Example sentences of "[vb -s] that [is] [adv] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Bill supposes that is how these things are done . |
| 2 | You see , four of us going up and down twice a day , morning and evening , makes sixteen times altogether , and Mr Evans thinks that 's quite enough traipsing . |
| 3 | Perhaps the Prime Minister thinks that is too modest . |
| 4 | The Regulation enters into force after the European Parliament has debated it , which should be no later than 31 March 1993 , but the Directive is delayed until October in response to a request by the Netherlands , which says that is not ready yet with its internal laws . |
| 5 | Although the market is growing by some 69% per annum now , Ovum says that 's already down 10% on its 1991 report 's prediction , and will fall to 27% per annum by 1997 . |
| 6 | Ever-loyal Leigh says that 's grossly unfair on a woman who proved she could act in the movie Madame Sousatzka and that she could sing and dance in the film version of Thirties musical The Boyfriend . |
| 7 | There are occasions when something occurs that is so much outside the laws of nature and likelihood that all previous points of mental reference have to be abandoned . |
| 8 | Colonel Qaddafi 's reported displeasure at the outcome of local debates on naturalization shows that is not always true . |
| 9 | Ask yourself what is the point it raises that is not precisely covered by authority . |
| 10 | No one even pretends that is enough , and we saw several children with the shrunken limbs and wrinkled faces of marasmus . |
| 11 | One hopes that is not what Crane had in mind when he credited Williams 's poems with ‘ charm ’ . |
| 12 | The Monster scowls and a green tongue emerges that is altogether too long and snakelike ; green slurry flows down its chin into the plastic bibdish . |
| 13 | It follows that is not an objective number generated by considerations of overall balance in the labour market : its value turns critically on the political preferences of governments which are supposed to be in a position to define for themselves what unemployment rate will correspond to full employment and to be capable of action to achieve their newly defined objective . |
| 14 | The boom days of the 1980s will never return and though profits should recover well when the upturn finally comes that is largely in the price . |
| 15 | ‘ I was interested in how a mind works that is as analytical and calculating as his seems to be . ’ |
| 16 | Looking back , Jean believes that is around the time Brian 's feelings for her changed . |
| 17 | He acknowledges that Donald is South Africa 's top bowler and major attraction but he believes that is still no excuse for bowling him too much . |
| 18 | But Moscow knows that is not the case . |