Example sentences of "is [adj] [adj] things " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason why aluminium is so toxic is that living things mistake it for iron . |
| 2 | What we do wish to note is that other things being equal , the demand for bank lending will vary inversely with interest rates and that banks can not lend unless people wish to borrow . |
| 3 | What Amis has also acknowledged as a writer is that nice things are n't necessarily as funny as nasty things . |
| 4 | ‘ The truth is that simple things , like eating together , probably contribute more to energy saving than all the machines we use . |
| 5 | The implication , contrary to relativism , is that certain things ( referred to in the contemporary literature as ‘ natural kinds ’ ) simply belong together . |
| 6 | What is notable about all this is that certain things are not included in the letter of request . |
| 7 | Erm , we do know quite a lot about erm , why it is that when you diet you start to think about food all the time , and why it is that certain things happen , and I think that there 's more and more information and knowledge being gathered and yes , the na , the desire to change has to come from the individual but perhaps , having clinics available where people can go when they 're ready to change or where they can get help . |
| 8 | For a closer analysis shows that what is really being talked about in such propositions is not men or dragons , but the concept man and the concept dragon , and what is being said is that certain things fall under the former concept , whereas the latter concept is empty . |
| 9 | One of the principles underlying Earth Mysteries is that unusual things do happen at certain places in the countryside . |
| 10 | The answer we have arrived at is that complicated things have some quality , specifiable in advance , that is highly unlikely to have been acquired by random chance alone . |
| 11 | I do n't actually believe that that depression is normal , I believe that we can overcome depression , and I think there is some creative things that we can do out of a depression people can become stronger , they can tap into their resources inside with support and help , so I can believe it 's a positive experience . |
| 12 | Start-up Silla Corporation , the latest of the Sparc cloners ( UX No 385 ) , which last week was due to change its name to EOS Technologies , is promising great things on the portable screen front . |
| 13 | It includes The Undeclared War on Saturday and Life and Nothing But on Easter Monday , but the best is These Foolish Things ( BBC2 , Good Friday : 10.00–11.45 pm ) . |