Example sentences of "is that [prep] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The simplest scheme of inheritance is that for one pair of genes , controlling one pair of traits ; the traits will then segregate in a 3:1 ratio in the second generation . |
| 2 | A further important point is that on two scores — the overall symptom score and the resistance score — there was a difference between the normal women and a group of normal men who were also given the inventory . |
| 3 | The reinvestment return is 55.74 but the reinvestment risk is that on 15 February the 1-month rate will have fallen from the 9.25 per cent expected to , say , 8.75 per cent . |
| 4 | All we need to say about count 4 is that on 23 March 1988 the appellant 's wife collected £104,356.55 in cash , part of the building society advance , from the bank , and took it in a bin liner to India . |
| 5 | All I remember is that at one point he walked along with one foot on the kerb and the other in the gutter and was told off for limping . |
| 6 | The distinction in question is that between two representations of person which appear to be involved in all of the uses of the infinitive : the virtual , generalized intra-verbal person of the infinitive , on the one hand , and the actual , often rank-specified extra-verbal person evoked by the context , on the other . |
| 7 | The irony is that within five years , investigations started with a view to relaying part of the canal route to Kilmacolm as far as Paisley for a new passenger service ! |
| 8 | The basic requirement is that within 21 days after setting down , notice is to be given in a form which varies according to which section applies to the statement sought to be admitted ; more often than not this will be s 2 , seeking the admissability of a statement otherwise than in a document , when the notice must give particulars of the time , place and circumstances , at or in which the statement was made , the person by whom , and the person to whom , it was made and the substance of the statement or , if material , the words used . |
| 9 | First day or Last Day , Rest Day or Resurrection Day , the abiding Christian belief is that within three days the worst that humans could do to a man was transformed by the power of divine love into the greatest news story of history : ‘ Jesus lives ! ’ |
| 10 | An easy way to remember this for making calculations is that in two colours each square is one BIT . |
| 11 | One of his regrets is that in four series against West Indies his record is very ordinary — one innings in which he took eight wickets , but little else of note — and he is aware that not having proved himself against the best team in the world will be held against him when reputations come to be assessed . |
| 12 | The result of the above is that in one case costs are so high as to detract from its use , whereas the other positively attracts business . |
| 13 | For convenience , one can be called ‘ market ’ society , and one ‘ status ’ society ; the crucial distinction between them is that in one privileges and obligations were increasingly distributed through competition in the market , and in the other by the operation of an acknowledged and traditional hierarchy of status . |
| 14 | My understanding is that in 1977 Willy De Roos achieved this under sail in one season , and for this he received a Krug Award for Excellence . |
| 15 | The proposal is that from 1 August , self-drive hire firms etc should account for tax on a tax-inclusive basis on disposal , so allowing the margin scheme to operate as now . |
| 16 | Labour 's simple , single theme is that after 13 years it is time for a change . |
| 17 | What is interesting about Isabelle 's case , though , is that after two years of rehabilitation and skilled training she covered the stages of learning that would normally require six years . |