Example sentences of "is that [adj] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The explicit or implicit argument is that elderly people have experienced a constriction of economic liberty in modern Britain because of the sometimes deliberate and sometimes unconscious course of development of social welfare and employment policies . |
| 2 | What I should perhaps point out here is that seventy percent of people who have fallen from the top of the falls have died in the process . |
| 3 | And the good news is that 10 % from every sale will go to help the World Wide Life Fund For Nature in its quest for earth 's survival . |
| 4 | The justification given is that richer people are better able than poorer people to carry a relatively larger share of the tax burden . |
| 5 | The trouble is that that 58% is largely money in-and-money-out . ’ |
| 6 | The message is that all staff of an institution have more than an ‘ academic ’ interest in the activities of staff in other departments . |
| 7 | The Church does this because the will of Jesus is that all people should be whole in body , mind and spirit . |
| 8 | There are certain routine practices , customs and procedures in our society whose consequence is that black people have poorer jobs , health , housing , education and life chances than do the white majority . |
| 9 | The result is that retired people too often become bored , dissatisfied and unfulfilled . |
| 10 | The received wisdom is that such people are more likely to be Labour supporters , but their ‘ disappearance ’ also makes it harder to lend them money . |
| 11 | One view is that it is the result of government parsimony towards prison staff ; the other is that such staff shortages as occur are due to the arcane system of rigid restrictive practices developed by the Prison Officers ' Association ( POA ) . |
| 12 | The benefit of staff acting-up on a temporary basis , is that such staff will be regarded as being within the ring fencing arrangements for both the higher graded posts and their own posts . |
| 13 | The common outcome of these age discriminatory elements of the social security system is that two people with equally severe disabilities receive widely differing benefits and total incomes simply as a result of their age , and will continue to do so under the Government 's recent proposals . |
| 14 | It is interesting to note that in a guidance booklet produced by the Royal College of Nursing , the assumption throughout is that two people will be lifting a person out of a chair or bed . |
| 15 | Another is that two people may have conflicting beliefs about which course of action to perform . |
| 16 | The thing is that two people this morning came to do their grave . |
| 17 | ‘ The fact is that individual people are the best guardians of their own information . |
| 18 | The second point is that many people lean forwards as they slap down the opponent 's punch and so you need to remember that there are two fists to worry about here , not one ! |
| 19 | ‘ The fact is that many people have made substantial personal fortunes in the last few years , and with encouragement and the lowest income tax rate for 50 years , I believe they will be prepared to acknowledge their privileged position and return to the community a portion of their good fortune . |
| 20 | The plain fact of Christian experience is that many people have held a strong theology of assurance but have known no assurance themselves . |
| 21 | One reason for this is that many people have a fear which they can not conceal of anything or anybody who reminds them of death ; knowing that contact with a grieving widow will exacerbate these fears they tend , after expressing their sympathy by word or letter , and sending flowers to the funeral , to withdraw to a safe distance ‘ to give her time to get over it ’ just when she needs them most . |
| 22 | A feature of suburbia is that many people do not even know their own neighbours ; certainly not those across the way . |
| 23 | The Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals ' report suggested that part of the explanation for paying little attention to teaching skills in appointing university staff is that many people believe that it is hard to measure teaching ability . |
| 24 | I think there 's a more serious thing that we have n't actually touched on which is that many people feel that they are discriminated against when they go for certain posts |
| 25 | A major problem is that many people visit a wildlife site , not because it is one , but because it provides access and a car park . |
| 26 | What is often forgotten is that many people derive their living from them . |
| 27 | The thing is that many people are anti-Belfry , but we should n't be too thin-skinned because nowadays everything gets criticised . |
| 28 | The problem is that many people tend to decide far too soon concerning religion that there is nothing there to search for — nothing important to be bothered about . |
| 29 | One major problem is that many people simply do not recognise that they are carers , and do not apply for help . |
| 30 | First came the decision to award Esther Rantzen a new contract worth £1.2m when the consensus is that few people can stand the sight of her . |