Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [is] that [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The response is that in a rapidly growing market ( say 30 per cent growth per annum ) the only way to increase market share is to go for massive expansion of capacity ( say 50 per cent per annum ) . |
| 2 | The result is that after a period of free movement the material begins to harden and if one goes on deforming it it will become brittle . |
| 3 | However , the danger is that in a newly created , lightly regulated , competitive environment it will become increasingly difficult to justify the mixed menu currently available . |
| 4 | The truth is that for a weekly paper in something as effervescent and ethereal as pop , all that we 've done over the last 40 years is not as important as what we do next week . |
| 5 | The evidence is that beyond a certain point tax incentives only increase industrial R&D by an amount that is roughly half , or even less , of the value of the revenue forgone by the government . |
| 6 | The trouble is that during a general election this is not possible . |
| 7 | The answer is that in a certain sense there is only one categorical imperative , and all other categorical imperatives are applications of this . |
| 8 | What he calls the ‘ fancy explanation ’ for this architectural love is that he was baptised in a Romanesque font in the Dorset village of Stoke Abbot , but the reality is that as a student at Durham he was profoundly influenced by the majestic presence of the cathedral : |
| 9 | The reason is that in a school the predator is confused by the multiplicity of moving prey items : it can not concentrate on one without being distracted by another . |
| 10 | Mr Clinton may say that he wants to concentrate on domestic policy until he is blue in the face ; the truth of the matter is that in a federal system such single-mindedness will not get him far , because most domestic policy is reserved to state and local governments . |
| 11 | The problem is that in a region with such a deeply troubled history , the spread of minorities , be they Serb , Albanian , Turkish or whatever , is likely to provoke violent conflict during a time of profound political and constitutional change . |
| 12 | The fact is that as a consequence of climbing out of the depression in the early 1980s , of remodelling our business processes , and of becoming a serious entrant into the high tech race , the work force profile has changed and will continue to change . |
| 13 | James denied it categorically , but the fact is that after a small part of another season in Walter Wolf 's car , Master James gave up the sport with relief . |