Example sentences of "is [num] [noun] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though it is 11 years ago the memory of it still haunts me . |
| 2 | The minimum length of notice an employer must give an employee under Section 49 of the Employment Protection Act 1978 is one week when the employee has been employed between one month and two years . |
| 3 | For Raskolnikov is incorrigibly patrician and rare at heart ( which is one reason why the Epilogue does not convince ) , even if I have overstressed the Hamletish side to him . |
| 4 | Primitive man believed this ; this is one reason why the moon has long been considered feminine . |
| 5 | This is one reason why the proportion of over 65s has risen , but it also means that many more old people will grow very old , with much higher chances of becoming very dependent and physically feeble . |
| 6 | In the case of Byrd it has almost always been the latter ; and this is one reason why the performance practice of Byrd 's music is sorely in need of revolution . |
| 7 | A plaque erected by the Israeli Ministry of Defence pays tribute to Ben-Ami Pachter , the Israeli commando leader who died in the ambush ; which is one reason why the name Um Al-Farajh ceased to exist and the name of Ben Ami took its place . |
| 8 | That is one reason why the case is hard to make . |
| 9 | He also has a quartet he attempts to rule with a very firm hand and an inadequate manager called Giant ( Spike Lee himself ) whose obsession with gambling is one reason why the group is prone to the exploitation of ( white ) New York club owners . |
| 10 | Perhaps this is one reason why the observer seems to stand apart from the scene he experiences . |
| 11 | FORECASTS from the Treasury have been proved to be hopelessly wrong which is one reason why the economy now seems to be in Freefall , leading to the closure of hundreds of Factories . |
| 12 | Women often are as important as men in making and keeping these links , which is one reason why the importance of the kin network in employment frequently has been missed by other researchers , who have looked for people with the same surname . |
| 13 | The installation of pre-payment meters is one reason why the number of disconnections has fallen , but more important is the fact that the regional electricity companies , under the terms of their licence , have to approve a code of conduct with the Office of Electricity Regulation and must offer customers who are in genuine difficulties a payment plan so that debt can be paid off over a period . |
| 14 | That is one reason even a smoothly-run and uneventful Libyan poll took some time to complete . |
| 15 | Just short of the village there is one point where the track is lost and the land has reverted to its original contours . |
| 16 | After months of work Prestbury Park looked proud of itself today on the eve of what horseracing folk regard as their Olympic games … to race … to ride … to watch at Cheltenham is the highlight of the year … millions of pounds will be bet on the nineteen races that make up the festival and this is one place where the budget rarely bites … |
| 17 | ‘ There is one signal scarcely a mile behind us and there are three more towards the south . |
| 18 | Sally Alexander and Eleanor Gordon have both pointed out that this is one area where the census figures are particularly unreliable , since they inevitably omit or underrepresent casual , seasonal , irregular or part-time work , which was the only kind many older married women could manage . |
| 19 | Northern Ireland is one area where the removal of Mrs Thatcher ought to have made progress possible . |
| 20 | I can be more leisurely now — my next real deadline is 2000 hours When the OC 's ‘ O Group ’ is held . |
| 21 | It is 1900 hours when the peace of the evening is broken by the cough of the Challenger engine being fired into life by its starter motors , soon followed by the roar of the twenty-six-litre engine and the scream of the twin turbos . |