Example sentences of "is [conj] a [adj] [noun] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An objection to this argument is that a legal obligation is not a necessary condition for a liability . |
| 2 | The reason behind all of the red tape even under normal circumstances is that a legal process is being implemented . |
| 3 | The assumption made in empirical studies is that a selective excise is passed on fully , and that there is no change in factor incomes , which in the present context means , and . |
| 4 | An all too common kind of crisis for community and primary care teams is that a vulnerable patient is suddenly discharged from hospital on a Friday afternoon without any formal referral or plan for aftercare . |
| 5 | The problem is that a good gimmick is contagious — everyone in Hollywood gets it all at once , and then you get a rash of movies all suffering from the same big idea . |
| 6 | For our present purpose , however , the important point is that a hierarchical pattern is what we expect to see if the objects being classified have originated by a process of branching . |
| 7 | Implicit in the discussion of this data analysis and database approach is that a total system is implemented . |
| 8 | The central problem is that a political party is ill-equipped to debate policy or philosophy because unity , not intellectual openness , is its highest virtue . |
| 9 | You can , of course , say that a certain bait catches more bream than any other , but what you really mean is that a certain bait is used more often than any other on the waters with which you are acquainted . |
| 10 | When it comes to flavour , the difference between a TFTA turkey and a standard one is that a traditional bird is hung for at least seven days . |
| 11 | Of course , the implication of this is that a different measure is also a different concept . |
| 12 | What is interesting is that a different interpretation was also forthcoming , both from a lawyer and from thermodynamics . |
| 13 | Morton 's rule is that a double bond is advantageous and that a double barrier must never be permitted . |
| 14 | Morton 's rule is that a double bond is advantageous and that a double barrier must never be permitted . |
| 15 | However , what is most interesting is that a deliberate attempt was made to sell it as a concept rather than as what might have hitherto been seen as a package of infrastructural measures . |
| 16 | A recent view is that a postsynaptic kinase is activated transiently ( for less than a few minutes following the tetanus ) and a presynaptic kinase is activated for longer periods ( but for less than 1 hour ) . |
| 17 | One of the reasons why the polytechnics have done so well in the past 21 years is that a clear decision was taken by Governments of both parties to separate funding and quality control . |
| 18 | The basic idea is that a few parameters are turned into a smooth curve by a standardised computation . |
| 19 | The problem with price discrimination in goods is that a secondary market is likely to be established in which low-price customers resell to higher-price customers , thus tending to equalize the prices customers actually pay . |
| 20 | One point that is obvious is that a matching grant is generally more successful than a non-matching grant in stimulating local expenditure on a particular good or service . |
| 21 | In this the basic assumption is that a particular change is but one part of a dynamic , continuous process in which the users are engaged . |
| 22 | The suggestion then is that a fourth clause be added requiring that there be no other truth such that Henry 's believing it would have destroyed his justification for believing that q . |
| 23 | The truth is that a triumphant BMA is gloating . |
| 24 | The best news for schools is that a special price is available making it possible for schools to acquire the discs , a laser vision player and an Acorn Archimedes computer for £899 . |
| 25 | The most well-recognised factor in the aetiology of schizophrenia is that a genetic vulnerability is inherited . |
| 26 | Suppose that one set of Gaussian coordinates which covers space–time is and a second set is . |
| 27 | This is because a complete rose is not usually ready to be pressed in one go , so you must condition it first by stripping it of its leaves and thorns , cutting the stem and then crushing it with a hammer , before placing it in fairly deep water . |
| 28 | This is because a significant factor is the degree to which assumptions are built into the information system and thereby influence and affect the decision making . |
| 29 | What we mean by this is whether a syntactic analysis is carried out even when it is rendered unnecessary for sentence comprehension by the presence of semantic or pragmatic factors . |
| 30 | One of the issues that has inexplicably failed to get even a whisper of an airing in the campaign wars of words is whether a graphical interface is the preferred environment for a large proportion of desktop users . |