Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] is that [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A crucial difference , of course , between the " real " model of reality and the " mock reality " of fiction is that the mock reality does not exist apart from the message by which it is conveyed : this is the case , at least , if we regard a fictional work in its entirety as constituting a single message . |
| 2 | The official excuse for a sudden wave sweeping every column inch of coverage is that a genuine revelation has occurred . |
| 3 | The clear lesson of the history of modernism is that the academic left is quite capable of fashioning a central instrument for the reproduction of the interests of the dominant class at precisely the moment when it is making the most strident claims to the contrary . |
| 4 | But what must astonish us , I think , more than the details of violence is that the only charges brought as a result of this death were against three men who were charged with assault and punished with a 20 shillings ' fine , with the additional requirement that they should pay the doctor 's bill on the dead man . |
| 5 | But the problem with this type of creation-as-destruction is that the negative aspect is easily equated with nihilism . |
| 6 | The general consensus of opinion is that a successful action under s.62 for insider dealing will be hard to sustain . |
| 7 | The consensus of opinion is that a modular approach alleviates the problem . |
| 8 | Although it is difficult to determine what was the original material from which these rocks were derived , the general consensus of opinion is that the original material was of igneous origin , with the old term orthogneiss being used to describe these rocks in the past . |
| 9 | An important point in the analysis of Paisleyism is that the religious wing of the movement predated the Catholic civil rights movement . |
| 10 | The basic idea of electrolysis is that an electric current passes through some liquid , in Tanberg 's case this was water , and the liquid breaks down into its constituent elements ( in this case , hydrogen and oxygen ) . |
| 11 | The essential line of argument is that a reformed electoral system could constitute a greater threat to the maintenance of political authority than any defects of the existing system . |
| 12 | A second line of attack is that the proposed harmonizing measure is inadequate in scope . |
| 13 | ‘ I do think , ’ he said , suddenly solemn , ‘ that the beauty of cricket is that the first shall be last and the last , on an uncertain wicket , can be first . ’ |
| 14 | The most well-recognised factor in the aetiology of schizophrenia is that a genetic vulnerability is inherited . |
| 15 | Another result of training is that the different signals arriving at an element often have similar values , except that some are positive and some negative . |
| 16 | Another significant feature of matter is that the nuclear mass is smaller than the sum of the nucleon masses by the binding energy due to the nuclear force between them . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , since a requirement of rationality is that the subjective expectation of the price level , , should equal the objective conditional mathematical expectation for , it follows that . |
| 18 | The great rectangular block on which are inscribed the one-sixtieth fractions of the allied tribute which were ‘ paid ’ to the goddess Athena has room for one fewer annual list than the available years , and the most likely solution from a technical point of view is that no one-sixtieth was paid to Athena in 449 . |
| 19 | It is whether children with special needs should attend a special school , and of course the argument from this point of view is that a special school can have staff specially trained to deal with that kind of child , the sort of resources that they need , the protective environment that 's necessary for certain disabilities , and of course there are many special schools around — we 've got one here in Brighton for the deaf , for instance — there are a number of examples that one can point to . |
| 20 | However , the disadvantage from the tenant 's point of view is that the minimum rent payable under the lease will be increased . |
| 21 | What is true of pain is that a bodily feeling which is usually painful may , under certain conditions , be enjoyed . |
| 22 | Another source of distraction is that the initial what-questions ( first and second sentences ) are followed not , as one might expect , by an identification of the thing that inspired Rimbaud and drove him to reach into his soul , but by the pronoun It . |
| 23 | Note that the reason for the rise in the equilibrium rate of interest is that the higher income level will have brought forth an increased transactions demand for money . |
| 24 | However , what is of interest is that the other two comparative static propositions of the theory are confirmed by the subjects ' behaviour : output rises with an increase in σ and falls with an increase in k . |
| 25 | One of the arguments against decentralisation is that the peripheral units can become complacent and lazy and unwilling to take the risks that the financial resources of the centralised company make possible . |
| 26 | The problem with recruitment is that a small amount of initial effort produces a great deal of work , and this work proceeds in waves which produce severe fluctuations in activity for the personnel staff involved . |
| 27 | More in accordance with reality is that the new State has no option if it wishes its status to be accepted ; this is akin to necessity . |
| 28 | The other crucial thing with painting is that the printed quality of an image depends entirely on its resolution . |
| 29 | Whatever people might think about DHSS money , what it has meant in practice is that the global sum of money to help provide for the needs of people with dementia or other long-term needs is much greater than it would have been if they were not attracting DHSS supplementation . |
| 30 | What happens in practice is that the overall system forecasts which timber is available for harvesting , but local managers adapt those forecasts to help meet other objectives . |