Example sentences of "[noun sg] is that [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An obvious explanation for such a result is that the former compound evokes more suppression simply because the UR ( of suppression ) evoked by the novel stimulus combines with the CR elicited by the CS+ . |
| 2 | The irony is that the more people are encouraged to think about their behaviour and take responsibility for the impact it has on other people , the more they tend to become open and honest rather than furtive and clandestine . |
| 3 | The litmus test between the great mind and the clever mind is that the former is always conscious of how little he knows , and the latter of how much he knows . |
| 4 | An obvious major difference between corporate and conventional crime is that the former 's victims often remain unaware . |
| 5 | A difference between Morelli and Friedlander is that the former explains his method , while the latter does not . |
| 6 | The proof of this theorem is that every such program can be transformed to x — IF/ALT using the said laws . |
| 7 | Moreover , it would appear that the difference is that the latter sentence expresses my belief that I have the belief that it is raining , and says that I have the belief that it is raining , and does not express the belief that it is raining or say that it is raining . |
| 8 | But , perhaps , the biggest single difference between the work of the TechDoc system and the more insidious desktop publishing package is that the former are designed to be used in conjunction with other systems . |
| 9 | For instance , coins of the tribe of the Carnutes inscribed with the name ‘ Yllycci ’ were present , whereas those with ‘ Giamilos ’ were absent ; the inference is that the former were produced before 52BC and the latter after that date . |
| 10 | What distinguishes suicide from euthanasia is that the former is the individual 's own act , whereas the latter involves the direct act of another . |
| 11 | The other most obvious difference between the researcher and the ordinary new member of a social group is that the former must keep detailed and accurate notes and records of everything observed and every impression gained . |
| 12 | Another important point is that the less time you have in which to do something , the more it costs because you start to run into things like overtime and special delivery payments , rush jobs and so on . |
| 13 | One of the key differences between this type of play and educational drama is that the latter is specifically structured so as to create learning opportunities . |
| 14 | The distinction between the Use Classes Order and the GDO is that the former lists changes of use which do not constitute development , while the latter lists activities which , though constituting development , do not require ad hoc permission . |
| 15 | The main difference between the ‘ Oracles ’ and the Created God is that the former were believed to be of ‘ divine ’ origin , whereas the latter would be of mankind 's own creation , and therefore under human control . |
| 16 | At the same time , however , Ure warns that the team is not there to handle day-to-day risk management and the general belief is that the more responsibility for that is pushed down to line management , the better . |
| 17 | The basic argument is that the more adolescents are supervised by their parents and , perhaps , their teachers , the less likely they are to become involved with or influenced by delinquent contemporaries and delinquent values . |
| 18 | The difference between assurance and insurance is that the former is a guarantee under contract to pay money on the death of a named person or , in some cases , earlier during the person 's lifetime , and the latter is an undertaking by an insurance company to , in return for regular premiums , undertake the risks of repaying cash for any loss or damage . |
| 19 | Another important difference between this form of mass-production and unit mass-production is that the former invariably requires a lower labour force than the latter . |
| 20 | The only difference between copper wire and air is that the former carries the current . |
| 21 | The difference between materialist , scientific thought and idealist , ideological thought is that the former recognizes the determination of consciousness and so returns to an empirical or ‘ real ’ world of practical activity to generate abstractions . |
| 22 | The only distinction that they offer between ideology and science is that the latter is ‘ empirically verifiable ’ . |
| 23 | The gamble is that the more people know about the workings of behaviour the more they will use it skilfully to benefit themselves and others . |
| 24 | The paradox is that the more prejudices are criticized , the more prejudices of liberalism are justified . |
| 25 | The general conclusion of the new classical macroeconomics is that the most that the monetary authorities can hope to achieve by shifting unexpectedly from one policy rule to another is to increase the variance of output around its given mean value of y * ; , an objective which not even the most unrepentant policy activist would dream of advocating . |
| 26 | The connection between the existence of a system of private property and freedom is that the former enables each individual to construct a ‘ private sphere ’ , rendering him or herself safe from coercive interference by others . |
| 27 | The other side of the coin is that the same observations can be deduced from alternative theories . |
| 28 | Part of the difficulty is that the same environmental factors which predispose children to middle-ear infections may contribute independently to developmental delay . |
| 29 | The fundamental difference between the traditional City and Guilds awards and the new NVQ award is that the former were awarded by City and Guilds to students who had attended an approved course of study in a college which led to the student successfully passing the relevant City and Guilds examination . |
| 30 | The difference between the BSc and the BEng is that the latter includes a module on Professional Issues , and is recognised by the Engineering Council as satisfying part of the requirements for achieving Chartered Engineer status . |