Example sentences of "[noun] is that [adj] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | The evidence of the students at the college is that this was a clear teacher . |
| 2 | But the suspicion is that this was little more than a public relations exercise . |
| 3 | The second point to note about the Ellis and Bowerman surveys is that neither was concerned with cases of really outstanding creativity , of the kind that have been the subject of individual biographical analyses . |
| 4 | This is a belief , however , for which the principal evidence is that this was Gandhi 's stated intention . |
| 5 | A more flattering explanation is that this was an economic revolt from below . |
| 6 | His explanation for the coming of the prison at that time is that this was ‘ the moment when it became understood that it was more efficient and profitable in terms of the economy of power to place people under surveillance than to subject them to some exemplary penalty ’ ( Foucault , 1990 : 39 ) . |
| 7 | Easy though it is to criticize Positive Images ' theoretical short-comings , the fact is that this was almost the only group in the country that was addressing these issues at all . |
| 8 | There was a lack in the degree of integration between these , and our view is that this was unreasonable . ’ |