Example sentences of "[conj] [det] [be] [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 But the fact of the matter is that that is n't Government policy .
2 Well that that is now accommodation for away supporters down at there is no cover over it as yet , there were plans to make a covered stand of it but er they have n't it has been covered over and that 's where the away supporters still stand to this day and a little bit around the corner at the bottom end , at the railway end as they call it now , not the laundry end .
3 Absolutely no doubt , that that was n't part of the plan .
4 She had hoped he would stay for a chat with her parents , but he was making it very obvious that that was n't part of his plan .
5 still do n't know that this is n't office .
6 It would seem to follow from the Committee 's proposals that this is not rape , but no other offence would cover the defendant 's conduct .
7 The authors argue that this is not evidence that their model is incorrect or inapplicable to treated cases , but that , to a certain extent , the factors which make women vulnerable to depression also make them less likely to receive psychiatric help .
8 Maybe the reader 's first thought an experiment of my own showed that this is not misinterpretation in any simple sense .
9 Hirsch 's formulation does not exclude the possibility of understanding literature in aesthetic terms , it merely prohibits us from claiming that this is how literature is , essentially , to be comprehended .
10 The sense is rather that this is how man 's lot came to be , and he should accept it .
11 this is interesting in the fact that this is how colour is ‘ described ’ to a person who has no vision whatever .
12 Though most people recognise that this is only fiction there nevertheless remains a feeling that the work is rather exciting , possibly because it lacks any clearly defined morality .
13 Some may argue that this is merely abdication of responsibility ! — I prefer to consider that LM system is more sophisticated in removing any need for the practitioner to make such a judgement .
14 Nearly one-sixth of authorities mentioned that the development of training packages , to be used in-house , and preferably developed by themselves , was needed to expand their training , indicating their belief that this was where expansion would need to come from , and that such training packages were likely to achieve more effective training because they would be tailor made .
15 Mr Dewar said he abhorred the thought of civil disobedience adding he had been assured by Scotland United members that this was not part of their strategy .
16 The laughter swelled , and was supplemented by applause , which died away slowly as the crowd gradually realized that this was not part of the act .
17 I even remember it was a Sunday and thinking that this was not day to be flying your last mission .
18 It is also worth noting that , as the analysts became immersed in the detailed examination , there was a tendency to forget that this was still part of the systems thinking stage , and that the models , activities and related information needs were those that were desirable in systems terms , and not did not necessarily reflect the real situation .
19 Recognising that this was hardly fodder for mainstream publishers , he and Pope promptly set up their own publishing company , X Press .
20 The risk factors are mean values although some are clearly age- or sex-dependent : for example , the risk for the development of breast cancer is 5.0 × 10 -3 SV -1 in females and zero for males .
21 I this case the problem is to remember to put the verb first in the sentence , so this is why substitution is made in the verb slot .
22 But although these were indeed dog days for British film production , film producers were emerging who understood the need for modern styles of production , bigger budgets and more ambitious showmanship .
23 The concept of entities that appear for only an instant and then disappear was used by Buddhists to prove that all is merely appearance and that absolute reality does not fall within the domain of the intellect .
24 Brian Pritchard , chairman , insisted that all was not gloom and doom , pointing to the success of West Venture Development , the group 's Southern Californian subsidiary , which this year is expected to double its output to about 500 homes .
25 I think they erm kid themselves on that they do because they understand figures and money and that is n't business .
26 And that is why Misery is alive in the world today .
27 Yes , it does : and that is why art directors love it — though it has only been fashionable for about 20 years .
28 And that is why fashion at any level needs to capture the imagination , most particularly in a time of economic recession when the consumer is likely to have priorities more urgent than a new frock .
29 And that is why democracy is to be understood as a practice before it is conceived as a set of abstractions ; why it is a system of checks and balances before it is a set of principles ; why , as has been said , it is worth just two cheers , and no more .
30 Oh I 'm alright do n't worry about me I 'm , they , the person at home , their family must be told as well as you making a note in your accident book that there has been somebody with a knock on the head however mi minor it is , it 's got to be reported , because that knock could have repercussions , it could have broken a small vessel in the brain , it could still be bleeding and that is when compression takes over .
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