Example sentences of "[verb] is that [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I had to place my cock down on the glass , but the way this copier is designed — I disliked this copier , by the way , that place is too cheap to lease a decent brand of copier — the way it 's designed is that a normal eight and a half by eleven piece of paper is oriented sideways in the middle of the glass between two marks , you how that works , right ? ’ |
| 2 | What matters is that a particular location in my DNA corresponds precisely to one particular location in your DNA : they have the same address . |
| 3 | What matters is that the Labour leader is suddenly there , reminding one how infrequently he has been there hitherto . |
| 4 | What matters is that the creative solution has a credible and realistic basis . |
| 5 | The unfortunate fact that my right hon. Friend must recognise is that the current treaty has been negotiated by the current Government , who do not share our sense of priorities . |
| 6 | What I think is happening is that a big shoal has moved into the swim ; a very hungry shoal of bream that behave very much like chickens . |
| 7 | What is happening is that the old orthodoxies are being softened , rather than up-ended . |
| 8 | What is happening is that the English rural landscape is slowly becoming divided into three major types in the lowlands . |
| 9 | The first thing to observe is that no genuine Hooray ever moves his upper lip while talking . |
| 10 | From a health policy perspective the scenario depicted is that the increasing numbers of older people described earlier will lead to the population of the western industrial nations being infirm , demented and disease ridden with an insatiable demand for health and social care . |
| 11 | One problem that remains to be resolved is that the high reflectivity of the glass over many of the paintings , especially in rooms that have lighting from side windows , makes it difficult to view the works . |
| 12 | What we have not previously considered is that a cultural trait may have evolved in the way that it has , simply because it is advantageous to itself . |
| 13 | Rather what happens is that a reflex reaction takes place whereby a signal is sent to the adrenal gland to release the chemical adrenalin into the blood stream . |
| 14 | You what s normally happens is that the following year when you make profit you say ah but last year I made er you know I made a loss of ten thousand pound set that off against the profit of ten thousand pound I made this year so that tax pay losses can be carried forward there are other more complex ways of doing it too but that 's the standard sort of way , I think . |
| 15 | So physiologically what happens is that the principal flux through the channel is that of sodium , and that 's simply , although although the er channel is non-selective it 's simply because the sodium is at high activity outside , low activity inside and potassium is reasonably close to equilibrium . |
| 16 | Very broadly , what happens is that the budgeted amounts of expenditure are credited to appropriation accounts and then as expenditure is incurred debits are set against these credits . |
| 17 | The impression I have from such documents as I have seen is that the obvious hardship to the residents of Bridge and Medway Roads was somewhat played down and the employment and general economic benefits were underlined . |
| 18 | What those figures certainly reveal is that the real gains in investment in British business since 1979 have been sustained , so that even at the depth of this present recession investment is 40 per cent . |
| 19 | A useful rule to remember is that a diagonal line between opposite corners of any rectangle is the longest dimension available . |
| 20 | What we need to remember is that a crude comparison of local authority figures is of limited value and our understanding of trends and contrasts would be improved if we took account of Farmer and Parker 's findings . |
| 21 | ‘ Now , ’ he whispered confidentially , ‘ the thing to remember is that the Greek Orthodox priest is the one on the left with the beard , ’ and with that flung me determinedly into my seat . |
| 22 | ‘ What your map may not show is that the only way down to Thira anchorage is by mule-track down a precipitous cliff . |
| 23 | The most that can be said is that a good case can be made out for so doing ; law-abiding spectators would probably be sympathetic , depending upon the outcome . |
| 24 | As it is , all that can really be said is that the collective wisdom , such as it is , of the agency business favours bursts in most circumstances . |
| 25 | What might be said is that the ethical connotation of the method of action he proposed was being made clear by the choice of satyāgraha rather than sadāgraha . |
| 26 | We are , of course , assuming that we are using an ideal switch which does n't exist in real life , but the point being made is that a switching system will be a lot more efficient than any resistive control element where dissipation is invariably relatively large . |
| 27 | This book is not the place to undertake such a task ; but one comment that might be made is that an initial distinction between class and status is likely to be important ; for it is the evaluative rather than the economic dimension of stratification which seems to be relevant to linguistic variation . |
| 28 | A further point which might be made is that the concise , fluent format of the interviewer 's questions is very unlike the format of normal conversation , where false starts , hesitations and ambiguities are the norm ( Schegloff 1979 ) . |
| 29 | The final point to be made is that the local researcher should trust his instinct , and if something ‘ feels ’ wrong it may well actually be wrong , and with diligence can be so proved . |
| 30 | The final point to be made is that the whole reading experience takes place within a particular cultural setting , and this will affect reception . |