Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] is [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words there is little pay off in providing an explanation which implies nothing can be done . |
| 2 | ‘ Beneath all the declamations there is another tone , and behind all the illusions there is another vision . ’ |
| 3 | As pollution in India is set to rise with the growing pace of industrialisation and the increasing ownership of motor cars there is little hope that the Taj will survive without considerable damage to its surface and a need for continuous restoration . |
| 4 | This is mainly because in the summer months there is less rainfall and cloud and so the grain ripens well and can be harvested easily . |
| 5 | I take in my opinion the size , scale of settlement that is being pursued by erm North Yorkshire is of sufficient size , erm my experience erm are twelve fifty to fifteen hundred new settlement is sort of of a size that can sustain a reasonable balance of community facilities , I think in looking at the new village and in the context of P P G thirteen its highway implications , we see from table one of er Mr Curtis 's supplementary statement that public transport , I E bus and train , in terms of journeys to work to the Greater York area amounts to about eight percent of all journeys made , now I think if we were to follow Mr Curtis 's view through and put all development on the periphery of York , if we put two hundred to the North , two hundred to the East , two hundred to the South and so on and so forth , the contribution that those , that new housing can make to improving the public transport system , will be very small , if you concentrate your developments in a new settlement , or or maybe two new settlements which is another point , erm you have a better opportunity to provide a public transport system which would not only serve that new village , but also settlements in the surroundings , and I think you will find that the percentage of people in the new village who are reliant on public transport as a means of getting to work is greater that what you find in the Greater York area at the present time . |
| 6 | In most liberal democratic countries there is some measure of agreement in the news media on political facts . |
| 7 | ‘ Beneath all the declamations there is another tone , and behind all the illusions there is another vision . ’ |
| 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 | Again after the middle ten lines there is another break which takes us into the last section of the poem with the words ‘ at last ’ . |
| 10 | York Minster Archives There is much material from the Middle Ages to the present ( 1150 onwards ) . |
| 11 | In many libraries there is some tension between what users want ( or say they want , or think they want ) and what the librarian feels they need . |
| 12 | However , over the age of 80 years there is little difference between the sexes . |
| 13 | Of his first twenty-five years there is little record . |
| 14 | Providing one sticks to primates there is much scope for successful extrapolation . |
| 15 | Task delegation is thus more common , since for most managers there is little choice but to hand on work . |
| 16 | Although particulate traps can be made to work effectively for short periods under favourable conditions there is some way to go before they are reliable enough for the rough and tumble of ordinary operating conditions . |
| 17 | When people take shorter breaks there is less build-up and excitement before and after the holiday , resulting in less disruption . |
| 18 | Beyond these specific studies there is little support for the view that the domestic theme in women 's general situation has been substantially muted over recent decades . |
| 19 | In research into effective managers it is this background theme which correlates positively with success , not the recognition theme . |
| 20 | In most authorities there is some delay ; in some ( the metropolitan boroughs are the worst offenders ) there is an inordinate delay of weeks or months . |
| 21 | Even with food industry products there is some confusion over the application of the term . |
| 22 | In Roman times there is little doubt that guilds and other bodies would have carried their offerings in procession behind the images of the gods . |
| 23 | At other times there is more uncertainty . |
| 24 | Since it is one of a small set of possible orders there is little chance of ambiguity if the structure has been absorbed . |
| 25 | Very little research has been carried out on the functions of domestic pottery ; there must have been a variety of functions which , glibly , can be placed under the headings of cooking and storage , but behind such distinctions there is little clarity . |
| 26 | Where households are made up of husbands and wives there is more emphasis ( compared with say Bethnal Green ) on sharing tasks and sharing friends . |
| 27 | If incrementalism is perceived in these terms there is little difficulty in understanding its applicability to social policy . |
| 28 | The claims and counter-claims of the NUM and the NCB regarding the number of strikers were the focus of much debate , but in general if not specific terms there is little doubt that MacGregor 's ( 1986 , p. 341 ) claims for January 1985 were accurate : |
| 29 | It is sometimes said that whoever keeps the minutes of a meeting holds the real power and in negotiating situations there is much truth in this . |
| 30 | Whilst our cities wheeze from the effects of chemical pollutants there is another form of pollution gathering in the atmosphere . |