Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] that [det] the " in BNC.

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1 The result is that all the other countries which buy US manufactured aircraft are fitted with poor quality CVR installations unless , like new Zealand , they go out of their way to require ‘ hot mike ’ systems .
2 Apparently in the good old days the rule was that all the uniforms got cleaned every six months , whether they needed it or not .
3 The benefit is that all the tax reclaimed is dealt with by somebody other than the charity .
4 I suppose while this is for me cos on the sponsorship issue is , would sponsorship have any impact in terms of what I might purchase so if I went to the Scottish Opera or the ballet or to the theatre and I bought a programme which I usually do and one of the things which is interesting about the evening that erm Alan and I spent last time at Scottish Council was that half the people attend Scottish Opera buy a programme and the programmes that I have sponsored always .
5 The danger is that all the good , solid work will be thrown away .
6 What I 'll do darling is that all the tiles will come through about there
7 The important conclusion is that all the cells in the body contain the same genetic information ; what makes the cells different is how that genetic information is used .
8 The the other factor is that that the negotiations with the bank erm to pay two pound fifty per quarter erm should have been erm reviewed last December .
9 Counsel 's second argument was that all the evidence presented to the court was that the defendant had been seen engaging in actual violence , but not threatening it , as the section requires , On this submission the Court concluded that there was sufficient evidence in the narrative presented to the jury from which they were entitled to conclude that there was threatening behaviour .
10 Perhaps the most important feature of the morning was that all the groups had discovered that there are definite skills to be used in interviewing .
11 ‘ What I like about old furniture is that all the pieces are favourites , ’ she says .
12 What I like about old furniture is that all the pieces are favourites
13 A common grumble is that all the wealth created by the recent growth has found its way into the trousers of the elite .
14 If a candidate is elected with a surplus at a later count the probability is that both the votes previously given to him and the votes immediately responsible for his surplus will include votes already transferred at earlier stages .
15 The reason is that all the weapons must fit inside the radar-screening fuselage to prevent their unstealthy shapes from giving the aircraft away .
16 The third reason is that all the Community countries are collectively committed to the principle of an international conference for handling the Middle East 's problems .
17 An important feature of this book is that all the activities described can be used not only with the sample material provided , but also with other materials of the teacher 's own choice .
18 What is clear from the above account is that all the transactions covering the 17 months to May 1990 are inextricably linked .
19 One advantage of a letter is that all the points ( 1 ) to ( 4 ) can be dealt with in advance and so the interviewer is expected and time is saved in not having to go through all the verbal explanations .
20 The difficulty with this suggestion is that all the sceptical arguments presented , and indeed any interesting sceptical argument , seem to be directed as much against the notion of justified belief as against that of knowledge .
21 The short answer is that all the other trees are tall , so no one tree can afford not to be .
22 One explanation is that all the white holes are in an alternate universe .
23 The ironical thing was that all the time , in a stack in Hilbert 's desk , secured by a rubber band , were fifty or so old postcards collected by Hilbert and Lilian presumably on early travels and among them were two of Greece , one of Mount Lycabettos and the other the very view Rufus had spoken of so scathingly .
24 The encouraging thing was that all the people he had sentenced were , so far at any rate , in good health .
25 ‘ A nice touch was that all the vehicles lined up outside our very own veterans , Calder 's four reactors , for an historic picture . ’
26 One of the benefits to emerge from the recent recession is that all the players in management buy-outs — vendors , management teams , financial backers and advisers — are far more experienced and sophisticated in their approach .
27 2.40 The interesting thing about this particular case is that all the members of the House of Lords adopted a different approach from each other in assessing damages .
28 The difficulty is that all the religions of the world have text books which are still studied , which all say that women are stupid , women are wicked , women are property , and women are revolting !
29 Possibly its most endearing feature is that all the control is executed from the Macintosh , the PC can be connected locally or over a telephone line with modems and , apart from being started up , needs no attention .
30 The idea is that all the interviews should be conducted in as similar a way as possible , and that the dangers of ‘ interviewer effect ’ should be avoided by training .
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