Example sentences of "is that [art] [adj] the " in BNC.

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1 One of the basic problems for any government is that the higher the level of taxation , the greater the financial incentive to avoid or evade it .
2 Analyses of sexism in the curriculum should also include identification of what is left out , either within subject areas , or in terms of potential links between areas of knowledge : my contention is that the higher the prestige , and the more valuable a credential the subject becomes , the more likely it is to exclude issues , themes and approaches which relate to personal and female domains .
3 The general result is that the higher the correlation coefficient the lower the CD score and the better the diversification of risk .
4 The downside is that the better the protection , the slower the checking .
5 The sad fact is that the greater the need , the less outside help is usually available .
6 One of the laws of the jungle is that the greater the number of groups in the competitive struggle , for each to secure bigger increases than the others , the faster will wages rise . ’
7 The theory is that the greater the difference between polished and scuffed sides the more the ball will swing .
8 Within the profession the general feeling is that the greater the degree of autonomy that can be given to teachers and schools , the more likely are they to accept responsibility for educational provision and become committed to improving its quality .
9 In other areas the general principle is that the greater the judicial element involved the more likely it is that the decision-maker must also hear .
10 The conclusion then is that the greater the volume of NBFI activity , the greater the range of products , the more substitutes will exist for money in its precautionary and asset roles .
11 One point that may help you is that the lower the potency the more frequently it is likely to need repeating .
12 One is that the bigger the event ( up to about 3,000 people ) the more it costs proportionally .
13 The , perhaps the the points to make there , is that the bigger the ninety-four , five is er , getting on for four million pounds below the ninety-three , four level , and that reflects , firstly , a reduction in students grants , with a a corresponding increase in the amount available from student loans , and secondly , a reduction in the tuition fees payable as part of the mandatory award , er , in the light of direct , higher direct funding of higher education establishments .
14 erm , where I set out my interpretation of what that means , and I do n't think it 's very helpful to read that out to you , but I think you will find that it 's er erm a very broad er description of what the new settlement should be seeking to achieve , now Mr erm I think has misunderstood our position on this question of erm the appropriate size for the new settlement , and I think if I 'm correct he suggested that we were promoting a a size of fourteen hundred , the point I think I would make is that the larger the new settlement erm the greater the range and the quality of services and facilities that can be provided , and I think you have to distinguish between what developers say they are prepared to provide , on the one hand in a new settlement , whatever the size , the quality of the retail or recreational social facility that occupies that physical provision , and also its long term viability , and I would suggest that a larger new settlement of the size that we are suggesting , is much more likely to er attract a range of quality providers of services and facilities than a smaller new settlement , and also Mr Grantham er raised the issue of the question of the development program , and what might be expected in terms of services and erm during the development program , and of course I think that would be a matter for any specific proposal , or a ma a matter of discussion between the local planning authority concerned and the developer , and I would expect it to be something erm that was included within a section one O six agreement .
15 The reason for this , he argues , is that the older the average age of women at marriage the greater the equality between the sexes , the greater the commitment to feminism , and the smaller the age-difference between husband and wife : ‘ Cultural take-off brings about the disappearance of the child-woman and thus of the child-wife ’ ( p. 17 ) .
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