Example sentences of "this be that the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One reason for this is that the agencies supply them efficiently with information about assignments . |
| 2 | Part of the reason for this is that the forces which dominate proceedings in Brussels place greater emphasis on common standards ( which they often confuse with higher standards ) , in preference to the provision of a framework which is genuinely competitive . |
| 3 | The main reason for this is that the liabilities of the major investing institutions are are primarily nominal , although some pensions are index-linked . |
| 4 | The one good thing that 's come out of this is that the speculators have been shaken out . |
| 5 | The consequence of this is that the records may not be physically in sequence after a control interval split , although they will be handled in sequence by the indexes . |
| 6 | The advantage of this is that the effects last only four to six hours , whereas the more common warfarin , used as an anti-coagulant , stays active for 48 hours . |
| 7 | The reason for this is that the circumstances of the situation are just as much a cause of behaviour as the underlying motive . |
| 8 | The effect of this is that the Solicitors ' Overseas Practice Rules , and not the Solicitors ' Indemnity Rules , apply to the overseas offices in respect of indemnity . |
| 9 | A corollary of this is that the risks which people face of being victims of serious crime are remarkably small . |
| 10 | This is that the dinosaurs , or a close dinosaur relative , included the ancestors of the living birds . |
| 11 | The reason given for this is that the costs of installing and maintaining an accounting information system that computes individual cost centre rates is complex and expensive . |
| 12 | The only condition for this is that the pictures must be PCX files . |
| 13 | The advantage of this is that the secretaries can be laid off during the summer recess , and MPs can avoid the cost of employing them from the ‘ expenses ’ allowance . |
| 14 | One reason for this is that the enterprises must have a ‘ relative autonomy ’ within the state if they are to operate efficiently . |
| 15 | An implication of this is that the contents of the operand field may be modified in accordance with the addressing mode field before being used as a literal value ; this allows some alteration of the value ( for example , by adding the contents of an index register ) without altering the instruction . |
| 16 | The result of all this is that the terms contained in the Sale of Goods Act which are implied into a contract for the sale of goods will not apply to a computer software contract . |
| 17 | One deduction we might draw from this is that the examples of Anderson 's modesty noted above , when seen in the context of his more pompous utterances and these attempts to preserve his academic credibility , are more likely to be viewed simply as superficial politeness strategies than as being genuinely meant . |
| 18 | The significance of this is that the orbits of planets , like the earth , around the sun would be unstable : the least disturbance from a circular orbit ( such as would be caused by the gravitational attraction of other planets ) would result in the earth spiraling away from or into the sun . |
| 19 | This is that the hybrids between species are often — indeed , almost always — of low fitness compared to their parents . |
| 20 | The plea or defence to this was that the notes were made jointly and severally by the defendant 's father , John Revill , and by Samuel Revill , as well as by the defendant , and that before the action the plaintiff , without the defendant 's knowledge or consent , struck out the name of Samuel Revill on the notes and wholly discharged him from liability . |
| 21 | The trouble with this was that the laws of mechanics and electricity , before quantum mechanics , predicted that the electrons would lose energy and so spiral inward until they collided with the nucleus . |
| 22 | The main reason for this was that the units themselves resented a very young officer , heavily laden with acting rank , which meant that an existing officer of the same rank had to he disposed of to make way for an operational type doing a rest period . |