Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [noun pl] [is] that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thing about talk shows is that you just never know how they 'll turn out . |
| 2 | The more fundamental point about exchange rates is that they should not be maintained at artificial levels as is certainly the case at present , when sterling has to be supported by 14 per cent interest rates . |
| 3 | A particular feature of methylene decarbonisers is that they can be used safely on aluminium , copper , brass and other metals normally badly corroded by alkalis . |
| 4 | One of the few draw-backs of computer faxes is that they treat all faxes as bitmap files and gobble up memory at an alarming rate . |
| 5 | This is much more difficult , because one of the most important characteristics of case studies is that there is n't necessarily only one right answer . |
| 6 | ‘ The lesson of milk quotas is that you 've got to get in at the start . |
| 7 | One often forgotten drawback of aluminium structures is that you need to buy special clips and brackets if you want to add on accessories such as shelves and insulation . |
| 8 | The major characteristic of chant leaders is that they are all quite tall . |
| 9 | The main advantage of elicitation procedures is that they give a relatively high degree of control over areas of linguistic ability which are being assessed . |
| 10 | One theory of the origin of ice ages is that they occur when large masses ( for example , comets ) crash down onto the Earth , throwing up vast amounts of detritus into the stratosphere which block off the heat from the Sun . |
| 11 | The traditional view of zebra stripes is that they act as camouflage , but even in woodland cover this is not convincing and , in any case , zebra herds spend most of their time on open grassland where the stripes can not hide them . |
| 12 | THE most curious thing about the transport and incineration of PCB wastes is that they are , amongst professionals , the least controversial of all the problems they deal with . |
| 13 | The main advantage of compression joints is that they make complicated pipe runs much easier since the joints can all be assembled , tightened , slackened off again and the pipe rotated in the joint to get the position right before the nuts are all re-tightened . |
| 14 | Leaving aside the fact , to which we will return in a moment , that less skilled people can usually be paid less wages than those who are skilled , an important characteristic of craft workers is that they often exercise tight control as an occupation over the job that they do . |
| 15 | One disadvantage of warning colours is that they may attract killers who might have missed the prey animals altogether if they had not been so gaudy . |
| 16 | The appeal of unification grammars is that they are able to combine both linguistically theoretical and computationally tractable methods for processing language . |
| 17 | It may be that the growth of desk-top publishing will allow a wider circulation of material ( a great advantage of Renaissance texts is that they present few copyright problems ) , but there is little evidence so far . |
| 18 | Another consequence of the greater viscosity of andesite lavas is that they flow more slowly . |
| 19 | One of the most characteristic features of basalt lavas is that they are often riddled with holes . |
| 20 | Therefore a physical interpretation of vector components is that they make up a tangent . |
| 21 | The whole point of quantum mechanics is that it has a different view of reality . |
| 22 | In many schools , pupils use the programs as part of their curricular work in the handling of information and one of the bonuses to be derived from the use of teletext emulators is that there is no limit to the different curricular applications — constructing graphs in mathematics , maps in geography , diagrams in science or designs in art . |
| 23 | Perhaps the most significant fact to record about the creation so early in their legitimate lives by trade unions of producer co-operatives is that their purpose was so very largely tactical . |
| 24 | I think the most important thing about community arts is that it 's arts for the community , and invariably one is not approaching it in the same way as one would market , say , a show at the Theatre Royal for instance . |
| 25 | The trouble with bit maps is that they are inflexible and expensive . |
| 26 | However , one of the problems with fan clubs is that they tend to operate for very young people . |
| 27 | The problem with device drivers is that they have to be installed in your CONFIG.SYS file , and it is usually helpful to have an install routine guide you through the process — lord knows , just about every other program you come across these days insists on writing to CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT . |
| 28 | The big problem with water butts is that they can overfill if not emptied regularly and the water inside can become stagnant and a source of bacteria . |
| 29 | The problem with head injuries is that you ca n't see any blood , so you refuse to accept that serious damage has ensued . |
| 30 | The problem with adult learners is that they already have strategies for grammatical analysis and can efficiently use context in communication . |