Example sentences of "is that [det] [noun] [am/are] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The reason is that all males are potential — and usually actual — competitors for females ; hence sexual selection favours males who optimize male characteristics . |
| 5 | The premise of Basic Instinct is that all women are homicidal maniacs . |
| 6 | One common stereotype is that all women are natural wives and mothers . |
| 7 | The idea is that all citizens are bound together in a sort of multilateral contract which defines our reciprocal rights and duties . |
| 8 | The effect is that all readings are slightly low . |
| 9 | The alternative benign view is that all contracts are made , broadly speaking , to ease the flow of product . |
| 10 | The first is that all judges are ‘ conservative ’ to one degree or another ; they have to be . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | All we ask is that all fees are finally paid by the end of January . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | My only quibble is that all measurements are given in metric form only . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |
| 16 | A drawback here is that such processes are limited in terms of the power of the grammars they permit . |
| 17 | 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 … |
| 18 | The problem is that such transformations are seldom perceived whilst they are occurring ; they are usually identified long after the event . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The response of the companies is that such prices are necessary to recoup the costs of R&D , and to compensate for risk , since only a small proportion of R&D generates innovations that are commercially viable . |
| 22 | The reasoning here is that such goods are only capable of being identified through defining their characteristics . |
| 23 | Change is also implicit in the idea of polyfocal villages , since the suggestion is that such plans are produced by filling in properties between existing or earlier centres . |
| 24 | The presumption is that such agreements are contrary to the public interest , and the onus is on the parties to the agreement to demonstrate that a particular agreement is not . |
| 25 | What is surprising , however , is that such stories are told using the same , or very nearly the same , language . |
| 26 | The received wisdom is that such people are more likely to be Labour supporters , but their ‘ disappearance ’ also makes it harder to lend them money . |
| 27 | The difference now , however , is that such arguments are multiplied many times over , both by the much more extensive use of technology and the great number of technological developments which appear so quickly and exist at the same time . |
| 28 | The reason is that such clauses are not looked upon with favour either by the courts or by Parliament . |
| 29 | The overwhelming body of evidence for Britain and the United States is that such ties are maintained after marriage and that this is not simply a matter of recognizing connections at Christmas and birthdays plus occasional visits or telephone conversations . |
| 30 | But the fact is that such tests are done on single chemicals , never on mixtures . |