Example sentences of "[pron] is [adj] that [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not the quietest of cars , but I can still hear the stereo , which is all that matters . |
| 2 | " Anyway , I 'm not one , and you know it and I know it , which is all that matters . " |
| 3 | Flaubert did n't believe in progress : especially not in moral progress , which is all that matters . |
| 4 | There is such a trajectory in theory , but it passes through intermediates that would have been — in the short term , which is all that matters — unsuccessful if they had ever been called into existence . |
| 5 | One is aware that educators in this field are treading sacred ground and expose themselves to accusations that they create unrealistic expectations ( say , elaborate rituals ) , or that they encroach upon the territory of other professionals ( the Clergy , perhaps ) . |
| 6 | Although employees who decide not to move may be in breach of contract , there is little that employers can do . |
| 7 | There is little that farmers could , or can , do about these cultural changes which have come to broaden the horizons of so many rural people . |
| 8 | It is unquestionable that tramps or beggars can not be charged with the political confidence of nations . |
| 9 | Of course it is admirable that expectations are high and that women should be given greater autonomy ( and hope for more in the sexual area than their Victorian forebears ) . |
| 10 | It is frustrating that women are expected to be happy with the traditional women 's jobs . |
| 11 | The aim must be to make ferreting as uncomplicated as possible , but it is undeniable that complications can and do occur . |
| 12 | However , it is undeniable that contemporaries , operating with contemporary methods and criteria of accountancy , believed that it was inferior , though of course we can not tell how far the very justified horror of slavery or serfdom biased their calculations . |
| 13 | It is undeniable that consumers have the capacity to resist the blandishments of advertisers , as borne out by the failure of many products brought on to the market . |
| 14 | It is undeniable that animals intend to do things in the sense that it is often true of them that unless interfered with they will go on voluntarily to perform various actions . |
| 15 | It is odd that organelles , in the cytoplasm , should contain DNA at all unless they originated as complete organisms . |
| 16 | It is odd that doctors accepted this approach because as medical students we were never taught in this way , rather by demonstration and participation . |
| 17 | As we have seen , it is probable that pairs of virtual particles — one of matter , one of antimatter — spontaneously pop into existence all over the Universe . |
| 18 | However , when the thromboxane generation is suppressed it is probable that endoperoxides can be proaggregatory themselves ( Bunting et al , 1983 ) . |
| 19 | Nevertheless it is probable that factors other than lithospheric vulnerability , such as the actual global distribution of sub-lithospheric thermal anomalies , are important in influencing the occurrence of hot-spot volcanism and associated uplift . |
| 20 | Other evidence , such as the votive faience robes mentioned earlier , tells us that elaborate dresses were offered to deities and it is probable that statues of deities were clothed in these . |
| 21 | Bronze Age tagged and barbed arrow heads have been found in at least eight places widely distributed over the island and three more of the leaf shape , and it is probable that others found have not been reported . |
| 22 | However , the baby is equipped with mechanisms which allow it to respond to the physical difficulties of birth — the breathing response etc. — and it is probable that mechanisms also exist to cope with the circumstances of being thrust into a new world . |
| 23 | It is probable that patients join the Coeliac Society at the time of diagnosis so that this figure gives an accurate measure of those diagnosed in this age group and is very similar to our value of 19% . |
| 24 | It is probable that blocs of left-wing parties will soon be created with common platforms and strategies . |
| 25 | But just as a deeply flawed system of classification was operated for many years before the 1981 Education Act by professionals who openly disavowed it , so it is probable that levels of attainment will be used in most decisions about children who experience difficulties . |
| 26 | It is essential that Londoners have the same rights of access to acute health care as their provincial counterparts . |
| 27 | Both are limiting laws , valid only for small strains or rates of strain , and while it is essential that conditions involving large stresses , leading to eventual mechanical failure , be studied , it is also important to examine the response to small mechanical stresses . |
| 28 | It is essential that contacts with non-KPMG clients are made in a highly professional manner . |
| 29 | In such circumstances it is essential that members of staff are fully aware of the situation and that students abide by the Provisions of the Act . |
| 30 | It is essential that relatives have adequate warning so that they can make arrangements for the patient 's homecoming . |