Example sentences of "is [adj] [subord] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The closure of Faskally in particular is controversial because the centre was bought about 20 years ago by the old Glasgow Corporation to give slum children a taste of adventure in the open air . |
| 2 | The counter-arguments , which would uphold the principle of correspondence , are that breach of that principle is unnecessary when the amplitude of the crime of manslaughter lies beneath murder , and also that the definition of grievous bodily harm includes a number of injuries which are most unlikely to put the victim 's life at risk . |
| 3 | It is undesirable because the patient is totally dependent on someone coming into the home from outside and of course it is extremely expensive in terms of nursing time . |
| 4 | However the use of straightforward viscous friction is undesirable because the operation of the motor at high speeds is severely limited by the friction torque . |
| 5 | While certain proteins cause these effects to a less extent than others , it is generally considered that uncontrolled adsorption of protein on surfaces in large amounts is undesirable if the surface is to be biocompatible . |
| 6 | It is understandable if the core discipline(s) , with their internal forms of evaluation , constitute the majority of the student 's course . |
| 7 | The confusion of person in the first sentence is understandable as the contract was written out in Old George 's hand ; and as the sole contracting party on one side it was easier for him to write my than the more impersonal , if more accurate , the master 's or some other third person equivalent . |
| 8 | 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 … |
| 9 | I realized then that no music is vulgar unless the performance makes it so . |
| 10 | There is obviously a marked difference between the strategic and finance approaches , but they are not mutually exclusive : the one is strong where the other is weak . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Nothing is simpler than the question ‘ Why do trees change colour ? ’ says John White , the Forestry Commission 's dendrologist at Westonbirt Arboretum in Gloucestershire . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 ) . |
| 17 | ( 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 . ) . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Our national income per head is lower than the French , it 's falling below that on Hong Kong . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Such a bond is likely to be called when the market rate of interest is lower than the coupon rate on the bond . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | In all other age groups below retirement age the proportion of temporary workers is lower than the average for all age groups . |
| 26 | However , since the concentration of solvent is lower when the concentration of solution is higher , there is a net flow towards the concentrated solution . |
| 27 | The rate of weight increase is lower if the territory is too large or too small , relative to an intermediate optimum . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | This paper only gives erm an , what is called an integrated pollution inspectorate , now unfortunately with those sort of central inspectorates is that after the public 's attention has drifted on , they tend to be erm , they tend to dwindle in numbers , as we 've seen with the present pollution inspectorate . |
| 30 | I might just add that what we are deeply disturbed by , is that as the fighting continues in Cambodia with Phol Pot trying once again to get into control , already a hundred and fifty thousand people have been displaced by that fighting and that er the number of amputees has reached something like a thousand a month which is twice last year 's figure . |