Example sentences of "[be] [that] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The principles of mutual aid are that members should be involved in a reciprocal supportive role . |
| 2 | The conclusions drawn are that perforations should be shot with the biggest charges possible , large negative pressure differentials , and that there needs to be a high shot density ; also that the mud weight over-balance — that is , the degree of pressure maintained above the reservoir 's natural pressure — during drilling should be as low as possible ; and that losses of fluids and solids to the productive reservoirs should never be accepted as a matter of course . |
| 3 | The only differences which Clare would notice are that machines have replaced axes , and that the moles are now gibbeted on barbed-wire fencing . |
| 4 | The most frequent messages given to women are that tears are a sign of weakness , or instruments of manipulation . |
| 5 | Other differences are that males have much longer finnage , and also a much more humped forehead . |
| 6 | The empirical grounds are that studies of post-merger performance are far from unanimous in identifying improved performance . |
| 7 | It 's not so much what people are that matters , as what they think they are , and they ’ — waving his hand towards the admin block , ‘ are all on an ego trip . ’ |
| 8 | It is not how things are that matters , but how they seem . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's what you are that matters to me , ’ Alice said impulsively . |
| 10 | The implications of this accelerated diffusion of technology and rapid translation into innovative products are that companies have very little time to rest on the strength of any one currently successful product . |
| 11 | The main disadvantages are that groups develop competing or conflicting goals , and that inter-group communication and cooperation breaks down . |
| 12 | The most harmful effects are that groups develop competing or conflicting goals , and lose their ability to communicate and cooperate with one another , |
| 13 | The most useful effects are that groups develop strong ties of loyalty ( cohesiveness ) amongst their members , and that there is a high regard for the task . |
| 14 | The main advantages of rating scale data are that responses are usually simple and uniform and easy to code , transform , statistically analyse and describe . |
| 15 | The economic differences are that taxes are not related to the services which taxpayers might receive from the authority ; whereas rents paid by individuals are directly related to their occupancy of council houses . |
| 16 | Jonathan Gershuny 's preliminary estimates of time spent in unpaid work ( from the ESRC 's time budget study in 1983/4 , Gershuny et al. , 1986 , Table 2 ) are that women averaged 16 hours per week more than men . |
| 17 | Possible explanations for these findings are that women are more likely to consult their doctors and so have blood tests , which may lead to an earlier diagnosis of coeliac disease than in men . |
| 18 | Two common folk-beliefs are that women have no sense of humour and can not tell jokes ( clearly Chiaro 's subjects do ) ; it may well be that certain kinds of jokes are preferred by men : the " shaggy dog " kind or narrative type that begins with formulas like " Have you heard the one about … ? " or " A man went into a pub … |
| 19 | Examples of these unwritten rules are that parents should play with their children , or that one should respond in the appropriate manner to a ‘ good morning ’ greeting . |
| 20 | The semantic characteristics of adults talking to children are that adults talk about objects and events in their immediate surroundings and they frequently focus on topics identified in the child 's talk . |
| 21 | The conclusions that they draw are that theses have been written for a variety of purposes , which have changed over the years , and which vary according to customs in different countries . |
| 22 | The only criteria are that applicants must be healthy , aged between 18 and 40 , and weigh over eight stones . |
| 23 | The only criteria are that applicants must be aged between 18 and 40 and weigh over eight stones . |
| 24 | Some of the recent arguments in favour of involving computers in the task of investigating crime are that links or patterns which would otherwise have been missed or overlooked may be cap-tured . |
| 25 | The advantages of a DIP system are that images — unlike paper documents — do not have to be physically moved around the office , they occupy much less storage space , and they can not be lost , misfiled or damaged in the way that paper can . |
| 26 | The new proposals are that individuals should be taxed on all their income on a common current year basis and taxpayers who are sent returns could choose whether to assess themselves . |
| 27 | Okay , the first signs are that schoolchildren will be studying a mixture of Shakespeare , Dickens and Jane Austen . |
| 28 | Indications are that costs will compare favourably with , for instance , the cost of a bed in a private nursing home ; additional benefits of a local authority specialist unit may be the ability to provide services such as carers ' support , home care , day care , despite staff training to maximise the use of staff and buildings It is always more difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of preventive services but the higher cost of specialist provision may be offset if it has a preventive role in the wider community . |
| 29 | Other versions are that computers only do exactly what you tell them to , and that therefore computers are never creative . |
| 30 | Limitations of this system at present are that subjects can only be studies in the supine position within the magnet , thus imposing constraints on both posture and movement . |