Example sentences of "[pron] is [verb] that [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Which is to say that defences are being erected to protect the integrity of Western culture , of the Western idea .
2 Which is to say that directions are better than sentences .
3 None of which is to say that Galway 's anguish is not fully justified .
4 To remedy this , he suggests that arts education must be shown to be " vocational " , which is to say that arts should be shown to provide education for living , acting , doing , knowing , thinking , and enjoying .
5 Which is recognizing that children play a vital r role in a lot of coun in a lot of families .
6 If deconstruction in a purest sense is only of limited interest to a study which is asserting that texts emerge out of a particular culture called the English Renaissance , it is also true that , fortunately , there is little pure deconstruction about .
7 Primarily , though by no means exclusively , it is the English middle class which , somewhat self-consciously , ‘ appreciates ’ the countryside — and which is determined that others will not ‘ spoil ’ it for them .
8 The first is traditionalism , by which is meant that Conservatives have an attachment to established customs and institutions , and , as a corollary , a hostility to ‘ sudden , precipitate and revolutionary change ’ .
9 Answer : nobody is denying that thoughts have qualitative content .
10 Nobody is denying that Mr Steward has attempted to landscape and improve aspects of his farm .
11 She is insisting that Gerry finds them a ‘ love nest ’ a safe distance from his wife .
12 Who is to say that Yeats and Pound were wrong ?
13 In reality , a well-conceived general course may be just as coherent as a narrower one ; after all , the study of classics traditionally involves two languages and three disciplines and who is to say that classics is not both general and coherent ?
14 No one is saying that Cairo does not need the repairs , but the disparity does show the imbalance that arises when aid goes to urban , high-technology programmes .
15 Occasionally , when Karajan has conducted an Offenbach overture with unusual verve and power , one is reminded that Bismarck was one of the Frenchman 's greatest admirers ; but inasmuch as Karajan 's own personality seeps into his conducting of comic music , it is a certain mordancy of spirit that shines through .
16 Although research in this area is limited , what there is indicates that teachers ' negative conceptions of their black pupils often translate themselves into discriminatory practices in a variety of school contexts .
17 It is related that Annia Galeria Faustina , the wife of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius ( 121–180 ) , was so desperate to become pregnant that she drank the warm blood of a dead gladiator .
18 Years later it is discovered that Grom reached the Elven Kingdoms of Ulthuan , causing great destruction until finally defeated by the High Elves .
19 In view of their close relationship , it is fitting that Hofmann should have the last words on Edward Chambers Nicholson .
20 It is fitting that words should be spoken . ’
21 With such magnificent surroundings , it is fitting that Kenwood is the home of one of the most important private collections of paintings to be given to the nation this century , including world-famous works by Rembrandt , Vermeer , Turner , Reynolds and Gainsborough .
22 It is hypothesised that words processed at deeper levels will be better recognised than those processed to only a shallow level and that reaction times will be longer at deeper levels of processing .
23 Secondly , a wage-change variable is included in addition to a price variable since it is hypothesised that workers may seek to unionise not only to defend existing standards of living but also to attempt to improve upon them .
24 But in these papers it is stated that Tyndale headed his written defence , ‘ Faith alone justifies before God ’ , and that among the questions debated were worship of saints , the Sacraments and the authority of the Pope .
25 When for once it is stated that Sir Raynold , the chaplain of Ridlington , Norfolk , owned a house and three acres , the reason must have been some difficulty over determining the value , which in this case is omitted .
26 Where it is suspected that headgear is below the British Standard the assistance of a Forensic Science Laboratory could be sought .
27 It is still maintained by the sophisticated falsificationist that theories can be falsified and rejected while it is denied that theories can ever be established as true or probably true .
28 This is not to deny that child abuse is a ‘ factual ’ phenomenon or thing , it is to argue that facts only take the form they do because they are interpreted within given contexts of meaning .
29 A Jockey Club statement yesterday said : ‘ In order to put an end to any further speculation which is harmful to racing , it is confirmed that Flash Of Straw tested positive to a prohibited substance at Yarmouth on 20 August , 1992 .
30 It is intended that Castle 's reporting should be high quality and conform to prevailing best practice , ’ he says .
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