Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] [that] [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thinking is that if one intends GBH , one must foresee GBH as a probable or possible outcome . |
| 2 | ‘ It seems that the establishment thinking is that if it 's been done for 175 years , it must be all right . |
| 3 | The only thing you have to bear in mind is that if you have a smoke detector that conforms to the British Standard kite-mark , British Standard five four five part one , that 'll be quite sufficient . |
| 4 | The essence of diffusionism is that where you find the same or similar techniques you propose the existence of some form of cultural connection or ‘ borrowing ’ , especially when , in the case of material objects , the similarities do not stem automatically from the raw materials used , and where they are reinforced by large numbers of parallel instances . |
| 5 | ‘ The worst thing about cocaine is that once it has exhausted all the dopamine from the brain , then what 's left is a black hole of depression so big and so awful that not all the misery in the world can fill it . |
| 6 | The problem facing writers like Schon who attempt to theorize about practice is that if they fail , practice remains particularistic or intuitive , and if they succeed , they simply generate more theory . |
| 7 | Now the effect is that if you make a decision from London , if you impose a decision from London , the people you impose that decision on are very very demoralised . |
| 8 | The curious thing about industry is that if we think for ten minutes and draw a picture of the kind of organization we would least like to work in , and hence the one where we are least likely to be effective , we often look about and see just such an environment around us . |
| 9 | My Lord the only point of interest and it 's really one that I took in the of the submission is that if you use an up to date nineteen ninety three figure for calculating it when it was first back to years three and a half , two and a half and one and a half years ago , then intre it would n't be fair if interest is awarded on that as well because in a sense the increase in the figure that inflation and the increased cost of living has produced because you use an up to date figure , probably equates with the interest and we can the figure an up to date one to avoid just that otherwise it would be getting the figures for each of those years and then working out interest . |
| 10 | Their greatest fear is that as they become weaker , ‘ caring authorities ’ will take them over and whisk them away to be ‘ looked after properly ’ . |
| 11 | The most simplistic answer to critics of the lobby is that if it did not exist , politicians and journalists would have to invent it . |
| 12 | One of the paradoxes of pollution control work is that although they enjoy considerable autonomy , field men are acutely conscious of the scrutiny of their seniors and feel vulnerable to criticism . |
| 13 | An added benefit is that if you need to make a claim you know it 's part of the intermediary 's daily routine so they can help you to minimise inconvenience and disruption to your business . |
| 14 | The point that I made to the Committee is that if we wish to reduce the hours of the House or change the sitting times — that is still an open question — it is important that we consider how the time of the House is used at present and to make reductions pro rata . |
| 15 | My attitude is that if somebody has taken the trouble to write a letter , they deserve a reply . |
| 16 | The plan is that if we have to leave , and we 're still not sure , it will only be for a while . |
| 17 | ONE of the things which sums up Border rugby is that when one arrives at Mansfield Park for a match , the bloke cheerfully parking cars in the wind and rain is liable to be one of Hawick 's living legends . |
| 18 | What type of question is that when you do actually ? him . |
| 19 | People are seen as going up a ladder : they are trainees , they become accepted when they get to know the school rules — the ambience is that once you 've survived the initiation , you 're part of this club , this closed society . |
| 20 | My philosophy is that if somebody beats you then he 's lucky ; that on the day , your best was n't good enough — but wait for the next time round . |
| 21 | A second important difference is that if he misses his place in a routine he will be totally lost , whereas if he happens to go in the wrong direction while using a map he is still able to make whatever correction is necessary . |
| 22 | They threaten to ‘ expose ’ a misdeed , probably a genuine mistake or perhaps complete fiction , but the salvation is that if he goes without a murmur the matter will be hushed up . |
| 23 | The danger is that once they leave this sheltered environment , resolve may slip away . |
| 24 | ‘ HERE is the new Shorter Oxford Dictionary of which the first thing that can be said with confidence is that if you drop it on your foot you will never walk unaided again ’ — Commentator Bernard Levin . |
| 25 | The snag is that once you have done so , you can not move up or down . |
| 26 | Although if you are redundant or long-term unemployed you feel you have heard all of this before , the truth is that if you manage to keep alive some enthusiasm and initiative you have more chance of getting an interview than if you do not . |
| 27 | The point is that whether I believe it or not , and whether I convince my friends that I 'm right or not , does not alter the fact that smoking cigarettes causes lung cancer . |
| 28 | My point is that before we try to improve the public image of chemists and chemistry , should n't we take steps to ensure that the public know which profession we are talking about ? |
| 29 | ‘ The other point is that once you have established a good system of discipline , you do n't have to smack very often . |
| 30 | The point is that since we have here no abiding city the particular instance of truth can not be identified with absolute Truth . |