Example sentences of "[is] that [noun] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only thing that everybody seems to be sure about is that abortions will continue to be performed despite the new law . |
| 2 | He thinks that he wants a reconciliation , and up to a point he does ; but what he hopes most of all is that Alfred will give his blessing to the new play he has written — a drama of sibling rivalry called Brother Mine . |
| 3 | What seems more likely is that Basquiat could be the beneficiary of a process operating in the market ( and among some critics ) , where artists who appear able to retain their market value in the next decade are promoted and shown , whereas others considered beyond rehabilitation are ignored . |
| 4 | The idea here is that citizens would be entitled to compensation for loss caused by the conduct of a particular activity regardless of whether that activity was conducted legally or illegally , in a faulty way or absolutely blamelessly . |
| 5 | The tragedy of The Smiths is that Morrissey could only become the victim of the perfection of his style . |
| 6 | His argument is that newspapers may be inhibited about discussing the commercial interests of their proprietors but otherwise they exercise independent judgement . |
| 7 | The Pope 's theory is that priests should be specially educated to arm themselves with ‘ more than supernatural means ’ against possible temptation . |
| 8 | One possibility is that England could send their B team . |
| 9 | ‘ The problem , Hugh , is that England will be torn apart by strife and ill deeds . |
| 10 | My own belief , which is shared , oddly enough , by the head of the CIA , William Webster , is that sanctions would have eroded his military capacity so much that , given another nine months or so — assuming we has used that period for more flexible diplomacy , which we notably failed to do — then we could either have got him out by negotiation , or we could have promoted a situation inside Iraq in which he could n't fight . |
| 11 | If the Vance-Owen plan is to survive , its one chance is that sanctions will bring about a change of mind among the Bosnian Serbs . |
| 12 | In short , the probability is that women will more often gain access to heroin through a male , frequently via a ‘ romantic relationship ’ , than any other social route . |
| 13 | 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 ? |
| 14 | Again the implication is that women can avoid rape through a display of courage when in reality other rather more fortuitous factors are much more important , as this woman actually recognised' . |
| 15 | The singular virtue of action-research is that things could not be left at that — it was necessary to go on and do something about it all . |
| 16 | They , they , they exist erm , princ a very common finding in psychoanalysis is that things will , will , will exist as word representations , with no feeling representation , or they wo n't be connected to , to er they 'd be completely isolated . |
| 17 | Otherwise it may be difficult to appreciate how very natural it is that things should have turned out as they did . ) |
| 18 | With unemployment and general economic disarray on the rise , the feeling in the city is that things can only get worse . |
| 19 | The other side of the coin is that firms may now be hiring workers more quickly as demand picks up . |
| 20 | The rationale here is that firms may wish to preserve customer goodwill by preventing shortages . |
| 21 | Whilst the policy of this requirement — classifying attacks on persons engaged in law enforcement as especially serious — is perfectly understandable , one result of the wording of section 18 of the 1861 Act is that D can be convicted of this offence ( with a maximum penalty of life imprisonment ) if he simply pushes a police-officer in order to prevent an arrest , and the officer loses balance , falls awkwardly , and suffers serious injury . |
| 22 | The truth is that Blanche can not live in a realistic world . |
| 23 | One of the attractions about Indycar racing is that Mansell will not have to cross the world in wearying pursuit of Grand Prix glory . |
| 24 | In Jerusalem , a foreign ministry spokesman said : ‘ One of our basic principles is that Israel will not agree to any move that will bring direct or indirect contact with the PLO . ’ |
| 25 | The first of these elements is that budgets should be objective in that they relate directly to fulfilling the objectives of the organisation . |
| 26 | Armstrong 's other concern is that budgets should be tightly tied to the information strategy , and his department is not far advanced with that . |
| 27 | One advantage of the no-choice system is that Vaughan can write her menu late in the afternoon , around the dishes that she feels like cooking on the day , with the best ingredients available to her . |
| 28 | One of the problems for police investigating the crimes is that horses can be stolen in one part of the country and then swiftly transported hundreds of miles away , or even overseas . |
| 29 | I think the danger is , though , that what will happen is that hotels will shed staff |
| 30 | The answer sometimes given is that murderers should be treated differently because they are particularly dangerous : anyone who chooses to kill once can choose to kill again . |