Example sentences of "is [conj] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | One difficulty of primary sources is that a purist definition tends to suggest that the writer has personally collected the information . |
| 32 | You should never under any circumstances fully discharge a NiCad battery.The reason is that a sure way to destroy a NiCad cell is to reverse charge it . |
| 33 | The answer , obviously enough , is that a major goal of The Lord of the Rings was to dramatise that ‘ theory of courage ’ which Tolkien had said in his British Academy lecture was the ‘ great contribution ’ to humanity of the old literature of the North . |
| 34 | And is that , does that , is that ma , is that a major problem , has that been through since |
| 35 | Perhaps a telling comment on this is that a major reason for the recruitment of top , superannuated civil servants into business is that they know their way round the political labyrinth of Whitehall . |
| 36 | A central part of my argument , then , is that a major step can be made simply by relocating the issue of child abuse into the mainstream of child care research , policy and practice . |
| 37 | The notion is that a major innovation , or set of innovations , at a particular point in time is exploited by the ability and initiative of entrepreneurs to create new opportunities for profit . |
| 38 | Part of the principle of equal treatment is that a compulsory bid must be made when a certain level of shareholdings is actually exceeded , namely a third of voting stock . |
| 39 | The intended benefit is that a standard form of report enables auditors to understand more clearly , and report on , the regulators ' generic and specific requirements . |
| 40 | What seems fairly certain is that a private plaintiff will not uncover a breach of Core Rule 28 where the criminal authorities have failed to prosecute under the CSA 1985 . |
| 41 | Then , a bit more politely : ‘ Or is that a subtle hint that you really believe it was an accident ? ’ |
| 42 | Rather what happens is that a reflex reaction takes place whereby a signal is sent to the adrenal gland to release the chemical adrenalin into the blood stream . |
| 43 | The stonking irony is that a disappointing Fall gig remains worthy of two of most other bands . |
| 44 | The stonking irony is that a disappointing Fall gig remains worthy of two of most other bands . |
| 45 | What is true of pain is that a bodily feeling which is usually painful may , under certain conditions , be enjoyed . |
| 46 | Gandhi 's injunction is that a married couple should act as if they are unmarried , and treat each other as brother and sister . |
| 47 | A further , apparently reasonable , assumption is that a male subject will adopt the more formal styles in his repertoire when addressing a woman ( cf. |
| 48 | The most widely quoted medical ‘ fact ’ I hear at parties is that a moderate alcohol intake is good for you . |
| 49 | So the point erm I wish to make erm on er Mr 's observations , is that it 's not the strategy of the structure plan was not simply erm to seek an initial reduction erm in the rate of residential development in the county and then that roll that rate forward in progressive erm amendments to the structure plan , Hambleton District Council believes that the logical interpretation of these statements is that a progressive reduction er in house building and the rates of migration should be sought through subsequent alterations to the plan . |
| 50 | Misconception number two is that a Taiwanese factory represents some kind of ecologically disastrous sweatshop , with underpaid conscripts breathing dust and fumes and churning out rubbish guitars for eighteen hours at a stretch . |
| 51 | A second is that a rare conjunction of certain bright planets created the image of a very bright star . |
| 52 | But the point to notice is that a key part of humanist thought , from the early Greeks down to the twentieth century , is the attempt to justify man 's knowledge by his reason alone , denying the necessity of faith in general and God 's revelation in particular . |
| 53 | A common theme in faster turning is that a low body position with bent legs keeps the centre of gravity low and makes you more stable throughout the manoeuvres . |
| 54 | Our fourth connection , as may be anticipated , is that a causal circumstance , like a cause , requires the effect , and the effect is required for the causal circumstance . |
| 55 | The unfortunate thing is that a good part of it came from an unexpected direction . |
| 56 | The most that can be said is that a good case can be made out for so doing ; law-abiding spectators would probably be sympathetic , depending upon the outcome . |
| 57 | The problem is that a good gimmick is contagious — everyone in Hollywood gets it all at once , and then you get a rash of movies all suffering from the same big idea . |
| 58 | ‘ He has n't believed much of what I 've told him , but is that a good reason not to tell him I 've recognized the man ? |
| 59 | You love him , he 's kind to animals , and is never more than half an hour late , but is that a good basis on which to plan your lives together ? |
| 60 | It would seem to me that if you 've got to prove a case that there that it is the place of last resort , and that place of last resort has got to be at least five thousand dwellings , you are in a place where there is absolute massive growth of demand , and improbably no one has been able to meet a five year supply of housing land , if you are to meet it in the term , if y if those are the criteria to meeting the terms of th of this sort of plan , and in fact what I would submit is that a new settlement solution is very much a part and parcel of a long term solution , and that 's where essentially the County strategy is quite right in proposing a new settlement in the context of the greenbelt , because also greenbelt is a long term solution . |