Example sentences of "[noun] is that [pers pn] do [not/n't] " 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 My biggest comment on football is that I do n't like Sunderland … or Gazza ( Gascoigne ) .
4 Another plus-point of Ark is that you do n't have to duplicate formulae on each row of data .
5 Part of the problem with encouraging girls to take ‘ useful ’ subjects is that we do not know whether it makes any difference to the kinds of jobs they eventually do ; and whether , indeed , these jobs would still be highly rated if women did them .
6 I mean that that 's another alternative is that we do n't bother with pictures .
7 The advantage of Wysiwyg is that you do not have to keep switching from one to the other .
8 The problem with these street preachers is that you do n't get the choice not to hear them . ’
9 One of the unwritten rules of non-Muslims who work or travel in Muslim countries is that you do n't eat or drink in front of your fasting friends .
10 The pity is that we do not sufficiently encourage them to conduct those explorations .
11 The main outstanding issue is that we do n't know how colour-coding receptive fields are constructed out of wavelength-coding receptive fields at other stages in the system .
12 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 .
13 The short answer to this question is that we do not know how homoeopathic remedies work any more than we know how the majority of orthodox pharmaceuticals work .
14 ‘ The answer to your question is that I do n't know .
15 The good thing about a spreadsheet is that you do not need to worry about the order in which you list items — you can sort on any field later .
16 ‘ The trouble with the test is that you do n't have to be competent to drive .
17 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 .
18 The difference is that we do n't recognize and celebrate this story — and the Japanese do .
19 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 .
20 One of the most commonly used arguments against the use of probabilistic grammars is that they do not take semantic information into account .
21 One major difficulty for insects is that they do not have a circulatory blood system .
22 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 .
23 One of the clever and pleasing touches about this process is that you do n't have to tell the program which lead you 're using .
24 Our main concern as a group is that we do not waste the money .
25 I think they ought to much more than they do , but the plain truth is that they do n't .
26 The truth is that we do not even know what our ancestors actually looked like .
27 For some people , the joy of being a tourist is that they do n't have to think , everything is done for them .
28 ‘ The point is that we do not need any further research to resolve the policy issues .
29 But the point is that I do n't see myself as a playwright in the same way I would see myself as a prose writer .
30 The point is that you do not in this ‘ original position ’ know how to be biased and hence have to be fair : justice in this context would have to be ‘ blind ’ .
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