Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their strengths are that they have a critical thinking ability . |
| 2 | Their strengths are that they have a critical thinking ability and they can be objective . |
| 3 | His final words were that she needed a nice long holiday after a few days in bed . |
| 4 | The problem with weight loss is that it takes a long time to get what you want . |
| 5 | My only reservation with his classification of roles is that it reflects a Western preoccupation with task behaviours . |
| 6 | The relevance of Ullman 's study is that he provides a theoretical account of differential ( human ) phenomenology that can be empirically investigated , and which if correct would explain how and why these distinct experiences arise when they do . |
| 7 | The trouble with such five-category classifications in practice is that they describe a two-class society : the working class — producers of goods and services — and middle class — the managers and organisers — are identified , but the ‘ upper class ’ seems to have disappeared altogether . |
| 8 | The only feature in common with all the discharges associated with gonorrhoea is that they represent an alteration from the normal . |
| 9 | Part of the attraction of alternative cancer treatments such as the Gerson therapy is that they allow a patient to feel more in control of the treatment . |
| 10 | It has often been said — indeed I have said it myself — that the importance of the central dogma is that it provides a molecular explanation for Weismann 's theory of the independence of germ line and soma . |
| 11 | Here , the only justification for the introduction of these syndromes is that they reflect a psychiatric ( i.e. medically based ) taxonomy . |
| 12 | The disadvantage is that they require a transformer to step down the voltage , which either means fairly expensive fittings ( incorporating the transformer so they can replace existing fittings ) , or expensive wiring from a central transformer to the light fittings — low voltage means high current , so the wires have to be much bigger than normal lighting wiring . |
| 13 | The result was that I chaired a session and I got Pam Mills from the BBC to speak at it and everyone agreed it was one of the best sessions of the conference . |
| 14 | Tom Tedder 's tragedy was that he had a perfectly accurate estimate of his own talents as an artist . |
| 15 | Erm the point about the regional census study was that it did a reasonably good job of analyzing the present situation , but not a very good job of the projections . |
| 16 | The beauty of Indirect Rule was that it created an administrative situation in which personal influence was , in theory at any rate , the administrator 's only resource . |
| 17 | Another effect was that it engineered a prevailing mood of despair about the quality of urban and industrial life which in turn bred a determination to rebuild and sweep away the past when the time came — which it did , in the 1940s when town planning was able to assume the mantle of the new provider . |
| 18 | The positive things that have come out of the divorce are that I have a much better relationship with my children and I can read a book in bed and not have a jealous partner by my side trying to prevent me . |
| 19 | What would my attitude be if I had a difficult or long journey to work ? |
| 20 | Hence the geometric view of the path of a body in free fall is that it follows a geodesic in space time . |
| 21 | The reason for the bird 's big feet is that it needs a large shovel with which to pile up the mound of compost , earth and leaf litter in which the fowl buries and incubates its single very large egg . |
| 22 | One thing about leadership through team work is that it puts a much greater emphasis on training for the purposes of delegation and the word that they use to describe that piece is empowerment . |
| 23 | Another feature of Houghton 's work is that he develops a very complex model for collecting logistic information , based upon sampling of the issue records of individual books in various categories — shelf stock , returned books , withdrawn books . |
| 24 | The argument against trickle transfer is that it makes a nonsense of rational rational housing management . |
| 25 | A corollary is that it provides an account of how more can be communicated , in his rather strict sense of non-naturally meant , than what is actually said . |
| 26 | One of the bonuses of being Magazine Editor is that you get a three minute Pastoral visit once a month . |
| 27 | My proposal is that we establish a section of four constables here in . |
| 28 | The third benefit is that it yields a measure of capital . |
| 29 | models is that they provide a basis for the solution of complex problems in static or dynamic situations . |
| 30 | A senior French official … explains , ‘ What is disturbing in the German attitude is that it betrays a very hegemonial mentality . |