Example sentences of "[det] [noun] is that a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 What must be clear in a transcript of this kind is that a great deal of interpretation by the analyst has gone on before the reader encounters this ‘ data ’ .
2 Another advantage is that a hooked bream can be persuaded — with a little not-too-gentle pulling and guidance — to fight it out in the shallower water and therefore not disturb the remainder of the feeding shoal .
3 Indeed one of the major conclusions to be drawn from the historical and sociological discussion in this chapter is that a proper analysis of the operation of ‘ race ’ as an element in British society and education requires an understanding of its interrelationship with the structured and cultural divisions which derive from class and gender relations , in the context of an understanding of Britain 's past imperial domination and its continuing legacies .
4 Another drawback is that a rules-based policy , especially where this is drafted in terms of prohibitions with penalties for non-compliance , may be less than appropriate for dealing with problems of uncompetitive market structures .
5 An objection to this argument is that a legal obligation is not a necessary condition for a liability .
6 Another claim is that a certain State has not become a party to a treaty , and therefore can not share in the distribution of values projected by it .
7 One hypothesis of this paper is that a semantic net can be a useful representation in document reuse .
8 The risk of this policy is that a single product may be standardised prematurely .
9 The special significance of this number is that a similar long-term cyclic pattern shows up in the record of the changing number of sunspots , modulating the stronger 11 year rhythm .
10 One of the main assumptions underlying this book is that a sound understanding of public law generally and of legal control of government in particular , requires attention to be paid to the interaction between the different branches of government .
11 The main conclusion to be drawn from this discussion is that a software-based System gives detailed control of the velocity profile up to medium stepping rates ( 1000 steps per second ) , but may limit high-speed performance , and is therefore well-suited to applications in which acceleration/deceleration operations predominate .
12 The main problem with this solution is that a public sector monopoly can be as x-inefficient as a private sector one , and may be more so , as the market sanction of bankruptcy has been removed .
13 The single most important reason given by temporary workers for working on that basis is that a permanent job could not be found .
14 So the point erm I wish to make erm on er Mr 's observations , is that it 's not the strategy of the structure plan was not simply erm to seek an initial reduction erm in the rate of residential development in the county and then that roll that rate forward in progressive erm amendments to the structure plan , Hambleton District Council believes that the logical interpretation of these statements is that a progressive reduction er in house building and the rates of migration should be sought through subsequent alterations to the plan .
15 One conclusion from these results is that a linear technique , which satisfies none of these design attributes , should not be used .
16 As the BSI 's Chris Sheldon , says : ‘ The challenge for many companies is that a new aspect of business life , the environment , is being entered on to the balance sheet for the first time .
17 A counter to that argument is that an effective competition policy will seek to deal with related market price distortions at the same time . )
18 What many merchant-bank objectors most dislike is that a grey market limits their freedom to price an issue as they want .
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