Example sentences of "is [indef pn] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be that he really thinks there is nothing that he really thinks . |
| 2 | From the point of view of the experiencing subject , the meaningfulness is not something of which he is conscious ; all he experiences is , first the word ‘ red ’ , then a mental image : there is nothing that could count as his internally and introspectably associating them which does not reintroduce the mysterious generality of thought . |
| 3 | But Professor Alan Budd , chief economic adviser to Barclays Bank , said of the Government 's predicament : ‘ In the short run there is nothing that can be done . |
| 4 | When the markets go against you there is nothing that can stop it until the market adjusts . ’ |
| 5 | She knows there is nothing that is more attractive that the promise of sexuality waiting to bloom , and so if this is what is responsible for fame , Kylie wants to keep her pre-puberty looks . ’ |
| 6 | With a fictional character , described in the third person , there is nothing that may not be said . |
| 7 | There is nothing that can exist without me . |
| 8 | Hardly a word had passed between them but now the gunman looked up and said quietly , ‘ There is nothing that I can do . ’ |
| 9 | There is nothing that matters to finish ! |
| 10 | There is nothing that will make you a better surfer . ’ |
| 11 | It may be argued that such distinctions between what machines can do and what only humans can do are of merely temporary interest , since in principle there is nothing that a human can do that a machine might not be devised , some day , to do . |
| 12 | People have to die at last , and there is nothing that anybody ( even doctors ) can do to alter the fact . |
| 13 | There is nothing that tells the truth about us , as Christian people , so much as our prayer life . |
| 14 | I remember ‘ laying down a fleece ’ that I would not proceed towards the ordained ministry unless the Lord enabled me to lead another to Christ before a certain date : there is nothing that concentrates the mind as such an agreement with God ! |
| 15 | It proves to them that it is their situation which defeats them , not themselves , and there is nothing that anyone can do about it . |
| 16 | There is nothing that is infinitely irresistible nor that is truly immovable , and as for the idea of a ‘ substance impossible to contain' — that , I decided , was a fiendish invention designed to get me into a muddle as I was sure that such a substance would be a manifest impossibility in practice . |
| 17 | ‘ There is nothing that can not be coped with by the co-operation of captains and the vigilance of the umpires . |
| 18 | Anthony Berry , son of Francis , says , ‘ There is nothing that I would not enjoy drinking today . ’ |
| 19 | There is nothing that the dog could do that could express the difference between the two thoughts : ‘ My master is at the door ’ and ‘ I am thinking that my master is at the door ’ . |
| 20 | There is nothing that enjoys being on the end of a strength 10 hit from a cannon . |
| 21 | There is nothing that USL can do about it at this point , it says . |
| 22 | We must always remember that there is nothing that compels anybody to work for an individual company even in an era of high unemployment . |
| 23 | There is nothing that could reasonably be called a head ; merely a small light-sensitive spot ; no heart , only a number of pulsating arteries ; no fins or limbs , only a slight dilation at the hind end like the flight feathers of an arrow . |
| 24 | There is nothing that sin has not blighted . |
| 25 | Hence there is nothing that explains what in fact did occur . |
| 26 | there is nothing that you can do about it |
| 27 | In this rule , too , there is nothing that confines ‘ costs ’ to litigation costs . |
| 28 | There is nothing that is not laudable and praiseworthy in this scheme . |
| 29 | There is nothing easier to understand , it seems , than what facts are ; and yet there is nothing that is more elusive . |
| 30 | Thus , given the way the word " I " is used , there is no startlingly new information to be derived from a person 's statement " I actually exist " If " Socrates is eating an apple " is true , then clearly there is nothing that can usefully be added to this statement by saying that the apple Socrates is eating is not fictional . |