Example sentences of "is that [num] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And as for Mr Willi Stoph , the former prime minister , a major mark against him is that 100 different brands of whisky were found in his cellar — in other countries that would be admired . |
| 2 | The ‘ conservative ’ estimate of one bank is that 55 billion dollars wafted northwards from Latin America between 1977 and 19836 . |
| 3 | The answer is that four important things depend upon the passing of property . |
| 4 | The second possibility McTaggart considers is that two mental states ‘ belong to the same self when , and only when , the same living body ( or what appears as such ) stands in a certain relation of causality to both of them ’ . |
| 5 | My feeling is that two separate matters sometimes get mixed up : the practice and study of connected speech is agreed by everyone to be of great importance , but this can sometimes result in some relatively unimportant aspects of speech ( e.g. assimilation , juncture ) being given more emphasis than they should . |
| 6 | It is that two lexical units will be assigned to the same lexeme if there exists a lexical rule which permits the prediction of the existence of the sense of one of them from the existence of the sense of the other . |
| 7 | The second is that two normal observers viewing the same object or scene from the same place will ‘ see ’ the same thing . |
| 8 | ‘ The story is that two other clients of Martinez , ’ and Fearnley named two tennis players who were well-known for their skill at ladies ' doubles and notorious within tennis for their lesbian activities , ‘ were detailed to pursue Mary-Ann . |
| 9 | Whenever the result of the development of node k is that two new branches are grown , the up- and down-nodes are assigned values of and ( where x r is the branching variable ) respectively . |
| 10 | The disadvantage is that two distinct operations ( polymerase chain reaction and restriction cleavage ) are required . |
| 11 | The latest news from Lhasa is that six more nuns were arrested in mid-October . |
| 12 | One last shattering figure is that 700 million adults can not read or write and 250 million children under 14 do not attend school . |
| 13 | What is even more significant is that 24 different players have shared the scoring honours , emphasising the team 's strength . |
| 14 | The answer is that three other sectors have provided relief — the revenues of North Sea oil extraction from 1980 ( an activity of limited life ) , the profits from selling services to other countries , and the profits on investment in other countries . |