Example sentences of "[coord] the [adj] [noun] [is] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While this is not insignificant ( a weakness of the lecture or the teacher-directed lesson is that it must take place at a pre-set time irrespective of student readiness ) it is hardly Liberty Hall . |
| 2 | A break with this doctrine was made by the Divorce Reform Act 1969 , now replaced by the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 , as amended in 1984 , and the present position is that the sole ground on which a petition for divorce may be presented is that the marriage has broken down irretrievably . |
| 3 | In the end the government was forced to make a minor concession , and the present position is that a second ballot will be held if fewer than 50 per cent of those eligible record a vote on the first occasion . |
| 4 | and the best thing is that nobody 's doing it , everybody 's doing cabaret spots along the line jokes and stuff like that , but nobody 's not doing cabaret spots with trumpets |
| 5 | The litmus test between the great mind and the clever mind is that the former is always conscious of how little he knows , and the latter of how much he knows . |
| 6 | Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of mortality during early industrialization , accelerating population growth , and the Napoleonic Wars is that it did not worsen . |
| 7 | the single point that emerges from a close reading of the literature on the underclass and the inner city is that there is no valid need to identify the poor by their putative behaviour at all . |
| 8 | This leads to the inevitable question ‘ Where does it all go to ? ’ and the simple answer is that most of it goes to several firms specialising in BOB ( Buyer 's Own Brand : ie , supermarket brands etc . ) |
| 9 | Kemp had reported to the group that he would be arriving in Oxford at 3 p.m. — and the simple truth is that he did arrive in Oxford at 3 p.m . |
| 10 | Now , thanks in no small measure to his own contribution to the Hampshire cause , he has one ; and the only disappointment is that the climax of the match was watched by only about 8000 people , as the weather caused it to be carried over into the second day . |
| 11 | And the only thing is that finally after three months of waiting for the received all their medals and things for so it can go ahead . |
| 12 | Their Inasia Shampoo Bars cost £2.25 and the only snag is that you might get muddled on the side of the bath and mix them up with the soap . |
| 13 | My hon. Friend is entirely right : it is the principle that matters , and the ultimate principle is that there should be justice and that justice should be seen to be done . |
| 14 | The main difference between the ‘ Oracles ’ and the Created God is that the former were believed to be of ‘ divine ’ origin , whereas the latter would be of mankind 's own creation , and therefore under human control . |
| 15 | Loving , ( Ian Christie wrote about this in the Daily Express , ‘ The only difference between this , the twentieth film in the ribald comedy series and the first instalment is that the key members of the cast are just that much older . ’ ) . |
| 16 | And and the other question is that you say , er , building societies are n't actually er , insisting on endowments now , I mean , what |
| 17 | And the other difficulty is that if you 're , if you 're talking on a controversial subject , and you give three minutes and they only want one minute , they might actually choose the one minute you do n't want actually used . |
| 18 | ‘ And the other thing is that if what you say is true then you have a form of extra-sensory perception . |
| 19 | So National Savings , that 's not a bad decision , cos I mean National Savings are absolutely secure , and the other thing is that you do n't need to put twenty five thousand pounds in to get the highest rate , you 'll get the highest rate from two thousand pounds upwards , so it 's very good for small amounts . |
| 20 | And the other thing is that the river along there is full of litter anyway , and it just flows along . |
| 21 | It , and the other thing is that I , I presume that it would h it would have a file |
| 22 | And the other thing is that once we actually get into the discussion session , if you want to ask a question or make a point , then if you just put your name board up on end then I c I 'll see whether you want you know , who wants to speak . |
| 23 | And the other thing is that the second year 's payment is taken out a year 's later through the same banker 's order . |
| 24 | And the other thing is that it 's er a wide syllabus is fine as long as you 're not expected to go in any depth , but you 're expected to go sort of both , a broad syllabus and into a little bit of depth more than perhaps erm I mean in effect I mean you 're not far off of covering A level psychology at this at tha the level we 're going to . |
| 25 | and the other thing is that to get this kind of continuity even at one post he 's got to work with Dave for at least six months and Dave 's going in March next year so we want a A L O in post by September of this year if that 's possible . |
| 26 | And the other thing is that it 's erm er , er Jeremy had er er , inadvertently really , er I , I know that I could have crowned him when he did it , but he was getting er , taking the lamp from the bookcase erm , which is at the end of the bookcase through to his own room to use temporarily because in trying to get the shade off his , the old one there , he , he snapped the fitting , and why , when he did that , erm , he er , disconnected the phone and of course , wiped out all the memory you know , the numbers that that you put in ! |
| 27 | The only difference between railways and the other utilities is that they are precieved to be costing the exchequer money , not providing revenue to it . |
| 28 | And the final point is that vendors will not be able to solve your problem . |
| 29 | For this purpose it should be noted that contracts with a UK counterparty may be treated as entered into in the UK , depending on the facts , and the better view is that advice given to an investor in the UK should normally be treated as given in the UK . |
| 30 | And the tremendous thing is that , Nicodemus may not really have been too sure of what his needs were . |