Example sentences of "is [adj] [noun] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The publisher might refuse and there is little IRS can do to force that publisher to help the band . |
| 2 | Some statuses are relatively fixed and there is little individuals can do to change their assignment to particular social positions . |
| 3 | If the duty is unexcludable Elvis would appear to have a good chance of success . |
| 4 | Now , in northern Iraq , the Kurds ' worst fear is that history may repeat itself . |
| 5 | The first point to note is that management should retain the majority by reference to nominal value of Newco 's issued share capital , after the institutions have invested , so that notwithstanding the equity investment by the institutions , management retains control of Newco within the meaning of s416(2) ( a ) . |
| 6 | A possible conclusion to be drawn from this is that management can provide alternative more attractive forms of work organisation but these may be at higher cost . |
| 7 | The third benefit of object-oriented software , O'Connell claims , is that ACT can respond quickly to changing market conditions at minimal cost . |
| 8 | Where that information relates to national security , all that the Government has to show is that publication might cause some injury to the national interest — a test which would ensure that the British equivalent of the Pentagon Papers would never see the light of day . |
| 9 | THE problem with sending Christmas gifts to children living overseas is that postage can double the price of the presents . |
| 10 | THE problem with sending Christmas gifts to children living overseas is that postage can double the price of the presents . |
| 11 | THE problem with sending Christmas gifts to children living overseas is that postage can double the price of the presents . |
| 12 | The belief in question is that diffusion will cause things to become all mixed up : that it will destroy spatial differentiation . |
| 13 | The evidence from the consortium that supports the Bill is that electrification would meet the 8 per cent . |
| 14 | Its main concern is that Motif should evolve from what is now essentially a developers ' tool to become an end user product . |
| 15 | And , his answer to that , is that psychoanalysis can give us a very interesting and unique insight into , into religion , and this was an insight which had emerged in the course of , the nineteen twenties , following the developments of psychoanalysis that occurred after the First World War , which we 've already looked at and is essentially the concept of transference . |
| 16 | An advantage of this system is that work can commence much earlier than in the traditional system because much of the design work will take place at the same time as the actual construction . |
| 17 | The message that again and again comes through the pages of history , is that humanity must arrange its political affairs in such a manner that there is always room for a religious life in some form for those who want it . |
| 18 | There are situations where the general expectation is that sex may have been the motive for a murderous assault . |
| 19 | Another consideration is that English can seem at first glance rather different in primary and in secondary schools . |
| 20 | The crucial difference between economic growth and development , as I am using the term here , is that development may include everything that is already included in economic growth plus criteria of distribution of the social product and democratic politics . |
| 21 | My personal belief is that sadism may have one or both of two components : a need to dominate — to put another person into an inferior position and to assert oneself by inflicting pain — or a need to destroy arising from some inner hatred of self and/or others in general . |
| 22 | The essence , of course , of WFP is that competition should exist between providers . |
| 23 | The idea here is that Parliament will set the framework of general rules for society , the executive will govern within those rules and an independent judiciary will resolve disputes over the meaning of those rules and will , in particular , keep the executive within the boundaries of law . |
| 24 | Whereas once the Stock Exchange was dominated by relatively small , lightly capitalised partnerships , the likely future is that trading will become much more concentrated in the hands of a limited number of massive financial conglomerates . |
| 25 | A further danger is that adaptation may mix different individual styles and make for poor reading . |
| 26 | Having come so far in just 3 years , the suggestion is that success might come sooner rather than later . |
| 27 | The difference between material relations and social relations is that knowledge can transform the nature of social relations but knowledge can transform only the specificity of material relations . |
| 28 | The problem is that Sun would have to make fundamental changes to Solaris if USL 's Unix SVR4.2 interface specifications are adopted in the new RoadMap . |
| 29 | What we do know is that ADRK will keep a close eye on all matters concerning the breed . |
| 30 | If not , the logic of the threats made so far is that bombing must follow ; threats may have been unwise , but it would be even less wise to make them and fail to carry them out . |