Example sentences of "[conj] is a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , if we had assumed in the above model that where is a fraction , then the optimum value for γ 2 would be a complex function of and . |
| 2 | Edwards , looking strained and weary , stressed : ‘ What United need most now is a period of stability ’ . |
| 3 | Whether this is stimulated by the myths and ballads proposed by David Holbrook , or is a reflection upon the living conditions of society 's victims suggested by Searle , teachers ' limitation of the pupils ' work in English to ‘ personal ’ writing can be interpreted as giving their support to the status quo of the social system . |
| 4 | As we saw in Chapter III , that a person does a particular job , lives in a particular town or is a vegetarian is usually regarded as a contingent fact about them . |
| 5 | Classes are defined in terms of whether one owns or is a servant of a particular means of production . |
| 6 | It is very difficult to muster a cogent argument against the landlord 's request for guarantors either on the grant of a lease or on an assignment of the lease where a corporate tenant or corporate assignee has either recently been established or is a concern of limited substance . |
| 7 | And therefore , in the County Council 's erm opinion , the test which I need to adopt when I go to the site again , is to look at it and er simply make a decision as to whether or not in my opinion the land is more properly a part of this built-up area which can not perform a greenbelt function , or is a part of the general extent of greenbelt around there , and therefore by definition performs a greenbelt function . |
| 8 | But will this harm the relationship in the long term , or is a bit of criticism good for you ? |
| 9 | The position is different where the demise is freestanding or is a building in a terrace . |
| 10 | Thus the examples of ( 9 ) are acceptable : ( 9 ) your behaviour was barbaric this device is expensive his plan was inspired but impractical Where a prenominal adjective fits equally well with either relationship — ascriptive or associative — to its noun , we find that its occurrence in predicative position is acceptable , but only provided that the relation is taken as being ascriptive ; thus ( 10 ) mentions an individual who either has Greek nationality ( but the nature and region of the business which he or she deals with remain unspecified ) , or is a person who handles affairs connected with Greece ( but who may well be of some quite different nationality , Belgian for example ) ; ( 11 ) however unambiguously tells us that there is someone who falls into the former category : ( 10 ) the Greek representative ( 11 ) the representative is Greek |
| 11 | The court must not make a bankruptcy order unless it is satisfied that the debt , or one of the debts , in respect of which the petition was presented has not been paid nor secured or compounded for , or is a debt which the debtor has no reasonable prospect of being able to pay when it falls due ( s 271(1) ) . |
| 12 | Where the debtor has been adjudged bankrupt or is a company which is being wound up or in relation to which an administration order is in force , the application can only be made by the official receiver , the trustee of the bankrupt 's estate , the liquidator or the administrator or , with the leave of the court , by a victim of the transaction . |
| 13 | There is not space to discuss here even briefly the many controversial issues raised in the literature on corporatism , but in so far as territorial politics are concerned , it must be observed that even if there was or is a trend towards greater centralisation of political representation , this does not at all mean that there might not also be a functional deconcentration towards the periphery in specific cases . |
| 14 | any accident , injury , loss or damage which is caused by or is a result of |
| 15 | any accident , injury , loss or damage which is caused by or is a result of |
| 16 | Any accident , injury , loss or damage which is caused by or is a result of either : |
| 17 | Any accident , injury , loss or damage which is caused by or is a result of either : |
| 18 | Any accident , injury , loss or damage which is caused by or is a result of either : |
| 19 | any accident injury loss or damage ( except under Part A which is caused by or is a result of |
| 20 | Whether P cepacia causes or is a result of clinical deterioration in newly colonised individuals remains uncertain . |
| 21 | Or is a study of democracy bound to be a study of the diverse meanings given to a term which simply acts as a linguistic umbrella for them all ? |
| 22 | It is sometimes a question whether a particular confession is the unaided work of an accused or is a fabrication of a police officer . |
| 23 | If any member of the council or any nominee of his is a member of a company or other body with which the contract is made or is proposed to be made , or is a partner , or is in the employment of a person with whom the contract is made , he has an indirect pecuniary interest which he should disclose . |
| 24 | Is a garage important , or is a garden a must and , if so , does it have to be south facing ? |
| 25 | Whether this abnormal response to the meal in these morbidly obese subjects is as a result of an intrinsic abnormality or is a consequence of pancreatic hypofunction seen in the morbidly obese is unclear . |
| 26 | Taking blood samples to screen for Sickle Cell disease ; the only way to find out whether someone has the condition , or is a carrier . |
| 27 | Next on the ladder is an offence which carries a maximum of 14 years and is perpetrated where the defendant , in committing a sexual assault , carries , uses or threatens to use a real or imitation weapon or threatens to cause bodily harm to a person other than the complainant or is a party to the offence with any other person . |
| 28 | Clearly , stress has linguistic importance and is therefore an aspect of the phonology of English that must be described , but it is not usually regarded as something that is related to individual segmental phonemes ; normally , stress is said to be something that is applied to ( or is a property of ) syllables , and is therefore part of the suprasegmental phonology of English . |
| 29 | is the owner or manager of the package , or is a relative of the package 's owner or manager ( parent or descendant ) . |
| 30 | is the owner or manager of the package , or is a relative of the package 's owner or manager ( parent or descendant ) . |