Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] is [adj] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The principal concern for companies is first that they should be kept in touch with prevailing opinions on environmental issues that could affect them ; second , that any misconceptions on technical or other matters should be corrected . |
| 2 | ( This presupposes the British system , where seniority and higher salary depend upon promotion to such leadership positions ; in some schools in the USA , on the contrary , the system of rewards is such that there is less incentive to a fine teacher to seek , or , accept what we would call " promotion " . ) |
| 3 | The relation between mind and body in this set of ideas is such that the two retain distinct properties and function as discrete entities . |
| 4 | The distribution of legal responsibility for the education of children is such that parents have , in effect , a duty to send their children to school , and the state has a duty to educate them when they get there . |
| 5 | The system can not be used unless : ( a ) the complainant consents ; ( b ) the chief officer of police is satisfied that the case would not justify criminal or disciplinary charges being brought . |
| 6 | If they did , the rate of reproduction of bacteria is such that 10 million copies of the New Testament could be run off in a single day , a missionary 's dream if only people could read the DNA alphabet but , alas , the characters are so small that all 10 million copies of the New Testament could simultaneously dance upon the surface of a pin 's head . |
| 7 | In the words of Pollock B in Hazelton ( 1874 ) LR 2 CCR 134 , which were approved by the Court of Appeal in Gilmartin [ 1983 ] QB 953 , the accused represents that " the existing state of facts is such that in the ordinary course the cheque will be met " . |
| 8 | We assume that the distribution of income to factors is such that is a declining function and is an increasing function . |
| 9 | In other words , at the factor prices ruling , the demand for factors is such that the constraint on capital is binding but not the constraint on labour ( we do not go into the dynamic adjustment process by which this rationed equilibrium has been reached ) . |