Example sentences of "[verb] is that [adj] " in BNC.

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31 Knowing which type of memory you require is a matter of experience , but a good thing to remember is that most computers have 640K of base memory — even though they state 1 meg — and that most programs now require at least 530K of this to operate properly .
32 A good rule-of-thumb to remember is that this distance should be at least the height of the tree when it is fully matured .
33 But the thing to remember is that this quality of form exists and that , whether readers acknowledge it or not , a marked shape or form , as in the " nursery rhyme " books of Agatha Christie , considerably adds to their pleasure .
34 What you 've got to remember is that this is er this is southern England and not northern England .
35 The point to remember is that any hunch , whether formally expressed as a hypothesis or not , is going to affect the general approach of the researcher and what questions are asked .
36 Of course , it may turn out that what these empirical relationships show is that some or all of the original theories were wrong or , at least , insufficiently precise .
37 The principle to be applied is that any departure from the target represents a loss or gain to be shared on an agreed basis between the two parties .
38 What the government neglect to highlight is that these people have few rights and conveniently disappear off the unemployment register .
39 Whereas the least you should expect is that any type of funding should be tailor-made for you .
40 But the crucial point about pretence or acting is that these are activities for which there are criteria too .
41 I think the ah just to remind you what we have always said is that that would improve our gross margin situation would be a change in in house manufacturing goods and whilst it 's a bit early to tell we are actually saying to you that the sales post Boxing Day have been in addition
42 What can be said is that those whose discomfort is related to intercourse are most likely to be cured of their symptoms either by a combination of improved lubrication and post-coital urination , or by treating any infection that underlies the symptoms .
43 The idea which Inglis expounded is that any hole or sharp re-entrant in a material causes the stress in that material to be increased locally .
44 and what they hope is that most it has sort of been has disappeared by the time it gets to us
45 What does matter is that this attitude , this adoration , this genuine sense of awe and gentle , honourable respect for womanhood should be placed on record as an accurate indication of my state of mind and pattern of conduct .
46 When it is said that the continuation of the sterling area was an ‘ implicit ’ decision ( in sharp contrast to the debates on overseas expenditure ) the point being made is that this continuation was not the result , it would seem , of any debate within the Attlee government .
47 The general impression conveyed is that these women would not necessarily be more satisfied with work if they saw more people , but that they would certainly be less dissatisfied .
48 The reason for the rather dull image herbs have previously had is that most were grown to provide leaves for culinary use , and the flowers were of secondary importance ; thyme and mint are typical .
49 What is easily overlooked is that all such work is based on a series of unstated assumptions whose validity has never been examined .
50 What both demonstrate is that any history as such has to think both , simultaneously .
51 What examination of the rhetoric of the National Front magazines shows is that this tradition is wider than the beliefs of the individual editors .
52 What this example shows is that any stark conclusion on the basis of one unit cost statistic that a given local authority is inefficient is not a rational conclusion .
53 I mean I 've got is that any good because
54 What Turing showed is that this is not a universal truth .
55 The main syntactic universal upon whose existence both Chomsky and Sampson are agreed is that all sentences of natural language are hierarchically structured .
56 The reason why that 's been preserved is that that part of the wall was never bricked in .
57 What research has shown is that these tendencies to behave in certain ways are deeply embedded in past experiences .
58 The expanded girths , embarrassing bodily functions and creative coiffuring I can cope with — but what 's harder to handle is that most groups who reform do so because of shrinking royalty cheques rather than any genuine desire to play together again .
59 So what we 've got to say to the County Council I would suggest is that this is a training course similar to those we always got release for branch officials and shop stewards so why should you turn your nose up at this training course ?
60 What he discovered is that these ‘ disciplines ’ were not really about uncovering truth for its own sake ; the ‘ knowledge ’ they generated was inseparable from and instrumental in ‘ techniques of domination ’ .
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