Example sentences of "[be] that it [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A hacksaw may be the only possible tool to cut existing pipe which is installed against a wall ; however , the disadvantages of a hacksaw are that it produces fine copper filings ( and care must be taken not to get these into the pipes ) and that it will tend to flatten the pipe slightly — particularly if this is held in a vice . |
| 2 | Its two main features are that it lifts cooperative R&D ventures from the suspicion that they are illegal per se and puts them under the rule of reason , and it provides a registration system which protects firms from treble damages in the event that they are subsequently deemed to have violated the antitrust statutes . |
| 3 | The disadvantages of market-orientation may be that it requires special leadership ( a ‘ bureaucratic ’ management would fail to achieve the required inter-relationships between the organisation and its customers ) and is likely to be costly in terms of staffing and other overheads . |
| 4 | The particular benefits of this approach for this study were that it provided quantitative data on important treatment/intervention issues in a population where group-comparison studies alone would be inappropriate , because of the individual nature of each person 's challenging behaviour and the small number of potential subjects . |
| 5 | A final objection to a Christian view of the Bible is that it bypasses human thought , and makes men into machines . |
| 6 | One of the problems arising from reliance on parental contributions is that it produces wide disparities between the resources available to schools with different catchment areas . |
| 7 | He regards PR as a crucial issue and when told that one of its main criticisms is that it produces indecisive government , he came out with that wonderfully ironic comment — ‘ like the weak old government in Switzerland and in Germany and nearly the whole of Europe ’ . |
| 8 | The essential feature of jobbing production is that it produces single articles or ‘ one-off ’ items . |
| 9 | Any initial work in multicultural mathematics may be seen to be tokenistic , especially if the only obvious reason for its inclusion is that it represents other cultures . |
| 10 | Its relevance here is that it defines general insurance business ( and divides it into seventeen classes ) and long-term insurance business ( divided into seven classes ) . |
| 11 | The crucial feature of the market as a coordination device is that it involves voluntary exchange of goods and services between two parties at a known price . |
| 12 | The remarkable thing about Daryl Runswick 's operatic project , following a tradition set by Britten himself and acknowledged as such by the generous support of the Aldeburgh Foundation , is that it involves whole classes from primary and middle schools around Suffolk , not just the few so prematurely labelled ‘ musical ’ . |
| 13 | The answer is that it lacks human agency or human intention . |
| 14 | One more positive criticism of the Economic theory of regulation is that it lacks sufficient structure to make it testable . |
| 15 | You see , the very exciting thing about multimedia from Ready Systems ' point of view is that it requires real-time software . |
| 16 | A key feature of the thesaurus database is that it requires specialized management ; not only must relationships be recorded and updated , but certain constraints on relationships must be imposed . |
| 17 | Its greatest drawback is that it requires human beings to adapt themselves to the production process , and in most Western countries , there has been a reaction against this requirement . |
| 18 | One theory is that it awakens distant memories of floating in the comfort of the womb . |
| 19 | The importance of skill theory is that it relates human performance to systems concepts and to individual differences . |
| 20 | The significance of the concept of the linguistic variable is that it allows quantitative statements to be made about language use , so that Speaker A might be said to use more or less of a particular variant than speaker B , rather than categorically to use it or not to use it . |
| 21 | As its name implies , the distinctive feature of this automated trading system is that it emulates physical pit trading on the screen ; other electronic screen systems are order matching systems only . |
| 22 | What this means in essence when when you look at the geography of of the district is that it imposes severe restrictions on where you can distribute reasonable sized employment allocations around the district . |
| 23 | The advantage of this concept of function is that it avoids absolute distinctions between one kind of text and another . |
| 24 | One frequent argument for state control is that it facilitates economic planning of key sectors of the economy . |
| 25 | The point of this fracture between regulation broken and its consequences is that it facilitates corporate crime ; executives need only concern themselves with the likelihood of being leniently punished for breaking regulations , whilst ignoring its consequences for the law does not concern itself with the consequences either . |
| 26 | A unique feature of the Video Guide is that it offers alternative lesson plans . |
| 27 | Much of the attraction of NVOCC carriage is that it offers discounted rates , especially for less than a full container load of cargo . |
| 28 | One lucky spin-off from the system is that it reproduces intelligible sound at normal pitch , when the tape is played back at twice the intended speed . |
| 29 | Certainly , one of the organisational reasons for centralising the buying function in a company is that it gives senior buyers more clout . |
| 30 | What constitutes the novelty of the Hellenistic age is that it gave international circulation to ideas , while strongly reducing their revolutionary impact . |