Example sentences of "[noun] [be] that they do [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem with such lists is that they do not specify any order . |
| 2 | Jones finished off by saying : ‘ The good thing about English football is that they do n't roll about the pitch if they are not hurt . |
| 3 | Of course , in such cases , rulers tend to have different life-styles from their subjects , but what is at issue is that they do not have a privileged access to property , especially to the means of production , an essential element of Marx 's and Engels 's definition of a class . |
| 4 | But as the London Food Commission points out : ‘ The problem for consumers at the moment is that they do not know which are the PVC clingfilms . |
| 5 | One advantage of Chinese celebrations is that they do not linger on , as everyone knocks off and goes home to bed at about 9 p.m . |
| 6 | One of the most commonly used arguments against the use of probabilistic grammars is that they do not take semantic information into account . |
| 7 | One major difficulty for insects is that they do not have a circulatory blood system . |
| 8 | If the Department of the Environment think that there are issues of more than local importance they will call it in but their preliminary view expressed to the local MP Mr is that they do n't believe that 's the case . |
| 9 | I think they ought to much more than they do , but the plain truth is that they do n't . |
| 10 | For some people , the joy of being a tourist is that they do n't have to think , everything is done for them . |
| 11 | And the whole point of credit cards and other forms of revolving credit is that they do n't come to an end . |
| 12 | One of Derry 's pressing problems is that they do n't possess a natural left-sided midfielder — hence the constant chopping and changing to try and find the right balance across the middle . |
| 13 | Its main criticism is that they do not take into account the effects of the war on the region 's ecosystem . |
| 14 | The disadvantage of recorded searches is that they do not allow the student personally to experience the interactive capacity of a computer-based information retrieval system . |
| 15 | In fact the latest development is that they do n't even do that by picking up a telephone , the message is teleprinted on , onto a message pad there , and when they run in they pull off this pad , and there 's the whole text for what they 've got to do , where they 've got to go , and so on . |
| 16 | The problem facing surgeons is that they do n't have the time to devote to research . |
| 17 | The particular problem with many ageing people is that they do not recognize that they are capable , and have the energy to deal with their own problems and feelings . |
| 18 | ‘ My hope with some people is that they do n't stay any longer than they need to . |
| 19 | But the trouble is that they do not account for anything like all the shares of most firms . |
| 20 | The trouble is that they do not fluctuate around the ‘ right ’ average if ‘ right ’ is to be measured by purchasing power . |
| 21 | ONE advantage for small countries in large empires is that they do not have to think up a defence policy : their armies do what they are told . |
| 22 | Er what we tell these patients is that they do n't have evidence of obstruction , or if they do have obstruction , then that obstruction does not threaten their kidney and that it would be appropriate to wait and watch their symptoms . |
| 23 | The fundamental weakness of these bodies is that they do not usually own the land they are trying to control , so that the most effective preservation of landscapes may well stem from private landowning bodies that have an interest in conservation . |
| 24 | As we noted before , one of the prime concerns of teachers is that they do not have enough time to carry out the day-to-day tasks and responsibilities of their jobs to their own satisfaction , let alone to invest in enhancing their own skills , or reflecting on their roles and priorities , to anything like the extent which they would like . |
| 25 | I mean personally I think one of the difficulties in the colleges is that they do still have a sense of being at schools , and when you have an atmosphere which is like school you 're tacitly given people permission to act as if they were at school , and so we have a and that activity may not always be very adult , so we have to find a way of changing the environment of the colleges . |
| 26 | The beauty of small lightweight expeditions is that they do n't take that long . |
| 27 | If you do n't know , the probability is that they do n't know either ( and someone will catch up on your lack of achievement later ) . |
| 28 | A major advantage of the above examples is that they do not require participants to give up their jobs or move away from their homes and families to undertake training . |
| 29 | The thing is that they do not seem to touch . |
| 30 | However , the plea continually made to us by senior police officers and members of the Police Federation and other organisations representing the police is that they do not have sufficient people . |