Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [be] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What these anomalies mean is that within one and the same constituency the price paid in first-preference votes for the election of a TD varies greatly . |
| 2 | Of course , it may turn out that what these empirical relationships show is that some or all of the original theories were wrong or , at least , insufficiently precise . |
| 3 | While empirical evidence relating unemployment levels to the unionization level in the USA provides some support for the analysis , the major point the authors offer is that the explicit or implicit adoption of price-taking competitive behaviour in macro modelling is misleading . |
| 4 | The criticisms made by the informed opinion of Her Majesty 's Inspectors have been that too often the curriculum is narrow and pedestrian rather than promoting the full development of individuals . |
| 5 | one of the major problems engineers face is that the gearbox casing acts like a giant thermometer bowl , and as the oil heats up and expands , the level in the gearbox rises in a four-speed unit by 20 to 30mm . |
| 6 | What both texts indicate is that one explanation of this state of affairs may be a failure of resolve on the English side , an internal lethargy . |
| 7 | Another straw the optimists grasp is that two trade disputes between the EC and the United States have been headed off . |
| 8 | ‘ The trouble with the traditional with-profits endowments and deferred annuities which most school fees planners use is that they are inflexible , with heavy penalties for withdrawal , and the charges are high , ’ Walker says of the schemes . |
| 9 | It emerges that one of the foci around which these criticisms gather is that schools do not reliably , nor for all pupils , inculcate the habits and attitudes of ‘ good learning ’ . |
| 10 | The problem shareholders face is that while there is inherent value in Ferranti 's continuing operations , the management is not well placed to exploit it . |
| 11 | The one drawback potential buyers face is that it can only be parked on a registered site , such as a caravan park , or on land of your own . |
| 12 | What all the programmes indicate is that it takes commitment and enthusiasm on the part of Rover , the schools and their pupils , if such initiatives are to produce the engineers of the future . |
| 13 | Alan Wilson examines the core of the broadcasters ' unease Changing channels ‘ What these figures mean is that less than one third of the Scottish licence fees was spent north of the Border , while the comparable figure for England was over 90 per cent' |
| 14 | ‘ What these figures mean is that less than one third of the Scottish licence fees were spent here that year , while the comparable figure for England was over 90 per cent , ’ said one disgruntled producer . |
| 15 | One of the things that some knitters say is that there are not many Form Programs published . |
| 16 | Well I would n't actually say nobody 's excited about it I mean I think that the way these things happen is that they they 're gradual rather than er |
| 17 | In short , what the figures confirm is that the major achievement of building societies is to take funds from surplus units within the personal sector , to supplement these with lending from other sectors and to lend to personal sector units who wished to go into deficit to buy houses . |
| 18 | The price intellectuals pay is that they are dependent on the government for both professional and financial recognition , since ‘ the most important definition of an intellectual is that he should be recognised by the government as such ’ ( Riding : 1986 , p. 428 ) . |
| 19 | What these answers demonstrate is that the verb may be part of either Theme or Rheme proper . |
| 20 | The ingredient that champions have is that they practice what they need to learn . ’ |
| 21 | The implications for selling as a result of these developments have been that salespeople of fast-moving consumer goods are no longer compelled to sell the products in the old-fashioned ‘ salesmanship ’ sense , as advertising has already pre-sold the goods for them . |
| 22 | The police hope is that the IRA gang or individual responsible for this damage may be captured on film . |
| 23 | What the results from these single channel techniques demonstrate , that is the patch clamp or the bilayer techniques , what these results demonstrate is that the factors enhancing macroscopic channel currents invariably act at the level of gating . |
| 24 | Cruickshank believes that over the three years the results have been that ‘ so much of what we do is now being delineated by what the users want — the Patients ’ Charter is just one example of that — and health boards are taking much more time to get views , getting people like general practitioners contributing in strategy-setting and so on , so they are less likely to make mistakes . |
| 25 | The irony of police work is that the lowest of the low — the street constable , unlike in other ‘ professional ’ occupations , is the one who can exercise the maximum discretion at work . |
| 26 | The impression these records give is that Aethelbald brought certain West Saxon territories directly under his own authority . |
| 27 | The one consolation that the adventurers have is that it stops raining , and the sun breaks through the clouds — although its light is watery and without warmth . |
| 28 | However , the great hope all dieters have is that this new diet will be the one that will really work . |
| 29 | The results of these factors have been that several of the new ‘ one-stop shop ’ security houses have withdrawn from market making . |
| 30 | You see , the way the Copts work is that if they decide on something , like a campaign of trouble-making and agitation , the first thing they do is set up an organization . |