Example sentences of "is [adv] the [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 There are various procedural requirements applicable to a reduction in the standard number , including a duty of the proposer to publish details of the proposals and to refer the proposals to the Secretary of State if objections to them are raised by 10 or more local government electors or by the LEA or governors ( whichever of them is not the admissions authority ) .
2 And as you may know , within IBM the line manager is also the personnel manager for the people reporting to him .
3 If you do not receive one , you should ask the person in the company responsible for the pension scheme — this is often the personnel manager — to supply you with a booklet .
4 what , oh , erm , there 's something I 've just thought of though , when they wear the er camouflage things , is that when they wear the maroon belt round ? , is n't the kaki belt with the dress uniform ?
5 ‘ That is n't the three-times table ! ’
6 Inconsistency is when the personnel director , faced with a request for an increase in pay , says " 4 per cent maximum " and then concedes 4½ per cent under threat of strike .
7 This is why the telecommunications industry in the US is now finalising a scheme to use pooled money , with government administration , to pay for the training of foreign engineers .
8 That is why the arms-for-Iraq case has caused such interest at Westminster , even if it has not in the rest of the country .
9 And that was the reason why , and in fact the total shortfall , the total unmanning was something like a hundred and thirty-five hundred and forty , which is why the police authority has a bid in at this moment for a , a further sixty-eight policemen , which has in fact been backed by the county council , who are prepared to pay for it .
10 So it is imperative that the quality of service is extended into the washroom facilities , which is why the Facilities Manager specified Rentokil Healthcare Services .
11 This is where the Arts Council has stepped in with the argument that if the scheme promotes a form of art which does not conform to their qualitative criteria , it should be abolished .
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