Example sentences of "[verb] is [conj] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason that sales have not boomed is that many customers have been disappointed at what robots do for them . |
| 2 | For the purposes of translation , what matters is that both types of analysis recognize the sequence as marked . |
| 3 | What is often forgotten is that many people derive their living from them . |
| 4 | What we do n't know is whether that crate contains the kegs . |
| 5 | What he questions is whether these disciplines can ‘ support a ‘ technology ’ of language teaching ’ , that is to say , presumably , whether they can directly inform pedagogic technique . |
| 6 | The evolutionary view is that the only explanation for certain practices being adopted and others discarded is that these practices enable the group which adopts them to survive and gain mastery over others . |
| 7 | What needs to be considered is whether these groups are better or worse off as a result of ten years of Conservative rule . |
| 8 | It may be , of course , that what we really want is that some losses so caused should be compensated for if they result from illegal action , and some other losses compensated for regardless of whether they result from illegal action or not . |
| 9 | Another point worth remembering is that many insurance companies give substantial discounts to mature drivers . |
| 10 | Once it is determined that an entity has an item that meets the definition of one of the elements , the next question to answer is whether that item should be recognised in the financial statements . |
| 11 | What Freud actually says in Totem and Taboo is the opposite of that , what he actually says is that these feelings are innate , and they are part of an evolutionary heritage . |
| 12 | The important point to remember is that each unit within an NVQ has to be individually assessed at work or in a realistic work environment [ a college restaurant , for example ] so that the trainee proves he or she can do the job . |
| 13 | Knowing which type of memory you require is a matter of experience , but a good thing to remember is that most computers have 640K of base memory — even though they state 1 meg — and that most programs now require at least 530K of this to operate properly . |
| 14 | A good rule-of-thumb to remember is that this distance should be at least the height of the tree when it is fully matured . |
| 15 | But the thing to remember is that this quality of form exists and that , whether readers acknowledge it or not , a marked shape or form , as in the " nursery rhyme " books of Agatha Christie , considerably adds to their pleasure . |
| 16 | The point to remember is that any hunch , whether formally expressed as a hypothesis or not , is going to affect the general approach of the researcher and what questions are asked . |
| 17 | The principle to be applied is that any departure from the target represents a loss or gain to be shared on an agreed basis between the two parties . |
| 18 | What the government neglect to highlight is that these people have few rights and conveniently disappear off the unemployment register . |
| 19 | Whereas the least you should expect is that any type of funding should be tailor-made for you . |
| 20 | The idea which Inglis expounded is that any hole or sharp re-entrant in a material causes the stress in that material to be increased locally . |
| 21 | What does matter is that this attitude , this adoration , this genuine sense of awe and gentle , honourable respect for womanhood should be placed on record as an accurate indication of my state of mind and pattern of conduct . |
| 22 | When it is said that the continuation of the sterling area was an ‘ implicit ’ decision ( in sharp contrast to the debates on overseas expenditure ) the point being made is that this continuation was not the result , it would seem , of any debate within the Attlee government . |
| 23 | The general impression conveyed is that these women would not necessarily be more satisfied with work if they saw more people , but that they would certainly be less dissatisfied . |
| 24 | What both demonstrate is that any history as such has to think both , simultaneously . |
| 25 | What examination of the rhetoric of the National Front magazines shows is that this tradition is wider than the beliefs of the individual editors . |
| 26 | I mean I 've got is that any good because |
| 27 | The main syntactic universal upon whose existence both Chomsky and Sampson are agreed is that all sentences of natural language are hierarchically structured . |
| 28 | The reason why that 's been preserved is that that part of the wall was never bricked in . |
| 29 | What research has shown is that these tendencies to behave in certain ways are deeply embedded in past experiences . |
| 30 | The expanded girths , embarrassing bodily functions and creative coiffuring I can cope with — but what 's harder to handle is that most groups who reform do so because of shrinking royalty cheques rather than any genuine desire to play together again . |