Example sentences of "[is] that [vb past] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This segment is that represented by long-distance business travellers and executives . |
| 2 | First , that the appeal with which the Board is concerned is that brought by special leave from the decision of Barnett J. Secondly , whilst their Lordships fully understand why the Court of Appeal should have wished to state its opinion on the questions argued , any observations concerning the merits of an appeal which should not be before the court must necessarily be extra-judicial . |
| 3 | The most powerful case against randomness is that afforded by mass extinction and radiation events , whereby a wide variety of taxonomic groups with different modes of life , and effective biological independence , have experienced synchronised diversity reduction or increase . |
| 4 | A good effect , especially if a mildly bizarre or impertinent characterization is required , is that obtained from two clarinets at two octaves distance , one in its upper register and the other in its chalumeau , and if an oboe is added in the middle octave the reediness is much enhanced and the penetrating power of the combination greatly increased . |
| 5 | His view that ‘ the most valuable of all capital is that invested in human beings ’ has been quoted as evidence that his support of human capital was stronger than that of any other economist . |
| 6 | As discrepancies may well overestimate the number of errors that actually occur in a trial ( for example , the electronic rather than the written record may be erroneous ) , the minimum estimate is that provided by retrospective completions alone — namely , 2% in the morning and 9% in the evening . |
| 7 | What is sad is that caught in this way , they are unable to see or use the opportunities for life-fulfilling experiences spread out before them . |
| 8 | There is some sign that the presence of an S2 during pre-exposure might , in some circumstances , attenuate latent inhibition but little to suggest that the mechanism responsible is that envisaged by conditioned attention theory . |