Example sentences of "[noun prp] is that the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While precise indicators of the numbers of laws depend upon more precise definition of what are considered as laws ( there is a variety of different types of order , statute and regulation ) , one crude indicator for the expansion of legislation in the United States is that the Federal Register grew from 2,355 pages in 1936 to 60,221 pages in 1975 ; another indicator for Britain is found in the Index to the Statutes — the index listing legislation for , the period from 1235 to 1935 takes up 788 pages , while that for 1936 to 1982 takes up 978 pages . |
| 2 | What will happen on Saturday is that the other half and kids will be banished to the shops , while he stays at home to watch the match in silence . |
| 3 | The most interesting fact revealed about Norma is that the poor dear is obviously deranged . |
| 4 | The main stumbling block for Drouot and other auction houses that want to deal with Russia is that the old export regulations ban any external trade in works of art created before 1945 . |
| 5 | The problem with implementation in the UK is that the Unfair Contract Terms Act already regulates various types of contractual relationships , namely freely negotiated commercial contracts , commercial contracts on standard terms and conditions and consumer contracts whether or not freely negotiated . |
| 6 | The main conclusion drawn is not only that modern scientific notions of time are in many ways puzzling and paradoxical ; even more important for Shallis is that the essential quality of our actual experience of time is left out of such treatments altogether . |
| 7 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that one of the difficulties of the tragic situation in Cyprus is that the Greek Cypriot Government are recognised as the Government of the whole island , whereas the Turkish invasion was precipitated by the Greek Cypriot coup , which destroyed the 1960 constitution ? |
| 8 | One of the key lessons to come out of the General Motors-Toyota joint venture in California is that the Japanese automaker does not rely on automation and technology to replace workers in the plant . |
| 9 | Yes , well the economic effect on our own country , well when I say under , er Europe , er , with this proposal that er , we have to open up our markets er for the benefit of the Soviet , er because , that is going to cost er , what they 're , what they 're asking for , not only in Soviet but also across Eastern Europe is that the agricultural market , the steel , and the textile market , all the most sensitive areas , should be opened up to them , and that 's going to shed a , a great increase in unemployment er within the , within the common market . |
| 10 | To sum up what I have outlined so far , the view of Wimsatt and Brooks is that the essential property of poetry consists in the reconciliation of harmonization of opposites ; that this takes the form of an objective organization of the objective meanings of words ; and that although the same organization generally can not be found in other kinds of discourse , it nonetheless contributes to our knowledge and experience of ourselves and of the world . |
| 11 | What can be adopted at a slower pace is the implementation of T.Q.M. practices , and the tools and techniques , but the experience of those in the USA is that the dire need for change brought about the most successful results . |