Example sentences of "[pers pn] is that [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | can promise you is that commissions awarded on basis of competition , we were looking for quality , we invited bids , we |
| 2 | The Scottish summary of what it is that parents value in teachers and what makes a poor ( as well as a good ) teacher ( SED 1989:7 — 11 ) is in some ways an up-to-date version of parts of Enquiry 1 ( Schools Council 1968 ) . |
| 3 | It is also a fact which should be given careful consideration in the attempt to determine why it is that girls rather than boys tend to become anorexic . |
| 4 | It is natural to ask … why it is that countries have Constitutions , why most of them make the Constitution superior to the ordinary law , and , further , why Britain , at any rate , has no Constitution , in this sense , at all . |
| 5 | Any decision in favour of participating in a CU depends upon the ultimate objectives of economic policy , namely what it is that countries are attempting to maximise . |
| 6 | If the Rushdie affair teaches us anything , it is that liberals and fundamentalists alike should inspect their principles in a spirit of critical self-examination . |
| 7 | The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police might care to ponder why it is that juries increasingly dismiss the sworn evidence of his officers in favour of those accusing them of gross impropriety . |
| 8 | I shall begin , then , by trying to set out what it is that theists believe in and atheists do n't . |
| 9 | Part of it is that interests . |
| 10 | How fortunate it is that enthusiasts such as Col. Savill have accumulated a wealth of material illustrating the railway scene . |
| 11 | He observes people and places with a wry and uncanny sense of what it is that matters about them . |
| 12 | The reason for it is that resources are likely to be allocated to the individual R D P committees , on probably a per capita basis , and if you do that say with a small R D A like the Whitchurch one , it will just barely be possible to do any projects within that area , given the level of resource you 've got . |
| 13 | I in particular , bearing in mind the point that er Mr i is making , that er newts seem to be as it were very choosy in where they er go , bearing in mind the existence of at least three other ponds in Skelton , I would like to know whe how er why it is or whether it is that newts are only found in this pond , and whether or not er the the survey has shown anything in either of er in any of the other ponds . |
| 14 | What it is that teachers are dissatisfied about we will return to later . |
| 15 | The further in-service training occurs , literally and metaphorically , from their school base the less likely it is that teachers will be able to sustain personal changes and motivation for innovation . |
| 16 | Rather than only training women to take on roles that have been shaped by men over the centuries , would it not be far more interesting , more expansive , to look into the questions of priestesshood , to find out what mystery it is that women can touch on , and how they can communicate it to the human world ? |
| 17 | The crucially important aspect of it is that changes in the level of prices which are foreseen , or are expected , have no effect on the level of output . |
| 18 | Otherwise it may be difficult to appreciate how very natural it is that things should have turned out as they did . ) |
| 19 | We were trying to put a finger on what it is that humans and moles and earthworms and airliners and watches have in common with each other , but not with blancmange , or Mont Blanc , or the moon . |
| 20 | I shall isolate six points of difference that seem to me important to our appreciation of why it is that children normally find writing difficult . |
| 21 | Clinical judgment analysis and related approaches have allowed us to probe why doctors ' diagnostic and therapeutic decisions vary , what is really meant by a treatment success , and what it is that patients really value ( and fear ) about the treatments they are given . |
| 22 | ‘ BCCI has emphasised how vital it is that auditors should speak plainly and freely to the Bank , ’ Chancellor Norman Lamont said . |
| 23 | At this point we may ask how it is that speakers go about creating linguistically the persona which they animate at any one particular time . |
| 24 | Researchers within the tradition of accommodation theory have been most active in looking at the detail of " monolingual " interactions in an attempt to see exactly what it is that speakers are doing . |
| 25 | It would be tedious to list the types and colours of stone , ceramic etc. used at each site in Britain ; if any picture at all emerges it is that mosaicists made good with what was easily obtained , and that the types of stone used for various shades of colour are predictable and limited in number . |
| 26 | Perhaps some modest help can be obtained from reconsidering how it is that practitioners of quantum mechanics actually go about their trade . |
| 27 | First , one has to identify what it is that undergraduates actually study . |
| 28 | What a pity it is that clients trust their dealers . |
| 29 | There are important developments on Pareto 's analysis in that Mosca identifies in a more concrete and specific manner how it is that elites arise , maintain themselves in power and are replaced . |
| 30 | Thus it is that fans of that period recall Mike Deakin and his wholehearted displays with pleasure and affection . |