Example sentences of "[noun] be [vb pp] [is] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Supporters of the third principle may claim that the reason rape is prohibited is that its perpetration deprives the raped of their chances to live according to their conception of the good . |
| 2 | The main syntactic universal upon whose existence both Chomsky and Sampson are agreed is that all sentences of natural language are hierarchically structured . |
| 3 | One rationale for asserting that individuals are bound is that the treaty becomes incorporated into municipal law by ratification , and therefore creates rights and duties for individuals within the jurisdiction . |
| 4 | When it is said that the continuation of the sterling area was an ‘ implicit ’ decision ( in sharp contrast to the debates on overseas expenditure ) the point being made is that this continuation was not the result , it would seem , of any debate within the Attlee government . |
| 5 | We are , of course , assuming that we are using an ideal switch which does n't exist in real life , but the point being made is that a switching system will be a lot more efficient than any resistive control element where dissipation is invariably relatively large . |
| 6 | The point being made is that although it is ultimately envisaged that the EC will be similar to the USA with each member country being akin to a state and it even being billed as the ‘ United States of Europe ’ , is it a reality when one considers differences in attitude , culture , language and even religion ? |
| 7 | There are many arguments as to which strategy is best ( de Nevers et al. , 1977 ; Wall , 1976b ) but increasingly the conclusion being reached is that it is possible to make use of the advantages of two or more strategies . |
| 8 | The reason so many things are delayed is that they have to be perfect . |
| 9 | The reason for this emphasis on the way in which people are labelled is that laws are essentially political products . |
| 10 | The reason why facilities at Dounreay were offered is that the fuel is of a specialist type which the Dounreay plant can process . |
| 11 | He wrote , with reference to the local sign theories of Lotze and Wundt : ‘ The thought upon which this whole theory is based is that the impressions must all be of a conscious nature . |
| 12 | We are told that " the reason why constituencies of about five members are recommended is that they form communities [ ? ] where electors may be expected to have sufficient personal knowledge of the candidates ' . |
| 13 | The relief sought is an order of certiorari , and the principal ground on which relief is sought is that in relation to Winchester the board of Lautro had on 30 October failed to observe the rules of natural justice . |
| 14 | The biggest single reason for refusal of certification being recommended is that the subject assessor is unable to see evidence of student performance . |
| 15 | The reason being given is that in retaining the project for itself , Silicon Graphics ' goal of portraying the MIPS architecture as vendor-neutral would be compromised . |
| 16 | The reason that the Dalai Lama was included is that it will be an Inter-faith meeting . |
| 17 | What Gandhi may be suggesting by the statement that the road one takes is unimportant provided the goal is achieved is that too much importance can be attached to particular religions , especially when it might result in exclusivist claims being made on behalf of those religions . |
| 18 | A good reason then for thinking that it is not God 's will that women be ordained is that the church has never done so . |
| 19 | And part of the reason of course the dialect is gone is that we unconsciously sort of translate what we 're going to say into good English so that we 're understood . |
| 20 | But mud slung in such quantities and with so much acrimony is bound to stick somewhere , and the overall impression being given is that while the law may be an ass , the profession of psychology is an even bigger one . |
| 21 | Thus , it may be that the only undertaking being made is that the sample was honestly and properly taken from the bulk , as was the case in Gardiner v Gray ( 1815 ) 4 Camp 144 . |
| 22 | ‘ The case of the customer who simply removes goods from the shelves is of course different because the basis on which a supermarket is run is that customers certainly have the consent of the owner to take goods from the shelves and take them to the checkout point there to pay the proper price for them . |