Example sentences of "and [vb -s] that the [noun] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | Walmsley looks at several possible explanations and concludes that the change is largely due to the Act itself , firstly in the simple sense that the passing of the 1967 Act brought to an end a trial period of uncertainty for the police by making quite clear that , although in the future homosexual acts in private between consenting adults were to be legal , such acts in ‘ public ’ as defined by the Act were not . |
| 2 | She points to the teddy bear ( that one ) in the first picture and then points to the empty chair in the second picture ( there ) and assumes that the teacher is paying attention to what she is pointing to in their shared context of situation . |
| 3 | The absence of any indication in the world line of the on-board clock that it is crossing the horizon was illustrated in Fig.9.1 and shows that the horizon is not a physical singularity ; rather , it is a mathematical singularity . |
| 4 | This delay is shown in Fig. 8.7(b) and reveals that the orbit is about 4 light-seconds across . |
| 5 | Until an old friend comes to visit and sees that the house is crumbling and dying around them and maybe with them . |
| 6 | He comically dismisses his attempts to project himself into the narrative future and finds that the past is rendered elusive by the distortions of the means he uses to recapture it . |
| 7 | Such lack of PR authority is desirable since it minimises conflict and ensures that the emphasis is upon cooperation and consultation between line and staff . |
| 8 | She identifies advertising as one of the main forms of these , and feels that the pressure is intensified by the attitudes of friends and family who have been influenced by the media and make it extremely difficult for girls to remain impervious to the images of beauty which surround them : on TV , in films , magazines and newspapers . |
| 9 | Interpreting is limited to the oral skills and implies that the translation is being done by a professional linguist . |
| 10 | So far as the economic cost is concerned , unemployment represents a waste of resources and means that the economy is producing a lower rate of output . |
| 11 | This is quite the worst case I have ever heard of.It 's an outrage and proves that the government is quite wrong to claim that the health service is improving |
| 12 | She contemplates her image in the long looking-glass by the window , and decides that the effect is a little too sombre . |
| 13 | Sunnyvale , California-based massively parallel systems builder MasPar Computer Corp has put the Prism video compression software from Prism Interactive Corp , Wheaton , Illinois up on its machines , and claims that the combination is the first system capable of producing broadcast quality Motion Picture Experts Group-compatible video output in real time . |
| 14 | It buys minority stakes , usually of less than 10% , and stresses that the stake is friendly — that is , it will not be sold to a hostile bidder . |
| 15 | Separately , US PC Week highlights Intel 's unhappiness with the cavalier way in which IBM has been offering to all and sundry the iAPX-86 chip variants it has designed under its second source agreement with IBM , and suggests that the agreement is being renegotiated , and that IBM may get the right to make enhanced versions of the Pentium only if it agrees to strict limits on how many it can make for itself or sale . |
| 16 | Separately , US PC Week highlights Intel 's unhappiness with the cavalier way in which IBM has been offering to all and sundry the iAPX-86 chip variants it has designed under its second source agreement with IBM , and suggests that the agreement is being renegotiated , and that IBM may get the right to make enhanced versions of the Pentium only if it agrees to strict limits on how many it can make for itself or sale . |