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

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1 The only thing that 's true in that rag is the price on the front , which is a pity really — in this case the truth is stranger than the fiction
2 Insofar as the labour process may be dissociated , it may be separated into elements some of which are simpler than others and each of which is simpler than the whole .
3 Nothing is simpler than the question ‘ Why do trees change colour ? ’ says John White , the Forestry Commission 's dendrologist at Westonbirt Arboretum in Gloucestershire .
4 In the low head the stressed syllable which begins the head is low in pitch ; usually it is lower than the beginning pitch of the tone on the tonic syllable .
5 If , on the other hand , the market value is lower than the repurchase price and the terms are the same , then the buyer is likely to exercise the put option .
6 Interestingly , the results obtained with enzyme Eco K + ts-1 shows that its activity is lower than the activity of Eco K ts-1 at the permissive temperature .
7 If the enthalpy of the products is lower than the enthalpy of the reactants , the reaction is said to be exothermic ( see figure 5.4 ) .
8 ( Indeed , underreporting of cases may be a reason for the relatively low rural miscarriage ratio in Table 12 , which is lower than the ratio of the " other urban " places , while the still birth ratio that is based on complete registration of late fetal deaths was on the same level — 7.5 per 1,000 live births — in both rural and " other urban " areas . ) .
9 In the case of net realizable value the tutor can use this as an opportunity to explain that there are costs associated with sale which will mean that this value is lower than the price paid for the tables and chairs .
10 i A Norwegian study of the efficacy of transdermal nicotine patches as a method of giving up smoking has shown that while it is a safe and effective cessation method , the absolute rate of abstinence after one year was only 17% , which is lower than the success rate using nicotine gum in conjunction with behavioural therapy .
11 Our national income per head is lower than the French , it 's falling below that on Hong Kong .
12 Such a quantity is lower than the amount that would be demanded by the representative individual but more than would be demanded by the representative individual .
13 Such a bond is likely to be called when the market rate of interest is lower than the coupon rate on the bond .
14 As the tensile strength of rocks is lower than the compression and shear strengths it is most likely that rock will be shattered during cooling and contraction .
15 It was also proposed that the piece of roadway that comes from Road , in front of the community centre for 's Court , which at the moment is lower than the marketplace , the marketplace is raised , and th the road is lower .
16 In all other age groups below retirement age the proportion of temporary workers is lower than the average for all age groups .
17 However , since the concentration of solvent is lower when the concentration of solution is higher , there is a net flow towards the concentrated solution .
18 The rate of weight increase is lower if the territory is too large or too small , relative to an intermediate optimum .
19 A year of unhealthy life is considered to be worth less than 1 : the value is lower if the quality of life of the unhealthy person is worse .
20 It is also more suitable for casting because its melting point is lower and the tin reacts with gases dissolved in the molten alloy , preventing porosity .
21 ‘ We recommend vegetable or groundnut oil — this also means that the food product is healthier because the frying medium is better . ’
22 If radical alterations are to be debated and believed in by heads , staffs , governors and parents and if the management of improvement is largely in these same people 's hands , the task is broader than the School Management Task Force 's concern with national curriculum — and broader than the SDPP 's recommendations about planning .
23 However , this increasingly self-contained stratum is broader than the bureaucracy .
24 again there is no answer to that question , simply because the answer is so horrific , it does n't bear thinking about , but thank God all maybe safe , all will not be safe , but all maybe safe , God has provided a salvation that is available to all and if we are not safe it is because we choose to reject his s , his offers of mercy , so we thank God that all may be safe , but the solemn fact remains is that all will not be saved , well that leads us on to , to this third proposition , not only that the bible teach that all maybe saved , not only does it teach that all will not be saved , but it is quite clear that some will be saved whom we did not expect to be saved , we can be quite sure about that because judgment does n't rest with us , way back Abraham says perhaps one of the most important statements in his life when he said there in , in , in Genesis chapter eighteen and we actually sang the wo tho the quotation in the song we just sang a few moments ago where he says will not the judge of all the earth be right , judgement is not yours and mine , that 's God 's prerogative and the other song that we 've been , the song that we 've been singing , that song by faber there 's a wideness in God 's mercy lets be honest we are so narrow with our mercy , our gra , our expressions of grace is so limited , but there 's a wideness in God 's mercy and faber says it 's got the wideness of the sea , there 's a kindness in his justice , which is more than liberty , David knew all about that when he was given the option , he said oh I 'd rather fall into the hands of God than into the hands of men , I 'd rather that God dealt with me than that my fellow man dealt with me , because with him there 's mercy , with him there 's grace , with him there is , there is long suffering and there 's compa compassion and there 's love , and faber goes on with the love of God is broader than the measure of man 's mind and the heart of the eternal is most wonderfully kind , now that 's all very well for the song writer to say that in a hymn and it sounds nice and it 's , it sounds good but is there a scriptural authority for this , is it really true , or is it just a nice song that we sing with , it does us good because we feel it 's a nice , there nice thoughts , well , surely we have it in the passage we 've been reading that there is there is a mercy with God , there is a kindness with God in ver in verse thirty of that chapter behold some who are last will be first and some who are first will be last it 's quite clear that some will be saved that we did not expect to be saved , and you can find example after example of this , it was a tremendous surprise to the onlookers when a very sinful woman annoyed to the feed of Jesus , it was a tremendous surprise to the Pharisee who rejected God , although he was such a good man , to find that the , er sorry to be rejected by God although he was a good honest upright man , and to find that the sinner was accepted by God , it was a tremendous surprise to the people when Zacchaeus who named you to be a sinner , an open twist there an evil man was saved by the Lord Jesus , you could save salvation has come to this house , it was a tremendous surprise when the law breaker who was dying on the cross beside the law Jesus was saved and went to be with him , with the Lord in paradise , it was a tremendous surprise to the disciples when Jesus preached the gospel and revealed himself to a gentile woman , who was an adulterer seven times over but he did and she was saved , it was a tremendous surprise to Ananias when the Lord revealed himself
25 So there there does n't there is n't a conflict and th and there is n't a conflict because we have the area of search for a new settlement which is established in the referred to which is broader than the study area .
26 If we take a view about fairness , then the funding of capital schemes is fairer if the charge and the cost of the those schemes is spread over the life of the the asset .
27 For me , this job is easier than a game of croquet …
28 But erm French polish is easier than the cellulose polish
29 For 225mm work , laying is easier if the work has been calculated to block sizes .
30 Getting the spring out is easier if the pipe is slightly over-bent and then pulled back .
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