Example sentences of "is [to-vb] that [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whilst some theists like to bask in their own linguistic confusions , the more dangerous temptation is to pretend that some simple formula like ‘ love ’ or ‘ supreme being ’ — or even ‘ infinite potential ’ — can somehow solve all theological problems . |
| 2 | The first symptom of such a change is to accept that all past data collected on UFOs are , in scientific terms , largely useless . |
| 3 | Opening the book purely at random is to discover that most human activities appear to be the subject of superstition . |
| 4 | One solution is to state that any financial benefits are only paid when the move has taken place . |
| 5 | Of course , this is mostly exaggeration , just as it is to suggest that most French club members are merely posers or that the Italians are concerned at keeping talented youngsters off the course unless they have royal blood , or at least one Ferrari . |
| 6 | The strategy employed here , to begin with , is to insist that all existential propositions of the natural language be replaced by properly quantified paraphrases ; next , propositions involving unqualified or unrestricted quantification are proscribed on the grounds that they are " obscure " and are replaced by propositions involving a qualified quantification into a specified domain ( corresponding to ordinary language propositions of the " Some S are P " type ) ; finally , a paraphrase is attempted of the qualified quantification in terms of the validity of inference . |
| 7 | The important point is to recognize that these methodological difficulties exist and allow awareness of them to influence our interpretation of experimental results . |
| 8 | So subsidiarity at the end of the day , is to ensure that that big brother Brussels is n't taking power away from us . |
| 9 | One of the basic long-term objectives of the plan is to ensure that any exploitative use of a marine mammal population is conducted in a humane manner . |
| 10 | WAIT_FLAG — is an input parameter specifying whether the procedure is to check that all online modules are read out to the specified directory before returning . |
| 11 | WAIT_FLAG/ — is an input parameter specifying whether the procedure is to check that all online modules are read out to the specified directory before returning . |
| 12 | WAIT_FLAG/ — is an input parameter specifying whether the procedure is to check that all online modules are read out to the specified directory before returning . |
| 13 | Accurate reports of certain public occasions are " privileged " — which is to say that any defamatory statements arising from them can not be made the subject of a successful libel action . |
| 14 | In the words of Leolin Price , QC : ‘ All that is needed in any particular matter is to show that some individual Member State will not take government action at Member State level to achieve what is proposed . |
| 15 | One objective of the analysis is to show that this institutional arrangement will cause local authority spending to differ from the usual predictions of the traditional model . |