Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun pl] be [adv] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Presumably some patrol ship on the high seas might log messages in this way , but it is clear that , as humans , our experience of utterances is not that we have recorded in memory a list of utterances to which are attached standard tags specifying time and place in these terms . |
| 2 | The reason why we do not notice surface tensions in solids is not that the surface tensions are weak but rather that solids are too rigid to be visibly distorted by them . |
| 3 | The conclusion on predators is therefore that they have minimal effects on small mammal populations when numbers are high , that they have no braking effect when numbers are increasing , that they may have some effect when numbers are declining , but their major effect is when numbers are low , when they may also delay the recovery phase of the population cycle ( Southern , 1979 ) . |
| 4 | The most complete atlas of mechanical properties of polymers is still that by McCrum , Read & Williams ( 1967 ) . |
| 5 | What distinguishes the British Constitution from others is not that it is unwritten , but rather that it is part-written and uncodified . |
| 6 | The greater benefit of the computer to statisticians is therefore that it does not become ‘ bored ’ by a large number of simple tasks . |
| 7 | The rationale for UDCs is presumably that the scale of urban decline necessitates the creation of independent , centrally-appointed development agencies that are free from the apparent constraints of local government . |
| 8 | The traditional justification for lower wages for women was always that they were not responsible for the livelihood of a household . |
| 9 | The assumption here is that ‘ when [ a driver ] happens to feel subjective risk or fear he often tends immediately to eliminate this feeling by certain behavioural changes ’ ( Summala , 1976 , p.239 ) , a major cause of accidents is thus that drivers have too high a ‘ subjective risk threshold ’ . |