Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun sg] [adv] [be] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prevailing ethos today is that the state not the individual is responsible for his welfare , that the erosion of private property rights and the control by the state of many areas of our lives is legitimate and welcome and that the distribution of wealth must take precedence over its creation . |
| 2 | None the less , the striking point here is that they have this central feature in common : not just that they both see the life of reason as important , but also that there is a distinctiveness about the quality , character and significance of reason when it is taken up seriously , which marks it out from conventional human experience . |
| 3 | In some early drafts Raskolnikov commits suicide , and the striking thing here is that it 's never suggested he does so out of remorse or because he thinks he 's going to get caught or even from some vaguer , larger self-loathing . |
| 4 | ‘ The telling fact here is that the Charles and Camilla phone call is said to have taken place just two weeks before the call between Diana and her friend James Gilbey was taped . ’ |
| 5 | The outstanding example here is that covering Westminster Hall in London , designed by Hugh Herland and built c. 1395 . |
| 6 | The take-home message here is that both Th1- and Th2-stimulating vaccines have the potential to be protective . |
| 7 | The theoretical assumption here is that the family is the unit of social stratification , and the crucial factor is the occupation of its ‘ Head ’ . |
| 8 | The clear lesson here is that the IT archive , whatever form it should take , is not only the carrier of information which the future historian would want to use , but that the very form , structure and dynamic of that archive as it is created and used will make a vital contribution to an understanding of the social relationships , the culture and the power structures of the late twentieth century . |
| 9 | Certainly the reputation of the outer office then was that it conspired the way other offices make tea . |
| 10 | The central idea here is that a proper name qua proper name not only picks out one object only , but unlike a descriptive phrase designates that same object in " every possible world " ; a " possible world " being understood as representing a possible but unactualised situation , or a series of situations , of which the given object might be a feature . |
| 11 | The crucial point now is that the evidence of one 's senses is not just what we appeal to in justification and verification . |
| 12 | The chief advantage here was that the door was never locked . |
| 13 | … the real difficulty here is that she was not asked about her own feeling with regard to the scar and that is a much more serious matter in this sort of case . |
| 14 | The dangers of excessive alcohol are perhaps more obvious and the real problem here is that the effect is cumulative rather than merely temporary . |
| 15 | One reason for the widespread torture today is that many victims are killed , while others are afraid to speak out . |
| 16 | The basic principle here is that since judicial review remedies are discretionary , they will not be awarded if an equally or more ‘ convenient , beneficial and effectual ’ alternative remedy is available . |
| 17 | The basic message however is that farmers with below average yields will be over compensated while specialist arable units will suffer — but only marginally . ’ |
| 18 | The good news here is that because the suppliers have to sell large numbers of a low-cost product to recover development costs and so fund the next round of products — despite what Atex claim when they make their conference pitches — these companies have a distinct interest in making the products better , cheaper and faster . |
| 19 | THE good news yesterday was that the public sector borrowing requirement may not be growing as fast as the pessimists feared , and the need for tax increases in the Budget may not be as insistent as some analysts believe . |
| 20 | The key point here is that it only attempts to link the islands into a loosely coupled way , and avoids the expensive development work needed to synchronise the two systems together exactly . |
| 21 | The major problem here is that their image of what this community consists of tends to be markedly different from that of the local population . |
| 22 | So the invariable requirement now is that a market member trading on the market floor or its equivalent ( eg an automated trading system ) is required by market rules either to be a clearing member or to have a clearing agreement with a clearing member . |
| 23 | He has ‘ not been inclined ’ to return to company work since : ‘ The great thing here is that you can do anything film , radio , theatre , television . |
| 24 | The important thing though is that invited to the lunch are the top literary agents in London and therefore it 's an opportunity for these aspiring writers to meet top literary agents and of course , we 've got the biggest publisher in the U K there — Collins , and so it 's , what the awards all about entree ; giving access and extending a helping hand to twelve aspiring writers every year and giving them the most terrific flying start . |
| 25 | The important point here is that Aristotle 's women are not autonomous , not because they lack abilities or capacities but because they lack authority ; that is , their right to make decisions , to speak for themselves is not acknowledged . |
| 26 | The fundamental problem here is that , as in many other countries , prison reform occupies one of the lowest rungs on the ladder of political priorities . |
| 27 | Occasionally several males may form loose groups together , but whether they do this or not the essential point here is that it is the combined efforts of the females that control the herd , and rear and defend the young . |
| 28 | The essential point here is that the producer must show that the defect was the inevitable result of compulsory compliance with domestic or Community law . |
| 29 | The essential difference here is that an arbitration award is subject to appeal to or review by the High Court . |
| 30 | The full address will be The general formula here is that , with : where we consider only the integer part of the division . |