Example sentences of "[noun pl] [is] [conj] it [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Sir David said yesterday : ‘ We 've always had doubts about this policy , and the thing that now confirms our doubts is that it has n't worked . ’ |
| 2 | But for some villagers who the remember the Lambourn as it used to be , all that matters is that it flows once again . |
| 3 | The advantage of this formal approach to organisations is that it shows how organisational objectives can be reached by : |
| 4 | One of the major differences of the Department of National Savings relative to other financial intermediaries is that it does not hold an asset portfolio to back up liabilities held , and therefore is not constrained by the need to adhere to liquidity , solvency or capital adequacy regulations ( given that funds are backed by the Treasury and are therefore essentially default-free ) . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | One general outcome of the comparison between the original and the reconstructions is that it brought out the very blandness and the almost self-conscious " flatness ' of Hemingway 's style . |
| 7 | Although one of gold 's most prized qualities is that it does not tarnish easily , it deserves to be treated with respect . |
| 8 | Moderator the beauty of the statement of faith er the beauty of , of a statement of faith that wins support or , or can be accepted as useful in many quarters is that it does n't er try to be too specific perhaps . |
| 9 | An advantage of this use of directories is that it caters naturally for cases where a student 's work involves several different files . |
| 10 | Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of mortality during early industrialization , accelerating population growth , and the Napoleonic Wars is that it did not worsen . |
| 11 | Thus we have Macdonald reporting on the " almost unanimous chorus of opinion that women 's work as compositors is so inferior to men 's that it does not pay in the long run " ( the chorus in question being from employers ) But the testimony of individual employers is far from unanimous or even consistent . |
| 12 | The benefit of creating such groups is that it breaks down the multifarious functions of a branch committee into discreet areas , to which special attention can be given . |
| 13 | The main criticism about information provided to employees is that it arrives too late . |