Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [be] that [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 There is no claim to representativeness , and the essence of the technique is that each subject studied , whether it be an individual , a group , an event , or an institution , is treated as a unit on its own .
2 While Darwinian processes are likely to be only one of several mechanisms responsible for evolutionary change in form ( there is much debate , which need not concern us here , about the relative contribution of these other mechanisms ) , the point for the present is that all forms of life on earth today are clearly the results of comparable evolutionary pressures over the whole of geological time .
3 The difficulty is that many US corporations neglect to complement an overlapping strategy with the required intensive information processing .
4 What creates the difficulty is that such act or omission preceded and was , therefore , separated in point of time from the birth of the plaintiff in her injured condition .
5 The difficulty is that most people seem to believe such an important issue must somehow be supported by public funds , from the Sports Council perhaps .
6 The difficulty is that this poison was added in crystal form ; to dissolve it you need hot water or alcohol .
7 The contrast is that these Pacific rim countries are investing in tomorrow at a rate of knots .
8 The fiction is that those state agencies are able to and do exert democratic influences ; or at least , they impose a measure of accountability to the public .
9 The hope is that these peptides might compete with the virus proteins for binding to the receptor molecules .
10 There is no doubt that the last eighteen months have been short of American patronage for European dealers ( a combined effect of general economic conditions , the aftermath of the Gulf War and the continued high value of the pound against the dollar ) , so the hope is that this year 's focus will bring the Yankee Doodle Dandies to town .
11 The hope was that these negotiations would be aimed at reducing and eventually removing customs duties .
12 One difficulty with the term is that many contemporaries would never have been prepared to apply the word ‘ culture ’ to the new preoccupations of the masses .
13 The irony is that this month , while you 're exuding such apparent confidence , you 'll feel on the inside like a bag of nerves .
14 The irony is that this victory may contain the seeds of eventual defeat .
15 But the irony is that this perception was not clearly shared by the Conservative high command , at least until quite late in the campaign .
16 The irony was that many Nepmen had in fact been nurtured by the state during the harsh economic stringencies of War Communism .
17 The intention is that any change would be revenue-neutral , but the level at which any scale charge is set will remain a matter for the Chancellor 's judgment and will be announced annually in each Budget .
18 Finally , even with Directly Managed Hospital Units the intention is that more funds will be devolved directly down to the Units .
19 The intention is that this theme should be approached in a number of ways , involving a variety of approaches to the photographic medium and the exhibition will also include archive material from the collection of Summerlee and other sources .
20 The intention is that this theme should be approached in a number of ways , involving a variety of approaches to the photographic medium and the exhibition will also include archive material from the collection of Summerlee and other sources .
21 In addition to a single card , each group received a worksheet containing the following instructions : One of the advantages of cutting up the card was that each group , after having recorded its own reconstruction , was able to assemble the narratives proposed by the other groups .
22 The result is that little attention is given to people 's own experience and understandings of these processes and the fact that such understandings in turn lead to ways in which they attempt to improve their circumstances within the constraints and opportunities with which they are faced .
23 The result is that all Home Secretaries are grossly over-worked , although most will have found their own ways of keeping their heads above water .
24 The result is that many manufacturing firms have decided to locate their physical production processes outside the metropolitan regions .
25 The result is that many glider pilots are becoming complacent about parking and on a really windy day it is not unusual to see gliders at risk , just waiting for the first really big gust of wind to blow them over .
26 The result is that many homes still have lead pipes .
27 The result is that many farm workers are caught in the poverty trap between exemption from taxation and receipt of means-tested benefit ( Winyard 1978 ) .
28 The result is that this sector of the industry now has a new generation of site distribution equipment to transport bulk food or plated meals , in equipment which suits its requirements , at sensible , serviceable and , most importantly , affordable prices .
29 The result is that this type of wave combs material down from the top of the beach giving a net erosive effect .
30 The result is that most students can choose between two or three honours specialisations in the final year .
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