Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] [is] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What in effect happens is that the system stabilizes in such a way that the slider of potentiometer VR1 is maintained at a constant level . |
| 2 | The question that this variability raises is whether the decline in morale is an inevitable consequence of the increase in pressure and uncertainty . |
| 3 | One aspect of the integration of information presented in discourse which Thorndyke 's experiment ignores is that the listener or reader may also call on more general knowledge in order to integrate information into an organised whole . |
| 4 | Common philosophy : What is becoming clear as the partnership progresses is that BP and Unipart share a common philosophy — based on quality products , a focus on giving customers the best possible service , and a commercial drive to get more bang for fewer bucks . |
| 5 | Another subject on which intense confusion remains is whether or not the US was ever offered a chance to apprehend General Noriega ( wanted in Florida on drugs charges ) . |
| 6 | All Hanne knows is that the two of them are staying somewhere in Copenhagen for an indefinite period . ’ |
| 7 | If we have only indicators what his methodological reasoning suggests is that we look for patterns among indicators which might suggest that we have found something of substance and significance . |
| 8 | Er now I mean One thing that a lot of the literature says is that this might indicate a power , and another thing that the literature says |
| 9 | True , the occurrence of the phrase about ‘ harbours and agora ’ is striking , but what Plato says is that the murderers should not be allowed to pollute the temples or the agora or harbours , etc . |
| 10 | What the text says is that we are to have faith as a grain of mustard seed . |
| 11 | If what the Award achieves is that women know that these options are open to them , then it 's a good thing . |
| 12 | What line B specifies is that the reckoning is God 's : the indicates " the efficient cause ( or personal agent ) " with the passive . |
| 13 | Er and what the law says is if you change your mind I 'm afraid the law does n't entitle you to anything at all . |
| 14 | The condition that the mean lifetime wealth converges is that , which requires in effect that the intrinsic growth of capital ( ) should be less than the growth of population . |
| 15 | The first reason the Chancellor gives is that there is some ‘ bad ’ froth on the ‘ good ’ deficit : that is to say , evidence of excessive domestic demand . |
| 16 | What Pausanias implies is that he found nothing in this source about the Celtic art of divination which had been extolled by Posidonius and other authorities . |
| 17 | One important point which Anthony makes is that the essential quality of the psychotic temperament is emotional hypersensitivity or ‘ skinlessness ’ , with which the child copes by developing a degree of resilience to painful thoughts and events . |
| 18 | In respect of God 's being , the fundamental axiom with which Barth works is that God is ‘ eternally and antecedently in himself ’ what he shows himself to be in Jesus . |
| 19 | What all this work suggests is that the human 's body clock and rhythms show several periods and that the combination of life-style and environment tends to accentuate one of these . |
| 20 | What that exercise predicts is that there should be particles mediating the influence of that field just as the photon mediates the electromagnetic field . |
| 21 | In fact one of the things Peter Grimes shows is that , for a composer of Britten 's artistry , there is no clear boundary between the " natural " speech patterns of recitative and the artificial patterns of what he called " more stylised music " . |
| 22 | One advantage the DST has is that most French people accept a far greater degree of personal documentation and registration of their whereabouts than would be acceptable in Britain or America . |
| 23 | What Willis emphasises is that the culture of the shop floor is bounded and has a special sense of completeness about it . |
| 24 | What Einstein requires is that no messages should be transmitted which would , for example , permit clocks at A and B to be synchronised simultaneously . |
| 25 | By my judgement as the amendment reflects is that it is n't necessary but if it were I would have no hesitation s whatsoever in increasing the level of taxation to pay for what needs to be paid for . |
| 26 | The price of over-identifying the struggle against racism with the activities of these extremist groups and group lets is that however much of a problem they may be in a particular area ( and I am not denying the need to combat their organizing ) they are exceptional . |
| 27 | What Derrida argues is that any discourse which conceives of itself as scientific is bound to be logocentric : it will assume that it is transparent to its object and that that object is a stable entity . |
| 28 | But the impression an impartial reader of Daniel receives is that he attributes no more importance to the Hellenizers than he does to their rivals , the followers of Judas Maccabaeus . |
| 29 | The position on the particular issue to which the hon. Gentleman refers is that for some years now we have pursued the same policy that the money has been , in the formula applied , additional and is reflected in higher public spending plans , and that it is for the Commissioner to honour the pledge that we have had for years past . |
| 30 | The example that Manne uses is as follows : |