Example sentences of "i.e. that it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the influence of researchers in America such as Paul Lazarsfeld ( 1901–70 ) , greater emphasis was put on the need for proof and on the importance of data being as objective as possible , i.e. that it should be free of any influence of the individual researcher who happened to collect it . |
| 2 | That this unit is relatively ‘ shallow ’ genealogically speaking , i.e. that it tends to consist of two generations only and that for many couples the main tie of commitment and responsibility is the conjugal one . |
| 3 | The sceptic insists that there is a difference between the two hypotheses , but that it is evidence-transcendent , i.e. that it is a difference which you can not tell ; and he concludes from this that you do n't know which situation you are really in . |
| 4 | The sceptic suggests that the two are only contingently related , i.e. that it is quite possible for there to be the one without the other , and that in fact for all we know this is how things are . |
| 5 | But if such a retort is both meaningful and non-trivial , then surely so is the statement ( that might be made , for example , in reply to a request for information from a third person ) that " the chair " being talked about — the " posited chair " — is not fictional , i.e. that it actually exists , even though those who take this statement on trust might find out otherwise to their cost . |
| 6 | We have merely aruged that such an existent necessarily belongs to only one such class , i.e. that it necessarily takes only one out of each pair of contradictory predicates . |
| 7 | It is , however , possible for the seller to be exempted from liability under sections 13 to 15 of the Sale of Goods Act , but only in so far as the seller can show that the exemption clause satisfies the requirement of reasonableness , i.e. that it was a ‘ fair and reasonable one to be included having regard to circumstances which were , or ought reasonably to have been , known to or in the contemplation of the parties when the contract was made ’ ( section 11 ) . |
| 8 | On one level Bush 's statement was a simple reiteration of the official US position on Jerusalem — i.e. that it did not acknowledge the annexation of the Eastern section of the city in the aftermath of its capture from Jordan in 1967 . |
| 9 | However , Italian Treasury Minister Guido Carli accepted a compromise assurance that the Institute would cease to exist as soon as the European central bank came into being ( i.e. that it would not remain in existence thereafter as what the Financial Times of Sept. 23 characterized as " a semi-permanent home for " second division " countries outside the EMU " ) . |
| 10 | Rhetorical questions can be a good way of signalling the DIALOGIC nature of your writing ( i.e. that it is " like a dialogue " ) : they show that you are engaging with your reader , by anticipating her or his responses and questions as you go along . |
| 11 | There is some doubt as to whether a health authority is primarily liable , i.e. that it owes a non-delegable duty to its patients . |
| 12 | It is thus clear that contestable market features help to explain some of the behaviour of firms in the eurobond market , i.e. that it is highly competitive , especially within the individual currency sectors , despite the market structure . |