Example sentences of "is [that] an [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact is that an externalized conflict with a psychopathic origin can be confused all too easily with a genuinely external one . |
| 2 | The danger is that an increased demand for imported goods could be created , so local facilities must exist and be really comprehensive when a new tax policy is instigated . |
| 3 | It said , the key finding of the survey is that an overwhelming majority of the Trusts are reporting an improved performance . |
| 4 | The stated reason for doing so is that an increasing number of cardholders are paying their bill at the end of each month , pay nothing for the card , and are therefore being subsidised by those who do use the credit facility . |
| 5 | This book is not the place to undertake such a task ; but one comment that might be made is that an initial distinction between class and status is likely to be important ; for it is the evaluative rather than the economic dimension of stratification which seems to be relevant to linguistic variation . |
| 6 | The snag about recording is that an enormous amount of material is produced which is very tedious to analyse . |
| 7 | The trouble by this stage , however , is that an adequate account of the effects of admonishments , threats and exhortations would enmesh one further in the semantic question posed by the original problem . |