Example sentences of "is [noun sg] [that] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The theme underlying much of this work is that broadly satisfactory , and reasonably simple , models exist for the huge variety of nonlinear optical processes which have been discovered since the advent of the laser : there is optimism that nonlinear optics can similarly provide simple systems showing the full range of chaotic behaviour . |
| 2 | But in addition , there is recognition that nationalized industries are different : capital indebtedness to the Secretary of State , interest and financing charges due to Government , payments received from central and local government , all must be shown separately . |
| 3 | That there is a clear similarity has escaped no one , and there is fear that other daughters of similar families are at risk . |
| 4 | There is fear that such rules will be over-bureaucratic , while demanding less financial disclosure than the UK requires . |
| 5 | And there is speculation that crucial evidence may also be gleaned from a security camera in operation close to the scene . |
| 6 | But there is evidence that Soviet officials have unsuccessfully requested Algeria several times for permanent access to ports and short installations and for combined military exercises . |
| 7 | In addition to according the USSR a forceful say in the economic priorities of its trading partners , there is evidence that Soviet leverage over terms of trade has produced specific concessions in the foreign policy arena ( such as material and diplomatic support for Soviet policy in South Yemen and Angola ; offset costs for Soviet forces deployed in the Warsaw Pact ) . |
| 8 | In view of the high population of Hong Kong ( c. 5.5 million ) and their proximity to urban areas , these sites are popular for informal leisure-time activities ; already there is evidence that serious degradation has occurred due to heavy use ( Jim 1987b ) . |
| 9 | But while there is evidence that young children can be bored or confused by doing work too advanced for them , as well as frightened by bigger children in the toilets or playground , there is no evidence that early teaching of the three Rs leads to top marks and academic success for the child later on . |
| 10 | There is evidence that general deterrence can be improved if potential offenders ' perceived likelihood of detection can be increased but little evidence that severer punishments deter any better than more lenient ones . |
| 11 | There is evidence that ascorbic acid is secreted in high concentrations into the normal stomach . |
| 12 | In the present generations of younger women , very few never marry so this particular source of family care has almost dried up , although there is evidence that never-married women still account for a disproportionate number of unpaid carers ( Finch and Groves , 1980 ; Lewis and Meredith , 1988 ) . |
| 13 | But there is evidence that working class women bitterly resented what they regarded as middle class interference . |
| 14 | There is evidence that successful reproduction reduces the future reproductive capabilities or survival of females in several species ( e.g. Wooller & Coulson , 1977 ; Altmann , Altmann & Hausfater , 1978 ; Guinness , Albon & Clutton-Brock , 1978 ; Bryant , 1979 ) and in some species successful males are likely to die before unsuccessful ones ( Geist , 1971 ) . |
| 15 | There is evidence that similar cartels operate elsewhere in the UK . |
| 16 | When consultation rates are matched against incapacity rates , there is evidence that lower income patients under-utilise G.P. services … . |
| 17 | There is evidence that verbal reprimands tend to be less effective in various disciplinary encounters than other techniques . |
| 18 | There is evidence that certain athletes , especially those in sports that emphasise leanness to improve performance or appearance ( eg , gymnastics , figure skating , ballet ) are at increased risk for anorexia nervosa or associated eating disorders . |
| 19 | Taekwondo practitioners build up the calluses on their knuckles by performing press-ups on them , although there is evidence that prolonged conditioning in this way causes metacarpal damage . |
| 20 | Where jobs are available , there is evidence that higher AFDC payments do apparently encourage more people to remain dependent on the state than where they are lower , but overall variations in labour market buoyancy mean that ‘ analyses which place the blame for poverty among these families upon the welfare ‘ largesse ’ are deficient' ( p. 210 ) . |
| 21 | There is evidence that higher levels within organisations have an important influence on workplace personnel and industrial relations practices . |
| 22 | The whole idea of large hospitals for the mentally handicapped is indefensible : there is evidence that many patients do not need , and do not receive , treatment , and a hospital routine is wholly damaging to them . |
| 23 | There is no direct evidence that all people have the potential for addictive disease within them and , conversely , there is evidence that addictive disease seems only to affect particular people , albeit an enormous number . |
| 24 | In addition , it should not be assumed that long-term trends in income distribution continue forever : there is evidence that recent years have seen significant changes in these trends in Britain . |
| 25 | There is evidence that gay men seek HIV testing ( and may receive AIDS diagnoses ) earlier than other people . |
| 26 | Heparin sulphate occurs on the surface of many cells including endothelial cells ( Lindahl & Hook , 1978 ) and there is evidence that both platelet factor 4 ( Busch et al , 1980 ) and β-thromboglobulin ( Hope et al , 1979 ) bind to cultured endothelial cells . |
| 27 | Although there is evidence that both hemispheres can control movements of the upper arm ( Sperry , Gazzaniga and Bogen , 1969 ; Van Der Staak , 1975 ) the extremities appear to be under exclusively contralateral control ( Brinkman and Kuypers , 1972 ; 1973 ) . |
| 28 | There is evidence that this trend existed in the nineteenth century ( Hill 1925 ) as well as more recently . |
| 29 | There is evidence that this tactic had some effect in marginal seats and , indeed , made the overall result far better for Labour than it would have been had people not voted tactically . |
| 30 | But there is evidence that this pattern is changing . |