Example sentences of "[is] that [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Is that bread in there ?
2 If it is possible to generalize from this at all , it is that presence of predator remains in a fossil assemblage gives no indication of method of origin of the assemblage , even if it can be shown to be accumulated by a predator .
3 What is sometimes not appreciated is that privatisation of provision and finance requires extra regulation .
4 I just want to ask Mr Chairman , and I do n't want to start er , er , a political debate or anything , erm , the specialist placements erm , three forty six thousand , how many is that catering for , I presume that 's the figure that we 've all been talking about , in these three issues ?
5 Nao Naomi realizes there 's no point talking about it now , the dye has been cast the decision has been made , the commitment has been entered into , whatever the cost she was going gods way , there was nothing more to be said about it we find that a de a decision made before god and we all make those decisions , means nothing at all unless were determined to carry it through , whatever the cost may be , three women here make their decisions before god , they make their choices , Naomi she chooses to return to Judah once again and enjoy the inheritance god has given her , Auper she chooses to return to her own country and her own god , as far as were concerned that 's the end of the story , but Ruth she chooses , she expresses her faith in the one true god , she turns her back on the old ways and decides to follow gods way , no matter what the cost , she would of said with Joshua , but as for me and my husband were gon na serve god , whatever the cost , I du n no what 'll be and she did n't know what she was letting herself in for , and the , I counted it , although I do n't know what it is , I counted that cost , I 'm willing to pay it and Jesus said that that is the acid test of disciples , said to count the cost and weigh it up and Ruth had done that , then to make their decision and because if we make a decision without counting the cost , without weighing it all up , like Auper you 'll go back , it wo n't last , there is that choice for every one of us day by day , who will we serve , not to be like Joshua , its for us , never for any body else , I will serve the lord because and this is the reason for it , not because you 've done nice things for me , I will be your saviour because he is god , that 's the reason for our serving god , not because he blesses us because he blesses people who do n't serve him , blessing is not exclusive to gods people , blessing , god blesses across the board , god is generous he 's gracious , he causes the rain and the sun to shine on the just and on the unjust , blessing is not the ground for serving god , but because he is god that 's sufficient reason for our committing ourselves to him .
6 Erm it 's a very hard thing for people in that situation to organize a as a group er so what I 'm saying is that the level of unemployment in itself does n't bind people together , but given that is a long-established kind of traditional working class area , there is that tradition of , of , of community that exists anyway ,
7 is that Middlemarch at the beginning , she did it in class
8 One surprising result of the comparison between red deer and kittiwakes is that variation in lifetime breeding success is little greater in red deer stags than in male kittiwakes ( see Table 23.5 ) : in fact if all individuals born/hatched are included , it is slightly ( though not significantly ) greater in male kittiwakes .
9 The most important reason for questioning the traditional view , however , is that variation in initial h usage is a very common pattern in ME texts .
10 But the most potent sanction is that non-registration in the register maintained by the Registrar of charges created by the company ( as opposed to existing charge on property acquired by the company ) destroys the validity of the charge .
11 Or is that tree in the way ?
12 ? Is that mike on ?
13 Is that back of stage ?
14 She says one fear is that land in the hills will become redundant .
15 Where there is a committee , it is that committee from whom sanction must be sought in the first instance .
16 The probable answer to the first inquiry is that ownership of material is unchanged by alteration of it ; to the second , that the court will use its discretion in making an order for specific restitution and will award the thing to him whose interest is the more substantial , on condition that he pays the value of the other 's interest .
17 The point to make here , then , is that possession of this sort , which is very common in many societies , embodies the spirit of protest ; those who ‘ speak in tongues ’ regularly adopt an appropriately shrill commanding tone .
18 The object is that management of each of these divisions will be the responsibility of its Divisional Managing Director who will have a seat on the Board .
19 The first is that evidence for such a visit seems to be nonexistent .
20 The difficulty for the historian is that evidence for how councillors were elected is often lacking , and one does not know how many freemen could participate in choosing them , nor when membership of councils came to be filled by the choice of the existing councillors .
21 The drawback of the argument in terms of the uncertainty of outcome , in support of the demand for pure research without beneficial strings , is that evidence in its support seems destined to be anecdotal .
22 My understanding is that change of traffic flows along the A sixty one , through Harrogate and Knaresborough will or through Harrogate anyway , will allow significant improvements to the environment to be to be attained through for example erm pedestrian er refuges on on the roads through i er allowing er pedestrian er priority areas .
23 Is that freedom of speech ? ’
24 The underlying justification for this book is that participation in policy making for a group of public services of considerable importance to us all must rest upon understanding : understanding of what the policies are , of how they are made and implemented , and of the implications of the many prevailing suggestions on how to change those policies .
25 The fourth proposition in the paper is that harmonization of national competition policies , and possibly a supranational competition policy authority , are essential .
26 The basic principle of law is that assignment of a contract is not possible where the identity of the assignor is an important factor for the other party to the contract either as a reason for his entering into the contract in the first place , or because it is for some reason significant for the proper discharge of the contract .
27 Is that water on there ?
28 The good news is that inflation in many industrial economies is close to its lowest for 30 years .
29 The reason why I run culture and ideology together to identify the institutionalization of consumerism is that consumerism in the global system can only be fully understood as a cultural-ideological practice .
30 Lawrence also remained fascinated by anality , and in Women in Love ( ch. 23 , ‘ Excurse ’ ) there is that celebration of the potency of heterosexual anal intercourse where desire would , at the very least , seem to confuse his distinction between anality and sexuality proper :
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