Example sentences of "[is] [that] it [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The response of Dr P to communications , it will be remembered , is that it ignores the aesthetic , that it is so obsessed with ‘ ideological statements and political texts ’ that it can no longer make a distinction between good and bad . |
| 2 | The key value of this interpretation is that it separates the internal ( impairment ) and external ( Disability ) causes of disadvantage . |
| 3 | The significance of My Lai is that it threatened the American national myth — that of moral superiority . |
| 4 | One advantage of the correction of twice the number of degrees off track , is that it produces the two equal sides of an isosceles triangle . |
| 5 | The significance of the geoid for the operation of geomorphic processes is that it defines the ultimate base level for denudation ; any change in the geoid would therefore cause consequential changes in base levels . |
| 6 | A SURPRISING aspect of the first British performance of Sofia Gubaidulina 's Violin Concerto , subtitled Offertorium , is that it provoked the odd walk-out in Birmingham Town Hall . |
| 7 | A SURPRISING aspect of the first British performance of Sofia Gubaidulina 's Violin Concerto , subtitled Offertorium , is that it provoked the odd walk-out from one or two places in Birmingham Town Hall . |
| 8 | However , the best reason for making a will is that it takes the practical burden from the shoulders of those you leave behind . |
| 9 | The advantage of the notional syllabus is that it takes the communicative facts of language into account from the beginning without losing sight of grammatical and situational factors . |
| 10 | A further advantage of this method is that it allows the phonetic location of an incipient change to be identified rather precisely , and particular variants to be associated with particular groups of speakers : ‘ The main difference between the boys and the girls in the use of ( r ) is that the girls are almost always rhotic and most frequently use [ ? ] , while the boys are less frequently rhotic and tend to use [ ? ] more frequently than the girls ’ ( Romaine 1978a : 150 ) . |
| 11 | A further possible objection to gradation is that it limits the sentencing powers of the judge . |
| 12 | The main advantage of this type of support is that it keeps the joint warm , but it has to be said that it is not really suitable for more recent or severe injuries . |
| 13 | The second main point about Marsh et al. 's approach is that it recognises the expressive order : the theories which young people and others have about their circumstances . |
| 14 | All I think of when I see that picture is that it has the supreme mastery I have spent all my life trying to attain . |
| 15 | The main problem for a private pilot is that it has the widest airspeed envelope available this side of the Harrier . |
| 16 | The snag with disarmament , for all its other merits , is that it disrupts the established Soviet routine . |
| 17 | Yes , because the snag is with that is that it means the vast amount of , and then the gypsum that is produced has got to be disposed of has n't it , so that the limestone is mined and then they 've got to get rid of the gypsum . |
| 18 | The central feature of the rhetorical perspective proposed by Billig ( 1985 , 1987 ) is that it studies the argumentative aspects of discourse ( see also Shotter , 1987 ) . |
| 19 | An argument often made in their briefs , against random testing in particular , is that it reverses the normal presumption of innocence : an employee is deemed guilty unless he can prove himself innocent by producing ‘ clean ’ urine . |
| 20 | The nasty thing about strong encryption from the administration 's point of view is that it prevents the Federal Bureau of Investigation , the National Security Agency and other government agencies going about their legal phone-tapping business . |
| 21 | The rationale for trying to obtain verbatim records of children 's speech in naturalistic settings is that it provides the best indication of what language a child actually uses in ordinary , everyday settings . |
| 22 | The most basic criterion for a successful design is that it satisfies the functional constraints imposed . |
| 23 | The second reason is that it draws the punching hip right back and cocks it , without telegraphing this fact to the opponent . |
| 24 | The great virtue or the part-time holding in times of industrial depression is that it leaves the unemployed with things they can do to help themselves . |
| 25 | Labov 's interpretation of this irregularity is that it shows the Lower-middle class to be instrumental in diffusing a change throughout the speech community by adopting and emulating what is in fact an innovatory pattern introduced by a higher-status group ( Labov 1972a : 122 ) . |
| 26 | Another point is that it offends the important principle of subsidiarity . |