Example sentences of "is [conj] [det] [noun] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another reason to be grateful for all the publicity and discussion about child abuse is that former victims are seeking treatment at a far earlier age than was previously the case and therefore are able to go on and live a normal life once that treatment is complete . |
| 2 | stuff that Oh is that that Nestle 's th Yeah , Milky Bar . |
| 3 | But the only thing I know is that that ship was sunk by the Germans in Cardigan Bay . |
| 4 | The trouble is that that 58% is largely money in-and-money-out . ’ |
| 5 | Its basis is that all life is to be valued and treated with respect ; that the rhythm of life is something implanted by the Creator ; that the different ecosystems have to be treasured , even when we regard them as hostile to human life itself . |
| 6 | The principle is that all movements are entered twice , once in the ‘ in ’ or credit side of one account and once in the ‘ out ’ or debit side of a different account . |
| 7 | The principle is that all movements are entered twice , once in the ‘ in ’ or credit side of one account and once in the ‘ out ’ or debit side of a different account . |
| 8 | The reason is that all males are potential — and usually actual — competitors for females ; hence sexual selection favours males who optimize male characteristics . |
| 9 | The premise of Basic Instinct is that all women are homicidal maniacs . |
| 10 | One common stereotype is that all women are natural wives and mothers . |
| 11 | The idea is that all citizens are bound together in a sort of multilateral contract which defines our reciprocal rights and duties . |
| 12 | The effect is that all readings are slightly low . |
| 13 | The alternative benign view is that all contracts are made , broadly speaking , to ease the flow of product . |
| 14 | As we know , exercise plays an important part in any diet/exercise routine , but the key thing is that all exercise is not the same . |
| 15 | The first is that all judges are ‘ conservative ’ to one degree or another ; they have to be . |
| 16 | ( The seller will generally try to restrict this to a warranty of specifically identified information : the acquirer will want a warranty of all information but not if the consequence is that all information is to be treated as a disclosure ) . |
| 17 | The idea is that all results are published and schools are then placed in league tables , so the main purpose of the tests is as much about the stimulation of competition as it is about diagnosing individual children 's strengths and weaknesses . |
| 18 | All we ask is that all fees are finally paid by the end of January . |
| 19 | 1.13 Our fundamental assumption is that all pupils are entitled to an education that will provide the opportunity for them to develop to the best of their abilities a competence in and appreciation of English . |
| 20 | My only quibble is that all measurements are given in metric form only . |
| 21 | The sentence is itself ‘ redundant ’ with respect to the opening sentence of Beckett 's Malone Dies which it self-consciously imitates , and the implication is that all discourse is but a re-hashing of another 's words . |
| 22 | ‘ The result of the action improvement team 's work is that all items are now identified and detailed for line weight , rung bungs , pieces in a bung , bungs per board , height and tilt . |
| 23 | The result is that little attention is given to people 's own experience and understandings of these processes and the fact that such understandings in turn lead to ways in which they attempt to improve their circumstances within the constraints and opportunities with which they are faced . |
| 24 | A drawback here is that such processes are limited in terms of the power of the grammars they permit . |
| 25 | The main concept , which goes against much traditional thinking about language , is that such change is a natural and inevitable process . |
| 26 | The fact is that such breakages are very uncommon , and that the quoted figure of 2,000 tank-related accidents a year includes things like ruptures and hernias while trying to lift them … |
| 27 | A fundamental disadvantage with the conception of the British schemes is that such compensation is neither considered nor provided . |
| 28 | The problem is that such transformations are seldom perceived whilst they are occurring ; they are usually identified long after the event . |
| 29 | The cold truth is that such captures are all too rare and it is a daily influx of petty offenders and successfully detected trivia that makes up the major part of the detective 's world . |
| 30 | A corollary of this is that such industries are far from simple to understand and hence they demand experts both to run them and to explain them to the general public , e.g. microelectronics , nuclear stations , oil refineries , etc . |