Example sentences of "[noun] is [verb] that [noun sg] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the purposes of this publication is to demonstrate that conveyancing is not simply a job to be done as cheaply as possible . |
| 2 | Competitive Regulation : here , the aim is to ensure that competition is not eliminated or seriously hampered by the formation of cartels . |
| 3 | Our aim is to ensure that food is wholesome , of high quality and produced as economically as possible and to ensure that , not only in the United Kingdom but in the export market , people have the benefits of an outstanding product . |
| 4 | Our inclination is to say that language is not the primary thing , that we are analysing a phenomenon , and that what matters is the question , ‘ What sort of a process goes on in your mind when you know , remember , hope something ? ’ |
| 5 | What I try to do in this book is to show that faith is reasonable . |
| 6 | Now the company is hoping that iconoclasm is coming back into style — and a certain sort of iconoclasm at that . |
| 7 | SIR — To suggest , as J. G. Girling does ( letter , April 1 ) , that the British Parliament is no longer the supreme legislative body of our country is to argue that Parliament is incapable of repealing its own legislation . |
| 8 | The narrowest position is to say that rape is committed only where D threatens violence or knows that V is in fear of violence , and that any other threat must fall within the lesser offence of procuring sex by threats . |