Example sentences of "[is] that it [vb mod] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The implication of this strong argument is that it may become cheaper in straightforward labour cost terms at the level of the economy to pay some people to stay at home while automated machinery produces the goods and services .
2 The real difficulty about this type of individual help is that it may provide immediate relief but not necessarily the understanding to cope with the same or similar situations in the future .
3 Another point is that it would make most bit image files far longer than necessary .
4 The only constraint on attempts to acquire a larger budget is that it would cost more than the total value to the politicians of the service , the value of additional output being zero .
5 The trouble with the Labour system is that it would spend many more years trying to introduce it before it could get rid of the poll tax .
6 So whatever verb is chosen will determine what functional predicate/argument structure is created — for HIT , it will be HIT ( AGENT , GOAL , INSTRUMENT ) because part of the lexical specification for the verb HIT is that it must have three arguments and they must be AGENT , ACTED-UPON , INSTRUMENT .
7 The benefit of this form of publicity is that it could reach those in the home ( women , unemployed , disabled ) and especially those who can not make use of the coverage in newspapers ( i.e. the blind ) .
8 The implication for the Archive is that it could make sound assumptions about it 's users ’ skills .
9 The fundamental design concept of a microcomputer is that it should provide real computing power to tackle the same kinds of task that larger computers handle but in a machine which is almost as easy to use as a calculator and typewriter .
10 One of the Packman 's most important claims is that it can handle all types and sizes of chemical pack .
11 Its main problem is that it can cause psychological dissociation , resulting in hallucinations and phenomena which may include subjective experiences of being out of the body or states similar to the near death experience .
12 The advantage of the Helblaster is that it can fire several shots at once in a devastating volley .
13 Its special property is that it can activate most of the genes that are required in the mature muscle .
14 Carr : Well , there will be some new jobs , David , but the really important issue is that it will mean permanent jobs .
15 There is general agreement in the hot fusion community that CIT will bring significant advances to the field , but the problem is that it will cost 700 million dollars which requires new funds and imposes new pressures both within and outside the community .
16 What 's certain is that it will cost some promoter a lot of money .
17 His argument against NAFTA is that it will suck American jobs south of the border .
18 Looking ahead to the afternoon and evening , and the good news is that it will stay dry everywhere .
19 Higher education is very interested , ‘ but they are strapped for resources and one of the problems of TCS is that it will cover all their costs , but it 's not a way that a university or poly is going to make money . ’
20 Higher education is very interested , ‘ but they are strapped for resources and one of the problems of TCS is that it will cover all their costs , but it 's not a way that a university or poly is going to make money . ’
21 The danger is that it will get worse as recovery brings increased domestic demand .
22 The danger is that it will get worse as recovery brings increased domestic demand .
23 The advice that I have received from those who understand the issue better than I is that it will drive many small convenience stores out of business .
24 The immediate significance of establishing NO as the inhibitory neurotransmitter which mediates neurogenic relaxation of the human internal anal sphincter is that it will allow detailed study of the function and morphology of the intrinsic innervation of this tissue as well as its interrelations withother components of the autonomic nervous system .
25 The rationale of the overall programme of work is that it will have clear implications for policy and the prevention of problems associated with the consumption of addictive substances and clear implications also for the social sciences .
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