Example sentences of "[is] that [adv] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | What lends this observation particular piquancy however is that remarkably few players sound particularly good . |
2 | The point is that normally such parents would prefer that their babies were not defective and would welcome a non-controversial cure were it to become available . |
3 | The biggest reason for Asia 's sceptical eye on the Gulf , though , is that not many Asians are convinced the fight makes any difference . |
4 | The next problem is that not all programs make use of the ANSI.SYS so do n't expect the key swap to be honoured by everything . |
5 | The problem for the schools is that not all parents accept their share of the authority . |
6 | The simple answer is that not all materials lend themselves to scientific dating . |
7 | One of the reasons for writing so much about growing your own plants is that not all flowers and foliage suitable for pressing are available from florists , which can considerably limit the palette of colours from which you will work . |
8 | Perhaps the first thing to realise is that not all page printers use laser beams ; there are many other successful technologies including LED arrays , LCD shutters , ink-jet , magneto-deposition and ion-deposition . |
9 | The concern of many is that not all GPs will be as thorough as Dr Ayles and his colleagues . |
10 | Part of the explanation for this failure is that not enough information about investment plans is available to the market , and also that market participants lack the technical ability to evaluate what may be highly complex and specialised projects . |
11 | The second caveat is that even this amount of support is reduced when hypothetical compromises are put to the public . |
12 | The problem is that plainly this depreciation charge can not reflect the periodic benefits expected to accrue from using the vehicle . |
13 | The answer is that probably all shapes are capable of supporting a successful but restricted marine community . |
14 | One cost is that clearly some services are being cut in terms of how good they are . |
15 | The major rule applying is that generally most predators will attack only fish smaller than themselves , although some large mouthed predators such as lionfish and large groupers are capable of swallowing prey of almost their own dimensions . |
16 | One problem with setting the neck so deep into the body is that relatively little space is left for pickup separation . |
17 | Our impression is that almost all contract computer staff are voluntarily working on this basis . |
18 | The point is that almost any configuration of events with which an individual is likely to be associated in public carries the risk of a worst possible meaning which might reflect unfavourably upon him , and it is a sign of intact mental functioning that one recognises this risk , without of course being incapacitated by the thought , and at the same time that one is equipped to perform repair work if and when infractions occur . |
19 | What is perhaps most startling is that so many agents of educational change — local education officers and education committees — remained so untouched by the principles . |
20 | But what is more remarkable is that so many farmers were sentimental ( and some impecunious ) enough to keep their hedgerows in for so long . |
21 | IT is seldom remarked how curious it is that so many people need to find a meaning to life . |
22 | One good result so far , though , is that so many people were mystified by acronyms being bandied about ( SNUPPS , NII , AGR and the like ) that the secretariat for the inquiry had to produce a list of them . |
23 | But the worst aspect of this whole affair is that so many people do not care about the quality of life for old people . |
24 | The other is that so many jobs are likely to need a great deal of capital equipment behind them that there will be a shortage of capital equipment and jobs will therefore not be created quickly enough to maintain full employment . |
25 | The great thing about tea drinking is that so many varieties are available that you can always find a brew that is appropriate to the occasion . |
26 | Although the electronics industry has changed greatly , possible the greatest change is that very little component level manufacture is done in this country . |
27 | Yet the reality is that very little money spent on science is spent on improving social welfare ; as Rose ( 1986 ) has pointed out , 50 per cent of the government 's science and technology budget in 1981–2 went on military research and development . |
28 | The point is that very few firms now invest large sums of money in a new venture unless they are very sure that there is a demand for it . |
29 | One of the damaging implications of the recession is that very few employers are now able or willing to offer employment to trainees . |
30 | The catch is that only those states which have signed or acceded to the convention by then can take part in any votes . |