Example sentences of "is that the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But the important thing at this stage is that the right decision has been made for the athletes . |
| 2 | The danger for almost all golfers is that the right side tends to be dominant at the start of the downswing . |
| 3 | The reality , I fear , is that the right hon. Gentleman does not understand the economy or how it works . |
| 4 | Yes , that 's right but though I mean there are a couple of additional issues to that and that is that the the tabloid are pandering , is that the right word pandering to their collective view of what the Royal Family should be , a view that is probably wrong . |
| 5 | The reason for this is that the long run incentive to exploit a conflict of interest may not exist . |
| 6 | The argument outlined in Chapter 3 is that the long term interests of society are best served by a set of regulatory arrangements designed to deter at all levels the misuse of inside information . |
| 7 | The first is that the long term survival after oesophageal transection and gastric devascularisation and endoscopic sclerotherapy are identical and the second is that the surgical procedure is significantly more expensive than repeated sclerotherapy . |
| 8 | That 's about the only difference between writing a short answer question than writing a long answer question , is that the long answer is a , is a good idea to have a diagram . |
| 9 | Over at Ibrox , the news for their fans is that the long injury list is continuing to shorten . |
| 10 | The problem is that the second question can not be answered until Washington comes up with a consensus on the first . |
| 11 | One important aspect of attributing differences to biology as opposed to attributing them to culture is that the second type of explanation leaves room for views to change , while the former appears to rule this out . |
| 12 | The feature in question is that the second half of a parallelistic couplet ( line B ) is often more precise or specific than the first half ( line A ) . |
| 13 | The point is that the second version contains superfluous and irrelevant information , though this would not necessarily be the case if we were explaining what we do in the morning to an ( English-speaking ! ) |
| 14 | And the other thing is that the second year 's payment is taken out a year 's later through the same banker 's order . |
| 15 | So what I want to suggest is that the second two categories I 've mentioned , that 's the vocal channel and the body language channel can actually be very important in communication . |
| 16 | The Conservative case is that the present economic situation does not amount to a crisis . |
| 17 | Another point which has given me some concern is that the present book is supposed to be a directory of Cabinet Committees . |
| 18 | One is that the present level of unemployment must concern the health service ( and 1 have said nothing about other social problems ! ) . |
| 19 | The reality is that the present intelligent and moderate leaderships of the unions pay up money out of a mixture of sentiment , good will and habit . |
| 20 | In the Third World the charge is that the present international economic order is fundamentally unjust , with a minority of the world 's population consuming an enormous share of the world 's GNP , not to mention their extravagant consumption of a large amount of non-renewable resources . |
| 21 | All that we are concerned to ensure is that the present applicants have a proper opportunity of obtaining the evidence they seek so that the grave allegations which they make — the very same allegations that troubled this court sufficiently to allow the appellant 's appeal — can be properly tested in the courts . |
| 22 | The first is that the British coal industry will be decimated in the near future ; the second is that the present Conservative Government are actively working to achieve such a decline , together with the substantial job losses that accompany pit closures . |
| 23 | NACAB 's fourth point is that the present scheme is deficient on grounds of equity . |
| 24 | what also emerges from these pages is that the poor are not necessarily apathetic about their situation , nor are they bound by a culture of poverty , but are quite capable of positive action to attempt to solve their problems . |
| 25 | What he ignores is that the poor in eighteenth century England sometimes spoke for themselves . |
| 26 | The most interesting fact revealed about Norma is that the poor dear is obviously deranged . |
| 27 | The second reason for taking the ‘ non-party ’ claim seriously is that the various Leagues — and not just the three studied by Coetzee — were frequently critical of the Conservative party and expressed strong reservations about the effectiveness of the Conservatives as a political force . |
| 28 | The overall conclusion to be drawn from this discussion is that the various lags can complicate the business of macroeconomic management , and may even make it counter-productive . |
| 29 | The implicit but unstated assumption is that the various forms of provision , ranging from residential to long-stay geriatric care , are entirely substitutable . |
| 30 | The idea is that the various farm based tourist attractions get together to help bring in the visitors . |