Example sentences of "[is] [conj] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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31 The reason behind all of the red tape even under normal circumstances is that a legal process is being implemented .
32 And so the point I 'm making is that , is that a modern insight into Darwinian evolution is based on a wholly scientific basis and social Darwinism may have got Darwinism a bad name by associating it with slogans like survival of the fittest , but modern Darwinism er is n't like that .
33 The assumption made in empirical studies is that a selective excise is passed on fully , and that there is no change in factor incomes , which in the present context means , and .
34 The reason they were picked ( aside from those who are here by right of birth ) is that a small portion of their total brain power was visibly alight at the right time and in the right place .
35 Thus the new reality is that a small group of people substitute themselves for the class as a whole and decide what is best for all .
36 My understanding is that a small group need not prepare a consolidated cash flow statement , even if the holding company of that group prepared group accounts .
37 The problem with recruitment is that a small amount of initial effort produces a great deal of work , and this work proceeds in waves which produce severe fluctuations in activity for the personnel staff involved .
38 The second point is that a small energy input into the thermostat can release a large quantity of energy from the boiler .
39 The ‘ flocculus hypothesis ’ is that a small area of the cerebellum , the flocculus , adaptively controls VOR by regulating signal flow from labyrinths to the flocculus to the relay cells of VOR , and has been challenged on several grounds .
40 One is that a long tail indicates an extremely fit male : to grow such a tail and carry it around will take extra energy .
41 The general consensus of opinion is that a successful action under s.62 for insider dealing will be hard to sustain .
42 The principal disadvantage is that a limited company invariably incurs some additional costs .
43 One pertinent observation is that a pronominal reference to an inanimate object will have the gender of the noun that would be used to describe the object in that context .
44 An all too common kind of crisis for community and primary care teams is that a vulnerable patient is suddenly discharged from hospital on a Friday afternoon without any formal referral or plan for aftercare .
45 One difficulty of primary sources is that a purist definition tends to suggest that the writer has personally collected the information .
46 You should never under any circumstances fully discharge a NiCad battery.The reason is that a sure way to destroy a NiCad cell is to reverse charge it .
47 The answer , obviously enough , is that a major goal of The Lord of the Rings was to dramatise that ‘ theory of courage ’ which Tolkien had said in his British Academy lecture was the ‘ great contribution ’ to humanity of the old literature of the North .
48 And is that , does that , is that ma , is that a major problem , has that been through since
49 Perhaps a telling comment on this is that a major reason for the recruitment of top , superannuated civil servants into business is that they know their way round the political labyrinth of Whitehall .
50 A central part of my argument , then , is that a major step can be made simply by relocating the issue of child abuse into the mainstream of child care research , policy and practice .
51 The notion is that a major innovation , or set of innovations , at a particular point in time is exploited by the ability and initiative of entrepreneurs to create new opportunities for profit .
52 Part of the principle of equal treatment is that a compulsory bid must be made when a certain level of shareholdings is actually exceeded , namely a third of voting stock .
53 The intended benefit is that a standard form of report enables auditors to understand more clearly , and report on , the regulators ' generic and specific requirements .
54 What seems fairly certain is that a private plaintiff will not uncover a breach of Core Rule 28 where the criminal authorities have failed to prosecute under the CSA 1985 .
55 Then , a bit more politely : ‘ Or is that a subtle hint that you really believe it was an accident ? ’
56 Rather what happens is that a reflex reaction takes place whereby a signal is sent to the adrenal gland to release the chemical adrenalin into the blood stream .
57 The stonking irony is that a disappointing Fall gig remains worthy of two of most other bands .
58 The stonking irony is that a disappointing Fall gig remains worthy of two of most other bands .
59 What is true of pain is that a bodily feeling which is usually painful may , under certain conditions , be enjoyed .
60 Gandhi 's injunction is that a married couple should act as if they are unmarried , and treat each other as brother and sister .
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