Example sentences of "[pron] [is] that a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I respectfully agree with the judge that that would be an inappropriate way of achieving the result which clearly ought to be achieved , which is that a child abducted in the way this little boy was should be able to return home pending a decision as to whether he lives with his father or with his mother . |
| 2 | This rather sad quote illustrates very sharply a point made in the previous chapter , which is that a field of learning such as physics , which has great power to change our lives , is usually divorced from a consideration of moral issues . |
| 3 | Now that flies in the face of erm I think the er the real position on the ground , which is that a development could take place within that district , even where areas have not yet been mined , without any adverse impact on the either the coalfield or the new settlement . |
| 4 | Because wha we 're talking about a very age old attitude which is that a mother and a father and their children ar , is the correct unit , should stay together , at least until the children are grown up and probably well beyond ? |
| 5 | But his own position , which is that an entity can simply be defined in terms of ‘ the totality of its appearances ’ , is similarly questionable . |
| 6 | Here we do not make the common assumption mentioned but not specified in connection with the first three examples , which is that an effect had a single cause . |
| 7 | The books tell you that badgers love peanuts , but what they do n't tell you is that a plastic peanut packet is likely to go off in your pocket with a high-decibel rustle that will send any self-respecting badger right back underground . |
| 8 | One is that a person has contravened one or other of the statutory provisions referred to in subsection ( 1 ) ( a ) . |
| 9 | One is that a power of the House of Lords to remit an appeal to the Court of Appeal to resolve any remaining uncertified points be provided by statute . |
| 10 | One is that a loading dose is required in patients with apparently normal renal function , and the other is that the ‘ standard ’ dose is 80 mg intravenously eight hourly . |
| 11 | One is that a predator is less likely to detect fish prey if they form a school than if they spread out . |
| 12 | The first and obvious one is that a leaf can grow across the reference area . |
| 13 | The main problem there is that a visitor centre was erected which , far from solving the access and erosion problems , has created even greater ones . |
| 14 | The control which the withholding of love gives to a parent emphasises how tremendously important it is that a child should be genuinely loved in the first place . |
| 15 | The more serious the incident , the more likely it is that a judge 's professional neutrality and independence , as well as his legal training in taking evidence and establishing the facts , will be sought to command public confidence . |
| 16 | rhetorical question is , you know is it is that a question you wanted to try to answer or are you erm |
| 17 | James 's aim is the psychological one of explaining how it is that a person is able to locate a stimulus on the surface of his body . |
| 18 | It is that a person who takes another 's car ‘ can escape liability to tougher sentences only if he or she can show , on the balance of probabilities , that either the aggravating event occurred before he or she committed [ the basic s. 12 offence ] , or that he or she was not present at the relevant time . ’ |
| 19 | The second defining characteristic of compatibility guarantees a genuine relationship of sense : it is that a pair of compatibles must have a common superordinate . |
| 20 | Bumble-bees do not have advanced knowledge of aeronautical science , yet some extremely complicated maths is required to explain why it is that a bumble-bee can fly . |
| 21 | Could somebody please explain to me why it is that a project that was always highly speculative and which now looks like a near disaster should have been so profitable for investors ? |
| 22 | The problem with it is that a lot of people are asymptomatic and you do n't know whom may or may not be carrying Jardea . |
| 23 | We have to produce some account of how it is that a belief can achieve this status and play this special role . |
| 24 | It is that a pupil decides what he will , or will not , consent to do . |
| 25 | Jennie explained how crucial it is that a rider can use his aids independently of each other . |
| 26 | A duty is something black and white : once we know what it is that a body has a duty to do and what it actually did , we can say either that the authority has performed its duty or that it has not . |
| 27 | In general , it appears that the more complex the level of stimulus processing required , the more likely it is that a difference between the ears will be revealed with monaural presentation . |
| 28 | The appearance of a weaning-trauma in early agricultural cultures explains the paradox of why it is that a loss of the ideal mother — that is , a frustration — leads to an over-involvement with her . |
| 29 | When you come to think about it , how amazing it is that a singer whose recording career lasted only seven years ( where Decca is concerned ) could produce enough material to fill ten CDs even allowing for the addition of much off-the-air material , and excluding Das Lied von der Erde , the Klemperer Kindertotenlieder and Mahler 's Second , and Brahms 's Liebesliederwalzer , the last three just issued on three further discs in Decca 's Historic series . |
| 30 | This question can not be answered without knowing just what it is that a manager does . |