Example sentences of "is [noun] that [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Friends Provident has 1.5 p.c. of BCP and there is talk that the British insurance company could increase its holding and , in the longer term , change its mutual status to allow the Portuguese to take a reciprocal stake , probably if the two groups expand into further joint ventures . |
| 2 | TVS shares shot ahead by 4½p to 26p on the news and there is speculation that a major battle could be in the wings . |
| 3 | All of which is behaviour that the perceptive horse owner will accept . |
| 4 | For instance , there is evidence that a long history of failure in an important area of a person 's life makes them particularly vulnerable to depression in the context of a major loss or disappointment which could be interpreted as further evidence of their lack of competence . |
| 5 | There is evidence that a senior prison official received a copy of the committal order on Form N111 on 3 July 1992 . |
| 6 | So there is evidence that the immune system is caught up in the pathological process , but whether it 's truly an auto-immune disease is not so clear . |
| 7 | There is evidence that the current practice of assessment of older people is extremely variable , not only between social workers and other professionals but also between different social workers themselves . |
| 8 | There is evidence that the young wife soon realized the truth of this , for there are references in the early adult novels to incompatible marriages and domineering husbands . |
| 9 | Although it is not accompanied by laughter either from the speaker or other participants , there is evidence that the other participants do treat the Creole material as the salient content of the turn by responding to that rather than some other part of it . |
| 10 | If a number of studies are able to show that occupational type shows consistently stronger correlations with other variables , say voting choice , style of life , level of education or values , this is evidence that the variable occupation is a reasonably effective indicator of the important dimensions embodied in the concept of social class . |
| 11 | There is evidence that the right hemisphere is better than the left in making elementary sensory discriminations concerning brightness ( Davidoff , 1975 ) colour ( Davidoff 1976 ; 1977 ; Pennal , 1977 ; Pirot , Pulton and Sutker , 1977 ) and velocity ( Bertolini , Anzola , Buchtel and Rizzolatti , 1978 ) . |
| 12 | There is evidence that the present east gable is a replacement , made very soon , for another , likewise with a battle , which seems then to have been set up on a base in the sanctuary , its centre akroterion also . |
| 13 | So there is evidence that the financial graphs in UK corporate annual reports are not reliable portrayals of the underlying accounting numbers . |
| 14 | There is evidence that the widespread re-use of non-sterile needles could be the primary transmission route of AIDS in Africa . |
| 15 | There is evidence that the Old Testament text is on the whole marvellously well preserved . |
| 16 | In the UK , for example , there is evidence that the local authority council house system has reduced mobility over long distances for those who seek housing in this sector ( Hughes and McCormick 1981 ) . |
| 17 | Although there is evidence that the left hemisphere is better at dealing with sequences of stimuli in different modalities ( Carmon and Nachson , 1971 ; Swisher and Hirsch , 1972 ; Brookshire , 1975 ; Nachson and Carmon , 1975 ; Tallal and Newcombe , 1978 ; Sherwin and Efron , 1980 ; Mills and Rollman , 1980 ) this does not necessarily entail that the left hemisphere itself processes information sequentially . |
| 18 | There is evidence that the high incidence of unemployment amongst black people will make housing conditions , especially overcrowding , worse as young unemployed people are finding it difficult to move out after marriage and set up their own homes ( Brah , 1986 ) . |
| 19 | Interestingly , however , the fact that the British constitution is in part what the constitutional authorities say it is means that an insidious kind of constitutional change is already occurring simply as a result of authoritative attacks on the sovereignty of Parliament as a " dogma " and a " myth " that needs to be challenged . |
| 20 | Among the cities most in danger around the world are : * Bangkok , which faces a sea level rise of six feet by 2010 ; * Shanghai , also threatened by a six feet rise , coupled with the danger that salt water would advance 40 miles up the Yangtze River , causing severe drinking water shortages ; * Hong Kong , where seas may engulf newly-reclaimed coastal land , and an increased frequency of typhoons , due to climate disruption , threaten the whole territory ; * Alexandria — the whole city " may disappear " unless major defence works are undertaken ; * Tokyo , which will need £40 billion of flood defences in order to protect new suburbs ; * Rio de Janeiro , whose tourist beaches and nearby coastal villages are in danger ; * London , where there is concern that the existing Thames flood barrier may prove insufficient . |
| 21 | William the Conqueror 's host for the invasion of England , with its contingents of Bretons and Flemings , is proof that the military resources of princes could , on some occasions at least , far outrun knights ' fees . |
| 22 | It is also the age of consent for sexual intercourse , and therefore for a girl under this age to be pregnant is proof that an illegal act has taken place . |
| 23 | It is time that the Prime Minister came clean with the country . |
| 24 | Although all interested parties must have a say , surely it is time that the marine environment is given the recognition and protection it deserves . |
| 25 | If it is power that the leading families who supply them want , why not simply distribute food to hungry people ? |