Example sentences of "of [noun sg] be that the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our measure of progress is that the way that we ask these questions has changed . |
| 2 | The most frequently mentioned aspect of change was that the consciousness of the cost of treatment now had a bearing on decision making . |
| 3 | The big drawback of FAXgrabber is that the quality of the text conversion is totally dependant on the quality of the original material — the received fax . |
| 4 | The allegation of negligence was that the defendant had failed to observe a foetal abnormality during pregnancy and the plaintiff had been denied the possibility of an abortion . |
| 5 | Erm , what Mr very carefully very carefully failed to mention of course is that the rates of has in fact gone up by eleven point one percent . |
| 6 | The best hope of course is that the rates which the government has chosen to go in at will be sustainable , that the government will be able to combine cuts with interest rates , cuts in interest rates , with the needs of the economy and the constraints of the European Monetary System , so that it actually gets a downward path of interest rates at the rate which the economy needs , without provoking a sterling crisis which would push sterling to the bottom of its permitted rates , and produce a crisis of erm of confidence needing higher interest rates . |
| 7 | We er yes , yes , we erm , one thing that did happen of course was that the area schools as they were called in those days became erm , described as modern schools |
| 8 | In Howard 's time , the main problem in respect of remuneration was that the gaoler was expected to generate his own income , by what often amounted to extortion from those in his charge or their family and friends . |
| 9 | The problem with this sort of provision is that the cycle lanes have to be carried across junctions , which represent both bottlenecks and accident black spots on the network . |
| 10 | The consequence of this logic of action is that the management of the state enterprise ceases to be the unions ' sole potential bargaining partner . |
| 11 | A further fear of industry is that the monies raised by carbon taxation will not be channelled into research or development of energy efficiency but will simply be used to line government coffers . |
| 12 | The essence of Anglicanism is that the basis of our authority is located within the nexus of three sources — Bible , Church and reason . |
| 13 | One problem with the above studies which used GSR to different words as a manipulation of arousal is that the words producing high arousal were not necessarily the ones which would have been predicted a priori . |
| 14 | If there is a lunar-wide crust then one explanation of the offset of the centre of mass from the centre of figure is that the crust on the far side is , on average , thicker than on the near side . |
| 15 | The special attraction of wool is that the presence of lanolin acts as a powerful unconscious reminder of the mother 's belly . |
| 16 | The central idea of ethnomethodology is that the orderliness of social life is not the result of people obeying social norms or giving way to social pressures , but rather that orderliness is attained by all those involved working to achieve it . |
| 17 | The special feature of feudalism was that the reward took mainly the form of endowment with land . |
| 18 | The reality of AIDS is that the person can die at any time . |
| 19 | There was always more than a hint , of course , that the real source of anxiety was that the bicycle might be enlarging the freedom of women in undesirable directions , because both in terms of class and sex the bicycle was a great leveller . |
| 20 | His worry about the ‘ practical ’ principles of morality is that the doctrine of their innateness prevents people working them out for themselves . |
| 21 | The advantage of this sort of work is that the descriptions of cellular mechanisms are very detailed and this provides a good basis for determining whether the same cellular mechanisms are available in mammals . |
| 22 | The most important single aspect of siting is that the hutch must be positioned so that it does not receive direct sunlight . |
| 23 | One reason for these differences of opinion is that the claims made for serotonin reuptake inhibitors are often based on the results of individual trials . |
| 24 | It 's nobody 's fault that this is sometimes the cruellest business on terra infirma and the consensus of opinion was that the blend of John Gould and myself did not entirely work . |
| 25 | Another area of distinction is that the object model can represent an abstraction and generalisation ( Smith & Smith , 1977 ) . |
| 26 | the only signs of war are that the men now usually wear short coats and black ties in the evenings , the dinners are shorter , and the servers are fewer and less good . |
| 27 | He observed : ‘ For the profoundest truth of war is that the issue of battles is usually decided in the minds of the opposing commanders , not in the bodies of their men . ’ |
| 28 | The new position as a result of Litster is that the purchaser can be liable for any dismissal in connection with a sale irrespective of whether the dismissals take place before , on or after completion . |
| 29 | The report says : ‘ Further evidence of the appeal of owner-occupation is that the proportion of council tenants expecting eventually to buy their present home has actually increased over the years . ’ |
| 30 | What is significant for understanding why to is used with the infinitive of reaction is that the notion of " evaluation " implies a judgement as to whether the event was opportune or not , and this judgement involves an implicit reference to the situation as it existed before the infinitive event occurred , i.e. to the factors making its occurrence either opportune or inopportune . |