Example sentences of "[pron] is [det] [noun] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The story of Richard III in particular sets up the basic rule of the tragedy principle within representation , which is that fate must be made physical on the body . |
| 2 | The Act goes no further than requiring that , where there is disagreement over accuracy , the fact that there is such disagreement must be recorded . |
| 3 | The publisher might refuse and there is little IRS can do to force that publisher to help the band . |
| 4 | Some statuses are relatively fixed and there is little individuals can do to change their assignment to particular social positions . |
| 5 | How risible it is that art can not provide a better imitation of life , when we know that life itself is so illusory . |
| 6 | The more dense and multiplex the ties , the more likely it is that complexity will be maintained . |
| 7 | A suggestive thing about it is that action can be measured in units of Planck 's constant h . |
| 8 | And the more unstable a relationship is , the less likely it is that contraception will be used . |
| 9 | If there is any one awareness common to the great modern writers , it is that language will not do our bidding , that good or bad intentions do not so much pave roads , as poke up odd coloured weeds through the roadway . |
| 10 | It is that reason can come to play a central part in one 's life , so that we can properly talk of ‘ a life of reason ’ . |
| 11 | The historian normally wants a longer perspective and the more time passes , the more likely it is that research will be concerned with change over time rather than with a ‘ snapshot ’ of 1991 . |
| 12 | One of them , this is not the first in the but one of them is that democracy may well throw up unworthy rulers . |