Example sentences of "is [that] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A further possibility is that either the prestige or the style of the journals has altered over the study period , thus encouraging submission ( or acceptance ) of larger studies .
2 My respectful view , for reasons which your Lordships will have noted , is that both the contention of the defence and the court 's refutation of it were misconceived : the absence of consent on the part of the owner is already inherent in the word ‘ appropriates , ’ properly understood , and therefore the argument for the defence got off on the wrong foot and the counter-argument that the words specified by the defence can not be read into section 1(1) did not assist the prosecution .
3 The trouble is that both the product and the claims made for it are so unusual that it is impossible to predict whether it will disappear , never to be seen again , or become the biggest thing since MS-DOS .
4 The trouble is that both the product and the claims made for it are so unusual that it is impossible to predict whether it will disappear , never to be seen again , or become the biggest thing since MS-DOS .
5 The second is that both the DES and the NCC perceived that the best way to gain acceptance for the innovation amongst teachers responsible for children with special educational needs was through the language and ideological overtones of entitlement .
6 The new element is that both the Serbs and the Croats have , for the first time , shown a general willingness to accept such a force .
7 He concluded : ‘ the cardinal rule of library stock control is that both the loan period and the duplication policy should be related to the level of demand for the title and to each other . ’
8 The drawback is that both the sender and the recipient , if living outside the US , are at the mercy of prevailing exchange rates and foreign banks may charge a commission .
9 The drawback is that both the sender and the recipient , if living outside the US , are at the mercy of prevailing exchange rates and foreign banks may charge a commission .
10 The drawback is that both the sender and the recipient , if living outside the US , are at the mercy of prevailing exchange rates and foreign banks may charge a commission .
11 My contention is that both the justice and inhumanity of capitalist societies result inevitably from the failure to assert certain absolutes and so place proper limits on the use of freedom .
12 One of the advantages of using drama in this way ( when the narrative continues over a period of several weeks ) is that both the teacher and the children can change roles , enabling us to look at any given topic from different points of view .
13 The thinning out process has been a great shock to me , I had a higher opinion of working class thought — but it is that where the weakness lies , not in our efforts of propaganda .
14 The contention is that today the margins have been squeezed out of PC sales .
15 If top panel is without perspective and bottom is nothing but perspective , then is that not the place for a different kind of vision ?
16 I think that 's is that not the thing that 's worrying you , is that the question mark in your mind as well ?
17 All that is necessary is that eventually the consequences , however tortuous and indirect , feed back and affect the success of the replicator at getting itself copied .
18 What we must cling to as these atrocities go on is that eventually the IRA will be crushed .
19 The reason is that otherwise the surface charges would be in motion contrary to the assumption that a static equilibrium exists .
20 advertisement , and do they actually sit down in an interview or is that simply the way that the advertisement is projected
21 The first is that however the decision is presented , one suspects that it represents a reversal of the previous commitment of the government to strengthening competition .
22 The difference between this and Helby v. Matthews is that here the customer was committed to making all the payments and therefore to acquiring ownership of the goods .
23 Variscan folding and thrusting can , however , be seen north of the Midi Overthrust , and the general view of workers in the U.K. is that here the Variscan Front can not be identified with a single laterally-continuous thrust plane , though locally it may be ( Hancock 1983 ) .
24 The important point about the example , though , is that neither the instructor 's action nor the pupil 's action was required for the stopping .
25 An important consequence of this approach is that generally the courts have refused to accept that supervening events ( ie events subsequent to the time of contract ) can render an initially reasonable covenant unenforceable .
26 There 's lots of myths about Rachmanite landlords — is that really the case or is it one huge myth ?
27 One politically unfortunate aspect of the problem is that often the generator of the pollution is not the country suffering it .
28 His only explanation is that possibly the gentleman had travelled on the line for many years in the past and that his ghost fitted into a well-worn slot in time .
29 But actually it does n't tell you anything about the quality of the care which they 're purchasing and the evidence that we are getting increasingly from the community health council is the experience of people of the health service is that actually the quality of the care is getting worse and this is not due to the staff in the health ee the more detailed plans coming to the next meeting of the e the more detailed plans coming to the next meeting of the for an operation er , four years , it should to be said er , she 's been waiting despite the government 's claim that all operations are done within two years er for very severe varicose veins and surprisingly enough she got them because of course most varicose have been removed her , the north-east Thames region erm , and er she turned up on the Wednesday and the operation had been postponed twice previously er , she was er gone through all the er , various tests which took her four hours cos she had to find all the places herself , there was nobody to show her to X-ray and various other places erm she was prepared for the op and then was sent home because there was n't a bed available !
30 The first is that sometimes the rules do not relate to the actual language use of native speakers .
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