Example sentences of "[noun] is [adv] [that] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The underlying attitude is perhaps that most people accept mentally handicapped people and are sympathetic towards them , but remain inwardly glad that it has not happened to them or to their children — ‘ there but for the grace of God , go I. ’ They also continue to believe the many myths surrounding the handicapped which have been passed on for decades . |
| 2 | If part of the deep ecologist 's rationale for saving wilderness is so that future generations of humans can savour the orgiastic blood of the hunt ( as Ortega y Gasset describes the recreational slaughter of wild animals ) , animal liberationists can and should unashamedly applaud the efforts to preserve , but not the reasons for doing so . |
| 3 | As explained above , the proposal of the FRED is not that such expenses be treated as an asset , but rather that they be taken into account in measuring a liability . |
| 4 | Of course , the rival may fight back , but the point is not that this type of calculation ensures a successful barrier to entry , but that it provides a way of assessing what it will cost the rival to surmount the barrier to attain cost leadership . |
| 5 | My hon. Friend is right that this country has the best regulatory system for reducing real phone charges . |
| 6 | An editorial in The Times , a firm supporter of Thatcherite policies , could ask on 3 May 1985 : ‘ If these obstructions to a society , based on enterprise and shorn of its collectivist illusions , can not be dismantled in six years , what evidence is there that twelve years will be any better ? ’ |
| 7 | But what evidence is there that this bit of the cortex is concerned with the reception of sound ? |
| 8 | Yeah the other the other factor is now that that data is getting on for twelve months old |
| 9 | The fundamental argument is again that human beings are still very ‘ basic ’ beings ; that is , they have evolved over millions of years and that what we call civilisation or culture represents only a fraction of human history . |
| 10 | James MacAllister 's number-one priority is always that any building should be in keeping with its setting . ’ |
| 11 | At present , the most plausible interpretation is probably that these forts were centres of royal power intended to enable Harald to control the areas which the Jelling rune stone suggests he had won for himself . |
| 12 | The ULS Study showed that smaller farms were more labour intensive per unit of land area and the NCC 's concern is mainly that larger units ( especially if bought up by large investors ) are run as ranches with little if any regard to conservation interests or features . |
| 13 | The reason is largely that younger researchers are unwilling or unable to embark on a career in this kind of research . |
| 14 | The real grist of Watchdog 's story is not that all fishtanks are dangerous but that there are tanks on the market made from glass that is far too thin . |
| 15 | The situation at present is still that any operation performed by a surgeon is , prima facie , a battery rendered lawful by the consent of the patient . |
| 16 | His worry is not that these errors undermine any of their actual results : ‘ that the principles laid down by mathematicians are true , and their way of deduction from those principles clear and incontestable , we do not deny . ’ |
| 17 | A much more likely explanation of Libet 's findings is simply that all experiences are delayed relative to the stimulus causing them , so that synchronous external events produce synchronous experiences . |
| 18 | A Schools Council report ( 1970 ) has emphasized that the problem is not that this sort of pupil leaves school at the earliest opportunity but that as far as school learning goes they ‘ leave ’ at the age of about 12 . |
| 19 | The underlying idea is simply that some forms are ‘ genuine ’ and some are not . |
| 20 | The objection is not that such matters are raised but to the poisonous or venomous manner in which it is done . |