophisticated though this activity may appear to the educationist there is little doubt that it issued in some constructive change in the school , not least , one suspects , in the degree of staff cohesion . |
| 19 | The hotel Santon looks out over the lake which is this area 's main attraction . |
| 20 | Zuckerman Unbound ( 1981 ) reaches its climax at one of Roth 's frequent funerals — in this case , that of Zuckerman 's father — after which Henry charges Nathan with killing their parent by writing ‘ that book ’ , the liberated Carnovsky , and with believing like the bastard he is that fiction does n't have consequences . |
| 21 | Fortunately , further into the book there is some meat . |
| 22 | First of all chairman we have put in this morning erm a paper on commitments which erm I think was asked for by the panel which is this document which should have been circulated er by now . |
| 23 | This depicted W H Smith as being accident prone — ‘ every time [ analysts ] meet the company there is another piece of bad news ’ — and weakly led : ‘ Brokers are also beginning to mutter about the effectiveness of the management led by opera buff and P G Wodehouse fan , chairman Sir Simon Hornby : they wonder if he is the right man to tackle the deep-seated problems at Do It All . ’ |
| 24 | You 're on the main part of the carriageway , and coming in on the left there is this traffic coming down a slip road to join you . |
| 25 | The plaintiff should also appreciate both the nature and extent of the risk , not simply the fact there is some risk . |
| 26 | Physical degeneration of the material itself is another problem , and here again , it will not necessarily be a straightforward matter to re-copy some of these early discs routinely , in order to ensure their physical preservation . |
| 27 | Moving away from the house there is little point in a large patio as this area will be in shade for much of the day . |