Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] is [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result there is some prospect of schools once more becoming places where children are expected to learn and teachers to teach . |
| 2 | Once a customer has participated in a demonstration there is less likelihood of ‘ customer remorse ’ ( i.e. the doubt that value for money is not good value after all ) . |
| 3 | For problem.solving , strategy formulation or appraisal there is little logic to the voting approach . |
| 4 | There are no remarkable buildings in the town ; there are banks , churches , very many general merchants , and a few bakers , butchers , curing yards , ship-building yards and suchlike , while in the harbour there is some shipping life . |
| 5 | One may anticipate the conclusions of the following discussion of the fifteenth-century Muftilik by saying that while both traditions are less than satisfactory and while , in the present state of knowledge , there are questions of considerable importance which remain unresolved , on the particular point of the origins of the institution there is some evidence to support at least the broad outlines of the Mustakimzade tradition , however vexed the details may be ; whereas , on the other hand , not only is there a lack of positive evidence to support the Katib Celebi tradition , there is also a certain weight of evidence , largely of a negative nature , against it . |
| 6 | In practice there is much overlap and all of the above must be taken only as a very approximate guide . |
| 7 | Where there is an express agreement to such effect there is little difficulty . |
| 8 | And , of course , if the enthusiastic shooter fires at a rabbit in a burrow entrance there is some risk of killing an unseen ferret just behind it . |
| 9 | We will continue to look at er the future programme er we will also as you know , look at ballistic missile defence which is another element to this and that must need to be fact facted in as well but I think clearly we are not talking about in the medium term er and longer term , we are talking about er a fairly late stage of the programme . |
| 10 | Fight the flab with fat-burning aerobic dance which is another alternative for those who only want to shake in the right places . |
| 11 | As with most of Braham 's work there is more darkness than light . |
| 12 | Whatever the differences between Protestantism and Catholicism there is little doubt that financial matters play far too important a part in their affairs . |
| 13 | Without this experience of reconciliation in the home there is little chance to learn models of mutual forgiveness and the reinstatement of love . |
| 14 | In this type of marriage there is little blurring of roles . |
| 15 | In answer to the first question there is some evidence that initially there is a degree of opposition — staff see themselves losing the opportunity of sixth form teaching , parents , who often went to 11–18 schools themselves , regard them as a second best alternative . |
| 16 | As a broad generalization there is much truth in this , and both groups can usefully remember from their own education how sometimes learning is " taught " and at other times " caught " . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , in the contemporary English village it is this feeling of having been ‘ taken over ’ by outsiders that usually prevails among the agricultural population and with it not only a sense of ‘ loss of community ’ , but an inevitable animus against the invasion of ‘ furriners ’ . |
| 18 | Stig makes a full recovery which is some compensation . |
| 19 | In a group there is more acquiescing and in a team there is more commitment ( see Agreeing on page 3 ) . |
| 20 | It will presumably then decline , and some presently unconsidered part of the world — perhaps Africa , or Arabia — will rise to prominence ; but for the moment there is little doubt that the Pacific era is beginning , it will reach its full flower in perhaps two or three decades , and will then enjoy or suffer the supremacy known to other oceans and regions in the decades and centuries past . |
| 21 | Where the fault lies with the structure of the job there is little point in blaming the holder of the job . |
| 22 | For the medieval period there is more information . |
| 23 | Near a town there is much competition for land and so values are high . |
| 24 | In a small group there is less stress to the horses , especially those lower in the hierarchy , and it is also safer and more pleasant for the people handling and feeding them . |
| 25 | However , when delivery is about to take place there is little time for further information to arrive , and so the information that does appear is relatively important . |
| 26 | If , in fact , you ask fifteen students for their version of the facts and their interpretation , on most occasions you 'll get about fifteen different answers , so in terms of the learning process there is much need for discussion for and a better understanding . |
| 27 | If in the process there is less stress on individual labour rights than the constitution proposed , then this merely reflects its inappropriate model of industrial , general or trade unions . |
| 28 | In fact , the police force lacked access to any digital information and although the evacuation went off without a hitch there is little doubt that a GIS containing the Chinese postman algorithm could have provided efficient routes and also have guaranteed that no road was missed from the warning sweep . |
| 29 | If you are riding on the road you just see different towns , but in the forest there is such variety , that an hour ride becomes what you want it to be . |
| 30 | Many people indeed manage to be embarrassed by both , and for the latter reaction there is more excuse . |