The phrase "a chain that is" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a specific type of chain or its characteristics in a sentence.
Example: "The project requires a chain that is strong enough to support the weight of the load."
Alternatives: "a chain which is" or "a chain that exists as".
Every part of its business is tightly linked with every other part, creating, in Porter's words, "a chain that is as strong as its strongest link".
Two of the oxygen atoms of each tetrahedron are shared with other tetrahedrons, forming a chain that is potentially infinite in length.
A chain that is looked at with disdain by many westerners completely changes its meaning in the post-communist east, where it still enjoys its legacy as the first tangible symbol that the mythical "west" had arrived at last.
A private equity firm is buying a 17percentt stake in Whole Foods Market, a much-needed vote of confidence for a chain that is being battered by increased competition and a weak economy.
"Yom Kippur 2000 is one link in a chain that is connected to Yom Kippur 1973," Nahum Barnea, a longtime columnist, wrote, referring to the October war that began on the holy day.
Such is the success in France of McDonald's, a chain that is struggling elsewhere, that its boss was promoted to reinvigorate the brand across Europe.Existentialism on the rocksThe French seduction by Americana is not new.
He remembers guards handcuffing his wrists to a chain that was wound around his stomach.
That's because the ethos of Café Gratitude, a chain that was founded in 2004, is all sunshine and rainbows.
"The stupidest thing that I ever did was to ride into a chain that was stretched across my own parking bay at work," writes Pat Weston.
The cups were attached to two bars, which were linked to a chain that was slung over a beam for leverage.
I realized then that computer brute force is limited, and sat down and used heuristic methods combining various partial chains, finally coming up with a chain that was over 400 words long!
