Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] [conj] it [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One problem with this experiment is that it presented subjects with a very artificial task and , not surprisingly , various criticisms have been made by authors such as Hupet and Le Boudec ( 1977 ) and Schultz and Kamil ( 1979 ) . |
| 2 | Its positive side is that it implies man 's ability to recognise his aptitude for self-pollution , and thus trigger the dynamic power which first clears the mess through the sacrament of penance ( repentance , confession , satisfaction ) and then works through self-discipline to keep the channels running clear in thought , word and deed . |
| 3 | Because the ministry has been brought into being by God , the result is that it bears fruit , whether it is among the gentiles in Pisidian Antioch or the whole group of hearers in Lystra . |
| 4 | This can create something of a dilemma for the anthropologist and for the discipline itself , for one of the tenets of social research is that it requires detachment . |
| 5 | The point of the idiom of companionship is that it allows individuals to form and to dissolve ties with one another with greater ease and frequency than would the idiom of shared substance . |
| 6 | An advantage of this type of parser is that it performs recognition in linear time . |
| 7 | The central characteristic of social action is that it has meaning for the people who are involved in it . |
| 8 | The first major problem with Fforde 's work is that it equates collectivism with socialism , which is as historically wrong as it is jejune . |
| 9 | The force of law is that it becomes part of common sense , and makes ‘ common sense ’ prescriptions about public order , theft and hard work . |
| 10 | As explains : ‘ The primary reason for promoting a positive quality attitude is that it enhances Scotland overall and the secondary effect is that it enhances each company as well . |
| 11 | Like any other scientific theory , it may initially be put forward for aesthetic or metaphysical reasons , but the real test is whether it makes predictions that agree with observation . |
| 12 | ‘ The attraction of the place is that it lies spot-on a ley line — an imaginary line linking a few hunks of granite scattered around the landscape , supposed to have been put there by our ancestors for their spiritual gigs . |
| 13 | ‘ Thus , although Dillons discounts only a limited range of titles , the knock-on effect of its advertising campaign and aggressive marketing is that it brings people into its shops , and generates the belief that all books are cheaper in Dillons , not just discounted titles . |
| 14 | Head of Department : ‘ The only real difference is that it includes paint . |
| 15 | Abersychan RFC 's main claim to fame is that it produced Bryn Meredith who , at 34 games , is Wales ' most capped hooker . |
| 16 | ‘ The benefit of massage is that it allows patients to talk to someone on a one to one basis . |
| 17 | ‘ The benefit of massage is that it allows patients to talk to someone on a one to one basis . |
| 18 | The only snag is that it costs £125 + VAT to attend . |
| 19 | But the point is that it makes sense for him to reject such a statement as false on a given occasion , only if he is prepared to admit that in different circumstances the same statement could be true . |
| 20 | The rationalization is that it helps patients . |
| 21 | We sometimes claim that the merit of an English sixth-form education is that it accustoms pupils to think for themselves . |
| 22 | What gives me greatest pride is that it means Courtaulds will end the century in the same business it started . |
| 23 | Thus a full description of what is wrong with pornography is that it reinforces desires on the part of men to treat women as objects , as means , and thus , indirectly , it reinforces male power . |
| 24 | The point about sacrifice is that it represents slog , sweat and tears . |
| 25 | ‘ The effect of the strike is that it makes customers walk away from us , ’ he said . |
| 26 | And if the value of Apolline art is that it redeems existence , the value of the suffering inherent in existence is that it impels the creation of this art . |
| 27 | And you place it carefully on the printing plate so there 's lots of spare paper round it because the essence of a good etching is that it has breathing space all the way round . |
| 28 | The second point about the leisure economy is that it places people 's use of their ‘ free ’ time at the centre of capitalists ' ( and governments ' ) concern . |
| 29 | One of the principles of hypnopaedia is that it transforms sleep into hypnosis . |
| 30 | But the chief advantage of the linguistic analogy in any narrative theory is that it allows literature in general and narrative in particular to be read as a self-contained system independent of any realist function . |