Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [vb pp] is that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A fourth option which has been advocated is that we should draw upon American experience and adopt a ‘ hard look ’ standard of review for discretionary decisions . |
| 2 | ‘ One of the things that has been said is that it 's actually very difficult to get a purchaser for your shares on the USM even though in theory it 's an open market . |
| 3 | What is perhaps most curious about the characterization of Margery after the trick has been played is that she very soon drops all reference to — and therefore seems to be portrayed as forgetting — the threat she believes the clerk to pose . |
| 4 | One answer that has been proposed is that they somehow ‘ tunnel ’ their way instantaneously to another part of the Universe — or even to an alternate Universe . |
| 5 | The interpretation of some examples that have been studied is that they were rings cut from the upper part of an elephant 's tusk with the pulp cavity forming the natural ring ( Myres and Green 1973 , pp. 100–3 ) . |
| 6 | A particular characteristic of a state in which extensive social policies have been adopted is that it is a bureaucratic state . |