Example sentences of "is [adv] a result [prep] " in BNC.

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1 This is presumably a result of the flexibility of the chain which allows extensive convolution thereby impeding stabilization of the required long range alignment .
2 This will make you look shifty even if it is only a result of nerves .
3 The fact that much modern art is quite unmemorable — and modern music particularly so — is perhaps a result of formal weakness , and is certainly the reason for its perishable quality .
4 But onomatopoeia is on stronger ground if it is appreciated that the effect is generally a result of phonological features acting in combination with one another , and in combination with meaning .
5 Solitariness is thus a result of social behaviour and may produce particular societal structures involving wide dispersion .
6 In the French uplands , agriculture and nature conservation are not significantly in conflict though this is not a result of policies aimed specifically at conservation objectives .
7 But he denies any law of evolution ; the regularity in synchronic linguistics is not a result of evolutionary continuity .
8 This is not a result of sampling bias on our part , as all known sites of geothermal silica deposits were sampled .
9 The UK wine industry 's new-found potential is largely a result of the planting of grape varieties more suited to our climate .
10 Its reluctance is largely a result of the strict financial regime imposed by the government as part of its general campaign to improve efficiency in the public sector and under which all rail improvements have to demonstrate an 8% return on the capital before approval is granted .
11 This difference between the two atmospheres is largely a result of the large internal heat source in Jupiter , far more ( per unit mass of planet ) than in the case of the Earth .
12 Few people will dispute that that is largely a result of the legislation that we passed to reform industrial relations .
13 Such confusion is largely a result of the difficulty many lawyers have when dealing with a highly technical field such as computer science but it does not stop there .
14 This is usually a result of family and marriage ties and so an employer might expect young unattached female staff to be more willing to relocate than married women .
15 This node can be characterised by a judgement that the pleasure gained from reading is directly a result of the well-craftedness of the text .
16 Unlike France , however , the parliament is not constitutionally supine ; indeed it has a degree of control over policy which some might envy , although this is more a result of governmental weakness than anything else .
17 This is probably a result of inadequate treatment and is more common in those who have been treated late on in the infectious stage .
18 As with other respiratory and upper gastrointestinal tumours the male predominance seen is probably a result of the heavy smoking and drinking habits of men compared with women .
19 However , waves do not cause spin out on their own ; it is partly a result of bad technique .
20 This is partly a result of private acquisition of forest lands prior to the General Revision Act of 1891 , when it made more economic sense to annex high quality , easily accessible forests .
21 That is partly a result of City pressure to perform .
22 The move of the elderly from the family to institutions is partly a result of the change from extended family to nuclear family .
23 Although this is partly a result of lower market share during the last days of The Sunday Correspondent , the IoS has made ground while its rival The Observer has not .
24 This is partly a result of the success of the Registration and Inspection Service 's efforts to encourage a move to more single room provision .
25 Note that the actual magnitude of this correlation coefficient is partly a result of reducing the variance in the data by correlating averages rather than averaging correlations .
26 This is partly a result of the small sizes of international bond issues , but also a consequence of the long holding periods typical of such bonds .
27 The difficulty readers experience with this novel is partly a result of Golding 's strategic use of concept metaphors which forces us to consider some of the ways in which language structures our perceptions of the world .
28 The modern distinction between leader and manager , between the person who creates meanings and goals for others and the one who administrates information and decisions , is clearly a result of this value-orientation being strong .
29 This is clearly a result of the higher surface gravity on Mercury , a little over double that on the Moon .
30 In part the reasons are technical ( the typewriter and camera — and now the computer tape — have made the keeping of records easier ) , but it is also a result of the increasing complexity of social organization .
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