Example sentences of "is that [noun] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only thing that everybody seems to be sure about is that abortions will continue to be performed despite the new law . |
| 2 | He thinks that he wants a reconciliation , and up to a point he does ; but what he hopes most of all is that Alfred will give his blessing to the new play he has written — a drama of sibling rivalry called Brother Mine . |
| 3 | One possibility is that England could send their B team . |
| 4 | My own belief , which is shared , oddly enough , by the head of the CIA , William Webster , is that sanctions would have eroded his military capacity so much that , given another nine months or so — assuming we has used that period for more flexible diplomacy , which we notably failed to do — then we could either have got him out by negotiation , or we could have promoted a situation inside Iraq in which he could n't fight . |
| 5 | If the Vance-Owen plan is to survive , its one chance is that sanctions will bring about a change of mind among the Bosnian Serbs . |
| 6 | Again the implication is that women can avoid rape through a display of courage when in reality other rather more fortuitous factors are much more important , as this woman actually recognised' . |
| 7 | Rather than only training women to take on roles that have been shaped by men over the centuries , would it not be far more interesting , more expansive , to look into the questions of priestesshood , to find out what mystery it is that women can touch on , and how they can communicate it to the human world ? |
| 8 | Otherwise it may be difficult to appreciate how very natural it is that things should have turned out as they did . ) |
| 9 | The rationale here is that firms may wish to preserve customer goodwill by preventing shortages . |
| 10 | One advantage of the no-choice system is that Vaughan can write her menu late in the afternoon , around the dishes that she feels like cooking on the day , with the best ingredients available to her . |
| 11 | I think the danger is , though , that what will happen is that hotels will shed staff |
| 12 | His conclusion , probably acceptable to most parliamentarians , is that Ukraine should ratify START 1 now , but should hold on to the 46 missiles which that treaty does not cover ( though the Lisbon protocol does ) , and delay accession to the NPT . |
| 13 | The implication , write Blake and Mouton , is that managers should aim for the 9,9 combination , a ‘ goal-centred team approach that seeks to gain optimum results through participation , involvement , commitment and conflict-solving of everyone who can contribute . ’ |
| 14 | The standard formulation of the proper objective of management in the economics literature is that managers should seek to maximise the value of the firm , that is , the value of the residual after all fixed claims , such as those of the providers of loan finance and of employees , have been met . |
| 15 | Hui says that because the source code is written under the assumption that the user knows both J and C , someone that knows APL and C will find J much easier to use than someone who knows only C. Another advantage is that J can run on a range of boxes , including the RS/6000 , Digital Equipment Corp VAX , Apple Computer Inc 's Macintosh and iAPX-86 personal computers . |
| 16 | ‘ The pity of it is that Araminta will get the Lodge after all . |
| 17 | It is that Russia will pay too high an economic price for winning it . |
| 18 | What is rather more strange is that Jenkins should portray the postponement of the positivist revolution as being an anti-radical step . |
| 19 | My guess is that Wilko will buy only one player … whoever that is . |
| 20 | What needs to be spelt out very clearly before polling day is that PR would bring about the opposite effect to what many voters comfortably believe . |
| 21 | The conclusion is that Nkrumah would have otherwise won by the two-thirds majority which was the general election pattern . |
| 22 | One of her worst fears is that folk will shun her because of what 's happened . |
| 23 | Northern Ireland play Lithuania in a World Cup Qualifying game at Windsor Park and the FIFA direction is that clubs must release selected players for such important internationals . |
| 24 | The main point is that Iraq should withdraw immediately and completely from Kuwait ( in line with UN Security Council Resolution 660 , passed on the day Iraq invaded Kuwait ) . |
| 25 | One wonders why it is that Lewis could see the reality of this divine drama dancing throughout the pages of the scriptures even though many notable theologians could not . |
| 26 | ‘ My hope is that Britain may become a sort of housing laboratory , like we were the welfare state laboratory , ’ he says . |
| 27 | Throughout most of those countries the universal view is that Britain should do more to enhance its reputation through the fund . |
| 28 | What 's important is that Britain should adopt a positive role in the negotiations , very difficult negotiations , that lie ahead , and that Britain should not be isolated and that Britain should , in fact , be able to find a way forward with its partners . |
| 29 | The shorthand way of putting this is that students must have the freedom-the academic freedom — to exercise due responsibility for their own learning . |
| 30 | My expectation of the DipSW is that students will have some idea of what HIV is and its social implications for people , and some idea about confidentiality and transmission . ’ |