Example sentences of "[vb -s] is that [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | The big fear that all humankind has is that when you die , that 's the end of it . |
2 | What happens is that although it does tend to decay it builds a crust on the outside that stops it eroding . |
3 | What happens is that when you follow a strict diet , your body will adjust itself to the sudden reduction in the amount of calories you eat by simply slowing down your metabolism . |
4 | Yes , it 's , it 's possibly worth mentioning on that as well that , in comparison with the supply based , I mean the existing system is demand based , which is silly , because we have to have fire stations there even if they never go out , if they go out twice a year , we still have to have a fire station in loco , but with the demand based model that 's illustrated in A C C based initiative , it 's based on existing supply , and this authority has a fairly frugal level of supply in comparison with some other authorities , so what happens is that if you apply it to existing supply then we come out quite badly . |
5 | What he says is that if anything goes badly , he tells the team , ‘ I did it ’ . |
6 | What this means is that if we want to make realistic comparisons between species we have to make allowance for differences in the sizes of the animals concerned . |
7 | What it means is that if you know that somebody 's or if you know somebody 's sex then you 've got a better than chance bet at guessing whether they smoke or not . |
8 | What that means is that if you have a spontaneous abortion , you 're much more likely to abort a male than you are to abort a female . |
9 | What it basically means is that if someone makes a gift during his lifetime and-does n't die for a given period , that gift is free of estate duty , or partly free . |