Example sentences of "is [conj] [adv] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The point I am trying to make is that both suicide of the schizoid type and anorexia nervosa involve a denial of reality which depends upon an acceptance of a split between self and body , and is only possible through paradox . |
| 2 | Spain ‘ s essential energy problem is that over 60% of her energy needs are supplied by imported oil . |
| 3 | So it is that even events from the distant past " were written down for our instruction " in order that in the present and for the future " by encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope " . |
| 4 | No doubt I will request our librarian to get me some of the original references cited but my point is that surely Chemistry in Britain is written for the general interest and education of chemists and ought to be comprehensible to the reasonably trained chemist . |
| 5 | Another factor is that neither definitions of a positive family history of left handedness , nor methods of enquiry ( e.g. self-report by family members versus questionnaire responses by subject ) have been consistent across studies . |
| 6 | But what is almost certain is that around 60% of sufferers have some sort of genetic susceptibility to it , and three times as many women as men suffer from this distressing condition . |
| 7 | One factor in its favour is that almost 40% of the JKAP consists of Hindus from the Hindu-majority region of Jammu . |
| 8 | The result is that about 25% of total radiation is reflected from leaves , compared with 10–20% from bare soil and about 5% from water . |
| 9 | This is because both recognition of the trigram and comprehension of the passage being shadowed involve linguistic ability which is specialised in the left hemisphere . |
| 10 | The question is whether all killings in which the defendant is aware of the risk of death are sufficiently serious to warrant the term ‘ murder ’ . |
| 11 | There is as well experience of identification of assorted beads according to shape , size and colour and ( maybe ) material — wood or plastic . |