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

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1 The last term e it , is the error term of the equation and in the case that the equation has been specified correctly and is unbiased then the sum of the error terms should be zero which would reduce Eq .
2 Irena took an unofficial day off work and we wandered through the damp streets while she told me about being a student at Palacky University in 1968 ( and what happened afterwards : ‘ It is strange how the history books of a country can change , is n't it ? ’ ) .
3 So when they see an apparent egg that is really a stone , the fact of its being a stone ( not that they have found a stone on the beach , say , which happens to look just like an egg ) swamps their judgement ; similarly when they see a white card changing colour — the blueness is salient not the fact that it started white .
4 Viewed in this way it is clear why the separation of rules governing the use of means of warfare from those on the initiation of conflict has proved increasingly difficult to maintain .
5 ( As it takes place within an overall structure of hierarchy and private ownership it is clear why the principle can only be described as quasi-democratic . )
6 From these statements it is clear where the emphasis of the Conservative government lies .
7 If the language is infinite then the language may be specified by producing a recogniser program .
8 If the relationship between risk and return is linear then the value of should not be significantly different from zero .
9 ‘ Anyway , ’ she said firmly , ‘ I think Anpetuwi is charming just the way it is .
10 And on another : Here it is manifest how the Way of Life is found only through a Death , and that , without the deprival of all other knowledge , Self Knowledge itself is not to be achieved .
11 It is amazing how the model world can come up with numerous variations on the same basic device .
12 It is noticeable how the novel has become the literary form on which discussions of texts in other generic forms are based .
13 If this is unsuccessful then the message will be written to the batch log ( i.e. RDBI.LOG in the home directory ) .
14 It 's an imaginary fox , yes and so when at the very end of the poem he says when he says the window is starless still the clock ticks the page is printed .
15 Sleep is impossible yet the Commando in the next trench when I looked in on him was sleeping soundly , his face and arms uncovered and the mosquitoes completely ignoring him .
16 That which is sinful by nature is sinful right the way through it 's existence unless something radical happens to it .
17 If it is appropriate perhaps the opportunity might be offered again next November , but the value of the meeting has to be guided by the views of the Committee .
18 Contrast the following case , in which it is Mela , an Augustan jurist of uncertain leanings , who is opposed to the validity of the disposition , arguing that if the amount is unstated then the amount is zero , while Nerva , a first-century Proculian , is in favour of it ; Ulpian follows him in suggesting that the amount the testator usually gave is payable , failing which it can be determined according to status .
19 If the primary log file is flawed then the software performing the rebuild operation will switch to the reserve log .
20 If the problem is severe then the child and mother may need to be admitted to hospital for observation of nutritional intake .
21 If that supportive evidence is forthcoming then the implication is that vertebrates existed in the Late Cambrian , 510 million years ago , and some 40 million years before the appearance of vertebrate armour .
22 Even if the final goal is a paper , as it is with a DTP system , it is important how the paper was produced .
23 Kelvin 's scale of temperature , the only true ratio scale of temperature since it has a non-arbitrary zero point , is not simply a mathematically more powerful scale or one that is invariably more useful , as far as the latter is concerned quite the contrary , but it is one that " incorporates a profound understanding of how a certain class of phenomenon works " .
24 The method that has been used to store the bigram and trigram matrices relies on the fact that if no value for a trigram transition is available then the system backs off to the bigram value .
25 If a printer is available then the puzzle on screen could be dumped to the printer and the wordsearch would be solved in the usual way .
26 Deutsche Fernsehfunk ( DFF ) , the name of the public TV network of the former German Democratic Republic , will disappear this year , but it is unclear how the system will be organised in the future .
27 If the defence is successful then the plaintiff will recover no damages at all .
28 If primary prevention is successful the number of new cases ( the incidence ) should reduce , while if secondary or tertiary prevention is successful then the prevalence rate should reduce .
29 If there is any transformation under which a form is invariant then the form is symmetrical .
30 Despite calls for ‘ new incentives to encourage increased private sector support ’ , and a proposed recomposition of the gallery 's ‘ ineffective ’ board , it is uncertain how the Gallery can so quickly become semi-autonomous .
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