Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [is] that [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A principal feature of Dennett 's case is that we posit features of our unconscious apparatus , which have no necessary connection with the actual thoughts we have , any more than had Hume 's perceptions of causation with perceptions of causes . |
| 2 | What this argument suggests in Gandhi 's case is that he does not abandon his commitment to the principle of non-violence or qualify it in any way when he approves the destruction of life . |
| 3 | The biggest danger of Mr MacGregor 's decision is that he perpetuates a system that fails to reward good classroom teaching . |
| 4 | This solution induces vertigo if one thinks in terms of a self-contained realm of observation and inference ; does it mean that the most you can say of Einstein 's physics is that it has not yet been refuted , which can be said equally of ‘ Unicorns exist ’ ? |
| 5 | As as I see it er it 's and I I may be corrected on this , Professor Lock 's hypothesis is that we over-provide land and then limit release once an |
| 6 | The relevance of Ullman 's study is that he provides a theoretical account of differential ( human ) phenomenology that can be empirically investigated , and which if correct would explain how and why these distinct experiences arise when they do . |
| 7 | The disadvantage of being the Society 's spinster is that I spend all weekend smelling of sheep . |
| 8 | Anyone listening to or reading about the debate will know that the nub of the Government 's thinking is that they want the Bill to be passed . |
| 9 | Okay , so they may ask you to use something which you have n't necessarily had to do before so that they 're really all that the examiner 's testing is that you 've got a little bit of nous , a little bit of savvy and with what you 've got available you can improvise a dressing or use the dressing in a sensible manner so that your casualty 's comfortable and you 're doing the best you can for them , okay ? |
| 10 | The advantage of the pen system in Eo 's machine is that it does away with the keyboard , so enabling applications to be written for all language forms — non-Roman script like Japanese or Arabic for instance . |
| 11 | A constant theme in Schüssler Fiorenza 's work is that we draw strength for our struggle from our knowledge of the past . |
| 12 | The significance of Simmel 's work is that he breaks away from one of the most predominant tendencies in the grounding of Hegel in social analysis : that is , the suggestion that we can separate off the positive side of sublation from the negative side of externalization as rupture . |
| 13 | Another feature of Houghton 's work is that he develops a very complex model for collecting logistic information , based upon sampling of the issue records of individual books in various categories — shelf stock , returned books , withdrawn books . |
| 14 | The first major problem with Fforde 's work is that it equates collectivism with socialism , which is as historically wrong as it is jejune . |
| 15 | One of the oddities of Foucault 's work is that it seems riven by an internal tension — for example , as peter Dews notes , while on the one hand Foucault lays claims to a form of objectivity in his archaeology , and eschews interpretation in favour of ‘ intelligibility ’ , on the other hand throughout his life he was also prone to endorse a Nietzschean insistence on the interminability of interpretation . |
| 16 | The outstanding feature of black parents ' relationship with their children 's sport is that it does not exist . |
| 17 | Sudjic 's point is that it exists , and any attempt to plan , ameliorate or build in it has to grasp this fact . |
| 18 | Yet one of the striking characteristics of Shakespeare 's Sonnets is that they exist on an almost universal level ; they are generalized ( with none of the depersonalization that usually goes with generalization ) ; they are widely , perhaps indefinitely applicable . |
| 19 | Perhaps the most interesting point which arises from McCullough 's article is that it needed to be said . |
| 20 | To return to Lévi-Strauss , the point has been made that emotion need not be seen as obscure and incomprehensible , and that Freud 's importance is that he made a lasting contribution to explicating how the most obscure actions can be seen to make emotional sense . |
| 21 | One of this book 's merits is that it shows how hard stone application was not confined to the Baroque , and includes unexpected nineteenth-century examples . |
| 22 | The common fault of children 's stories is that they grab the attention with some device , amuse thoroughly , but end up answering no questions . |
| 23 | 4 One problem with many passages in Eliot 's plays is that they send us to similar but stronger passages in the poetry . |
| 24 | The reason we want to adopt other people 's beliefs is that we know that everyone wants their own beliefs to be true : because , as we 've seen , truth is what makes our own beliefs useful to us in the way I described earlier , by making our actions succeed in fulfilling our desires . |
| 25 | Historically the most important aspect of Davenant 's productions is that they removed English masque/opera from the Court to the field of public entertainment . |
| 26 | Finally , one major gap in Oakeshott 's theory is that it says nothing about the fundamental issue of how societas may be reconstituted in the modern age . |
| 27 | The biggest flaw in Mr Chandler 's argument is that it applies more readily to industries where fast changes in technology do not seem likely . |
| 28 | In Germany , the Bundespost Telekom 's argument is that it has to complete the reconstruction of eastern Germany 's telecommunications infrastructure before it can allow competition , Vallance said . |
| 29 | It 's a testament to how captivating The Orb 's music is that I got off on this so much , completely alone and without recourse to anything stronger than the Institute 's lukewarm lager . |
| 30 | One of the implications of the interrelation of Truth and ahi sā in Gandhi 's thought is that it involves the welfare of all men . |