Example sentences of "this [noun] [be] that they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is significant about formal markers of this kind is that they achieve two related effects in academic writing ( as in discourse more generally ) . |
| 2 | The answer to this question was that they had other means of transport . |
| 3 | But the answer to this riddle is that they have a receptor , most probably in the brain , that enables light detection to bypass normal , ocular channels . |
| 4 | The fascination of this paper is that they bring together philosophy and psychology empirically in a way that has value for the busy social work practitioner . |
| 5 | The reason that the protest was n't accepted by the courts in this country was that they had not protested with equivalent vigour at an earlier stage when the looted antiquities first appeared on the market . |
| 6 | His submission in this regard is that they have now been ‘ read to or by the court , or referred to , in open court ’ within the meaning of R.S.C. , Ord. 24 , r. 14A — introduced with effect from 1 October 1987 following Home Office v. Harman [ 1983 ] 1 A.C. 280 as part of the friendly settlement resulting from Miss Harman 's successful application before the European Commission of Human Rights . |
| 7 | The use or significance of ‘ stills ’ and long shots in this context is that they tend to lessen the impact of the coverage , making it less attractive and exciting , thus diminishing , so the argument goes , the likelihood of imitation . |