Example sentences of "be [adj] is that [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is clear is that a significant cultural artifact has become soft and ephemeral . |
| 2 | This is very possible but , what is clear is that the only course open to you is to introduce your ferrets and hope that they will bolt a reasonable number of the occupants , since the depths involved make digging out impossible . |
| 3 | What is clear is that the financial cost of alcohol misuse to society as a whole runs into hundreds of millions of pounds each year . |
| 4 | There are other meanings to be drawn from this first sonnet , of course , but what is clear is that the poetic sequence of Astrophil and Stella may be seen announcing itself as a failure , a success , both , or neither . |
| 5 | What is clear is that the military origins of nuclear power in this country gave it a powerful boost as an infant technology , and that the umbilical cord has not been severed . |
| 6 | What is interesting is that a different interpretation was also forthcoming , both from a lawyer and from thermodynamics . |
| 7 | What is interesting is that the actual deficits of 1971 and 1972 turned out to be over twice the planned deficits for those years and the actual deficit of 1975 three times the projected deficit for that year . |
| 8 | What is indefensible is that the tawdry motley should be financed by an annual impost on you and me . |
| 9 | The fourth reason why the Labour party 's hypocrisy and deceit on unemployment is incredible is that the Labour party — I shall not talk about its Common Market Safeguards Committee , of which eight members of the Shadow Cabinet are still members — and the Opposition Front Bench are just as committed as the Government to membership of the exchange rate mechanism . |
| 10 | What is likely is that the royal burgh and its muir were set up by David 's brother , Alexander I , in about 1120 , but what is certain is that when David founded Holyrood Abbey in 1128 , or soon after , his charter makes it clear that Edinburgh was by then a going concern . |
| 11 | What is remarkable is that the same basic truths can be experienced and expressed in such outwardly differing modes . |
| 12 | One point that is obvious is that a matching grant is generally more successful than a non-matching grant in stimulating local expenditure on a particular good or service . |
| 13 | What is important is that the three aspects of technology , design and publishing conventionally are addressed by different faculties in educational institutions . |
| 14 | What is important is that the British coal industry should achieve contracts with the generators in the next round of contracts due to start in April 1993 . |
| 15 | The above two lists speak for themselves , but what is evident is that the smallest income is from membership and the biggest income is from the Sports Council . |
| 16 | In Taff Vale Railway Co v Jenkins [ 1913 ] AC 1 at p7 Lord Atkinson said : All that is necessary is that a reasonable expectation of pecuniary benefits should be entertained by the person who sues . |
| 17 | ‘ What is certain is that the new legislation does provide an opportunity for all VAT exempt businesses to take a close look at their activities and it may be possible for many to commence receiving substantial repayments of VAT . |
| 18 | What is certain is that the two parts of the community continued to the time of Lanfranc 's death and beyond to face each other with unconcealed hostility . |
| 19 | But what is certain is that the democratic principle — that people should , as far as possible , make or participate in making the decisions that affect them most closely and importantly — could beneficially be applied far more widely in modern societies than It presently is . |
| 20 | What is certain is that the ancient Celts practised the art , and had an expressive name for the fiery liquid the produced … uisge beatha … the water of life . |
| 21 | What is certain is that the Egyptian goldsmiths had developed their skills to the point at which they were able to mount amethyst , lapis lazuli and turquoise in the gold bracelets buried with King Zer of the first dynasty in his tomb at Abydos . |
| 22 | All that is certain is that the old certainty no longer exists . |
| 23 | The answer is still not clear , but what is certain is that the five-rayed plan was established even in the Cambrian in a number of diverse echinoderms ; it is evidently highly functional . |
| 24 | What is certain is that the pre-1989 Austin/MG range , all Skodas , Yugos and quite a few Lancias do not , which does not help already depressed resale prices . |
| 25 | What is certain is that the creative use of recorders was a general expectation : the saintly and amiable Ahmad Bu Aziza , asked to record an account of Zuwaya trading , refused to do so on the spot , but made an appointment for two days later ‘ to give me time to make the poem ’ . |
| 26 | What 's new is that the old defence , that a director did not ‘ knowingly or willingly ’ allow something to happen has been eroded and , Bell said , ‘ directors will have to show specifically and beyond a shadow of doubt they could not know what was happening or that they had minuted their protest ’ . |
| 27 | What is surprising is that a new colony has settled down to breed so quickly — it normally takes a year or even longer for a newly-formed pair to get down to breeding . |
| 28 | What is indisputable is that the Meiji government , having abolished the official status system of the Tokugawa , tried to impose a permutation of the Tokugawa social ethos , and this ideal sought a fusion of social structure and social morality . |
| 29 | What is relevant is that the subordinate 's perception of the experience will affect his or her behaviour . |
| 30 | This may or may not be true , but , what most certainly is true is that the next decade of Trinidadian political life was dominated by a diverse band of political mavericks who had only one thing in common . |