Example sentences of "that [is] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Sussex we actually make a third of the time they spend on the university component of their courses compulsory work in science — that is to say every student does it — so we can actually do something about it practically by looking at our processes of initial training and coming to realise what an important section of the world this is and training teachers accordingly , and not to leave it at that but to continue with erm progressive and planned in-service training of teachers . |
| 2 | At Sussex we actually make a third of the time they spend on the university component of their courses compulsory work in science — that is to say every student does it — so we can actually do something about it practically by looking at our processes of initial training and coming to realise what an important section of the world this is and training teachers accordingly , and not to leave it at that but to continue with erm progressive and planned in-service training of teachers . |
| 3 | That is to say no French government and probably no French political party at this time was willing to concede the principle of secession ; and the permanent loss of Indochina would obviously have made it harder to hold on to French North Africa and even to Black Africa . |
| 4 | A solo exhibition can vary in scope from the minimum , that is to say a show of recent work , through a more extended selection to the apogee of a retrospective exhibition . |
| 5 | Marginality can be criticised on the same grounds , that is to say a separation of rural and urban is not useful since many of the problems of rural areas stem from the integration of the two . |
| 6 | I come from a military family , that is to say a family that has always followed the drum , and probably had to carry it too . |
| 7 | That is to say a little evidence against it will cause him agonies of doubt and self-mistrust , moderate amounts will cause some real concern and a pursing of his lips — but total and irrefutable proof of his law 's inaccuracy , its illogic , its basic and undeniable untenability , will cause him to cling to it in all its unmodified entirety with the tenacity and single-mindedness of a barnacle . |
| 8 | The reader should note that the term Grower Champagne used throughout this chapter refers to a récoltant-manipulant , that is to say a grower who sells Champagne under his own name . |
| 9 | Incidentally , for a circle , that is to say a round hole , it will be seen that the stress concentration factor becomes three . |
| 10 | By far the most popular design for an A4 page , by usage if nothing else , is that of the three-column grid ; that is to say a page divided into three equal text or graphic columns . |
| 11 | A good picture is nothing more than a perfect equilibrium , that is to say a balance of weights and a harmony of numbers . |
| 12 | Lines parallel to the horizon give breadth , that is to say a section of nature … |
| 13 | And the effect for Locke is this , and again I , I quote the legislative being only a fiduciary power , that is to say a power based on trust a fiduciary power to act for certain ends , there remains still in the people a supreme power to remove or alter the legislative when they find the legislative act contrary to the trust imposed in them and thus the community perpetually retains a supreme power of saving themselves from the attempts and designs of every body even if their legislators whenever they shall be so foolish or so wicked as to lay and carry on designs against the liberties and properties of the subject . |
| 14 | It used to be the case that one had to find a property that one wanted to buy first and then apply for a mortgage , but some organisations will now provide a mortgage guarantee document , that is to say an assurance of the amount of money they will lend you , before you start looking for a property . |
| 15 | The Penguin profits pattern followed the sales pattern , that is to say an increase in the U K more than offsetting er , a decline in the U S. |
| 16 | I realised that that was an absurdity … after the evidence that India could not be part of the same political system , I still believed for a short time that an Empire of positions — that is to say the possession of points of communication around the globe — gave a significance to this country and a tenable and lasting position . |
| 17 | These fingerprints are in such a form that they can be easily compared one with another ; that is to say the computer can calculate a measure of ‘ shape difference ’ between any two axes . |
| 18 | This book is much concerned with what I shall call ‘ extrapolation theory ’ ; that is to say the drawing of inferences regarding the sequence of changes whereby one psychobiological state has shifted to another — from chimp-like language , say , to human speech . |
| 19 | So far all we know is what has appeared in the newspapers , that you have , shall we say , brought into life a baby — a human baby just like any one of the infants sleeping in their mothers ' arms all over the world — in a way that is to say the least unusual . |
| 20 | According to Mr Charles , my father had duly driven to one village and was on the point of entering a second when either Mr Smith or Mr Jones noticed the village was Brigoon — that is to say the third , not the second , name of the sequence . |
| 21 | It is sometimes useful to think of the findings of science , that is to say the meaningful observations made and their linking together , as being contributions to a kitty which is the theory of the subject . |
| 22 | To state the problem ( that is to say the intellectual problem we have set for ourselves ) in a way which enables us to go about finding a solution is not easy . |
| 23 | These same restrictions apply to the siting of council houses but this aspect of the policy has not engendered the same weight of opposition since it does not represent the interruption of an existing right , that is to say the ‘ right ’ to build private houses almost anywhere . |
| 24 | The Gold Australe is classed as a top spawner , that is to say the eggs are found in the top half of the tank . |
| 25 | ‘ But I understood — that is to say the queen my mother-in-law understood — that the king moved here from Ely Palace in readiness for his coronation . |
| 26 | That is to say the curved members , such as ribs , were built up of naturally curving wood , chosen to have the right shape . |
| 27 | An important feature was the establishment of specific aircraft performance requirements , that is to say the ability of an aircraft to be able to take off in given circumstances within a specified distance and also to come to a stop after landing in not more than a specified length of runway . |
| 28 | The term kerygma , proclamation , is normally held to refer , in such a phrase as ‘ the Jesus of the kerygma ’ , to the proclamation concerning Jesus ; that is to say the proclamation of him as the resurrected one , as Lord and Saviour . |
| 29 | The nationalists as a party capable of national leadership — that is to say the VNQDD — had admittedly been destroyed but while the ICP was not much better off the difference was that the VNQDD never really recovered from French repression . |
| 30 | Here again we can ask what else we could possibly start from other than what is given , that is to say the evidence of our senses . |