Example sentences of "that is [adv] " in BNC.

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1 All the same , there is by and large a crucial difference here between British and American attitudes , and one that is today every bit as marked as it was in 1912 .
2 Born in Romania ( and thus sharing part of Leonard 's eastern European background ) , transferred by his parents to Canada in the harsh years of the early century , he represents , perhaps more than any other , not the genteel ‘ English ’ background common to many of his fellow-workers , but a rough , raw Canadian view that is intensely patriotic , proletarian , passionate and pure .
3 But how do we sustain , in prose or verse , a feeling that is intensely personal , not obviously called up by something ‘ on the outside ’ but which seems to be embedded deep within us ?
4 Their impact comes from layers of muted colour and a newly chic sloppiness that is easily imitated by donning any jacket far too big for you .
5 Because they are larger than other cells and have special staining cytoplasm that is easily recognizable , a trail of migrating cells can be seen in the embryo .
6 This is an arid , fragile environment that is easily damaged by the mechanical impact of motorcycle tyres and according to Luckenbach ( 1975 , quoted in Edington and Edington 1986 ) the ‘ Hare and Hounds ’ race has resulted in the destruction of some 140 000 creosote bushes ( Larrea divaricata ) , 64 000 burro-bushes ( Franseria dumosa ) and 15 000 Mojave yuccas ( Yucca schidigera ) due to mechanical impact and the exposure of plant roots by subsequent soil erosion .
7 Clearly , then , the primary need when dealing with the information issue is to establish clearly what various staff need to do their jobs and then to see how to provide this more limited selection of information in a form that is easily available and accessible .
8 Loess is a clay that is easily cut and holds its shape ; it can be incredibly accommodating as a building material .
9 From the point of view of security you do not want a door that is all glass , neither do you want a hollow plywood-type door that is easily kicked in .
10 This is a problem that is easily overlooked when viewing a property , and can be a genuine problem in the future .
11 But , as ambient water temperature falls , they will need food that is easily digestible so that , should a sudden cold snap occur , there will be little or no waste matter to decay in their gut .
12 As we have seen , this is a crucial part of the mountain goat 's annual cycle and one that is easily disrupted by hunting .
13 This indicator must be a characteristic that is easily identifiable , and which clearly distinguishes working-class students from others .
14 AIS sees Skymaster as an important way of getting its information over to the public in an efficient , quickly updated fashion that is easily accessed .
15 But for /Ε/ , the short variant can be a low vowel ( [ a , ae ] ) and the long variant is a mid vowel that is easily heard to be qualitatively distinct .
16 The saturated fat in a diet , more importantly , stimulates the liver to produce more cholesterol in a form that is easily deposited onto the linings of the arteries .
17 And so when Fael-Inis looked at him and said , ‘ It is something that is easily within your capabilities , good Calatin , ’ Calatin was very pleased , and said at once that he 'd do his best .
18 LTP is q phenomenon that is easily produced and manipulated by classical neurophysiological techniques , so its popularity as a potential memory model is scarcely surprising .
19 ‘ 'T IS a lie that is easily disproven , ’ he said coolly , but the ferocity was gone from his expression .
20 5.20 Keyholders To ensure that at all times the Landlord has [ and the local Police force has ] written notice of the name home address and home telephone number of at least [ 2 ] key holder[s] of the Premises While this is not necessarily objectionable it is a provision that is easily overlooked and imposes an obligation on the tenant which may not be appropriate in the circumstances .
21 This presumably reflects a relatively weak interaction of P100 with CREB that is easily perturbed under blotting conditions .
22 How can we build technology that is fundamentally human-oriented ?
23 This knowledge characterizes the contradictions experienced under the capitalist mode of production as ‘ normal ’ or as ‘ glitches ’ or ‘ hiccups ’ in a system that is fundamentally sound .
24 There is a fascinating groundswell of feeling on the avant-garde led by Martin Margiela with his elaborately deconstructed and reconstructed flea-market treasures for a fashion that is fundamentally different from the designerisms of the Eighties .
25 It differs in that the alternatives offered for choice include one that is physically identical to the conditional cue ( the sample ) .
26 When we see the sun , he says , the ‘ immediate object ’ of our perceiving mind is not the sun itself ‘ but something that is intimately joined to our soul , … an idea ’ .
27 This suggests the presence of a political mood that is electorally exploitable .
28 A stimulus that is reliably followed by a given consequence ( whether this be a US or no event at all ) can be ignored .
29 Members working on behalf of a prisoner learn a lot about that country — its culture and political allegiance for example — knowledge that is no longer useful when the case is closed .
30 Last night a group of small children sang ‘ L'Internationale ’ , uncertain about the words , out of tune , but with an authenticity and optimism that is no longer possible in Europe .
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