Example sentences of "[be] [that] it [verb] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The answer appears to be that it arrived courtesy of the Romans . |
| 2 | The force of law is that it becomes part of common sense , and makes ‘ common sense ’ prescriptions about public order , theft and hard work . |
| 3 | An equally important reason for God 's giving music to us is that it forms part of our response to him . |
| 4 | The first major problem with Fforde 's work is that it equates collectivism with socialism , which is as historically wrong as it is jejune . |
| 5 | The most likely explanation of anting is that it helps birds like the European jay to keep their feathers in good condition . |
| 6 | One of the principles of hypnopaedia is that it transforms sleep into hypnosis . |
| 7 | the snag with this option is that it requires people to be rational and let their ‘ heads rule their hearts ’ . |
| 8 | But the chief advantage of the linguistic analogy in any narrative theory is that it allows literature in general and narrative in particular to be read as a self-contained system independent of any realist function . |
| 9 | A more serious objection to Anderson 's account is that it assumes consistentalignment between left and right in politics , and ‘ progressive ’ and ‘ traditional ’ in intellectual life . |
| 10 | A good feature of the Solution is that it offers flexibility in the depth of the decompression range , so that for an indicated ceiling of three metres it will accept that you are in the correct range if you are between nine and three metres depth . |
| 11 | Moderator the convenor in his introduction and in the deliverance says that the church 's position is that it offers baptism to parents who are not er who , who is seeking to explain the church 's position to parents who are not communicant members or intending members of the church . |
| 12 | Another argument for Quattro Pro is that it offers products in both the DOS and Windows worlds . |
| 13 | The central characteristic of social action is that it has meaning for the people who are involved in it . |
| 14 | The major attraction of a fully-fledged GIS is that it gives access to large volumes of cartographic and attribute data which can be manipulated according to the needs of the user and the flexibility of the system software . |
| 15 | The value of a religious noviciate which asks novices to try out a variety of these functions in turn is that it exposes novices to the value of each . |
| 16 | The only thing that can be said for astrology is that it makes money for those who write and publish horoscopes , despite being wrong on most occasions . |
| 17 | But the point is that it makes sense for him to reject such a statement as false on a given occasion , only if he is prepared to admit that in different circumstances the same statement could be true . |
| 18 | The best that I can say for a personality explanation is that it prevents executives from thinking about changing their behaviour , because it understandably makes little sense for them to undergo some kind of therapy . |
| 19 | The problem with approaching children 's reading from a ‘ classics ’ approach — identify the best , the books ‘ of transparently permanent greatness ’ ( Rosenheim , 1980 , p.5 1 ) and give them to the children — is that it places emphasis on the book , on the literary work , and not on the needs and tastes of the individual reader . |
| 20 | A further consequence of benefit to employers of this nuclear-family form , is that it places women in a weak position when competing on the labour market . |
| 21 | The biggest problem with astrology is that it stops people from worshipping the one true God . |
| 22 | The importance of recognition as a goal is that it provides managers with unlimited opportunity . |
| 23 | One is that it provides scope for corruption ; e.g. , in the placing of government purchases , the allocation of commodities in excess demand , and in regulatory activities . |
| 24 | The value of the writing is that it provides points of reference for the voyager within . |
| 25 | ‘ Thus , although Dillons discounts only a limited range of titles , the knock-on effect of its advertising campaign and aggressive marketing is that it brings people into its shops , and generates the belief that all books are cheaper in Dillons , not just discounted titles . |
| 26 | The key to a good use is that it brings people to the building who value it for its beauty and appreciate and enjoy its surroundings — not simply people who regard it as an opportunity to acquire a large amount of cheap floor space . |
| 27 | Yes , one of the nice aspects of astronomy is that it brings people from many different areas of science together . |
| 28 | The principal justification offered for this is that it triggers discussion between the police and organisers , and prevents demonstrators from springing surprises on the police . |
| 29 | The value of professionality is that it focuses attention upon the activities of teachers in relation to pupils , each other and their organisations and it is thus a dynamic concept in opposition to the rather static ‘ characteristics ’ or ‘ descriptive ’ approach inherent in most studies of professionalism . |
| 30 | The difficulty with natural selection which Taylor raises repeatedly is that it explains evolution by chance . |