Example sentences of "[be] that it is [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My main impressions are that it is easy to use and displays information clearly . |
| 2 | Other criteria for a suitable tax are that it is easy to collect , the yield is predictable , it is cheap to collect , and that it is fair . |
| 3 | The disadvantage are that it is necessary to set a maximum value for the number of different tags are allowed in any one position . |
| 4 | The advantages of the PP3 are that it is small , compact and light . |
| 5 | The required user attributes of the software management system are that it is efficient in operation and supportive of the needs of software producers . |
| 6 | The trolleybus 's major advantages are that it is quiet and pollution-free . |
| 7 | No one has yet formulated an entirely comprehensive definition of sexual harassment , but the key components of such conduct are that it is sexual in nature and unwanted . |
| 8 | The advantages of using this measure are that it is independent of the subfield , and of the year of citation . |
| 9 | The drawbacks of the LB procedure are that it is slow , not easily applied to large areas and does n't always produce a film with the desired structure . |
| 10 | The great advantages of copper pipe over the old-fashioned lead piping are that it is light in weight , relatively cheap and easy to work with . |
| 11 | One conclusion might be that it is possible to define different grades of appropriateness , in which case it could be argued that the word-of-mouth teaching of the lobon-gur solution was a more appropriate form of oral therapy technology than the distribution of an insufficient number of Oral Rehydration Salt packets via restricted outlets . |
| 12 | However , the prevailing view seems to be that it is preferable for women to withdraw from the labour market rather than for men to have to retire five years earlier . |
| 13 | It could be that it is reducible to the other needs ; that our belief in convention is purely a function of the degree to which it satisfies our needs for affection , status , and so on . |
| 14 | Although nature is infinitely diverse and the techniques and approaches used for its study are widely varied , a most obvious feature of science seems to be that it is concerned with the dismantling of superfluous structure , and the description of nature 's many facets in the simplest possible terms . |
| 15 | One reason for this lack of success may be that it is unlikely that individuals will make public , in a regular meeting , what is on their left-hand columns . |
| 16 | The other procedural advantage is said to be that it is open to a prosecutor to include a series of incidents in the one charge , rather than as a series of assaults . |
| 17 | An initial diagnosis of the Gettier counter-examples may be that it is just luck that Henry 's justified belief is true . |
| 18 | For them , the major problem with sexist language is that it is outdated . |
| 19 | A second objection that will be brought is that it is odd to treat another as a rational being , in the Kantian sense , in erotic relations , of all places . |
| 20 | The most obvious quality of water , after all , is that it is liquid . |
| 21 | But they 're different , the thing about the fully-fashioned is that it is shaped . |
| 22 | Yet the central point is that it is absurd to assume that any woman is less competent to direct her life than any man she marries . |
| 23 | The point of this stage is that it is cheap and easy , and does not necessitate going outside the building . |
| 24 | As Lord Richard said most eloquently and correctly in another place , the only new element of the offence is that it is non-violent and is almost certainly conducted without conspiracy or the involvement or others . |
| 25 | All I am trying to show is that it is possible to improve your general health and your sense of well-being by paying greater attention to what you put into your mouth and body . |
| 26 | Our experience is that it is possible to persuade unconvinced people to do something as drastic as this , but it is unwise and can lead to disaster . |
| 27 | What comes to the fore through Gandhi 's strictures on the attitudes and methods of certain Christian missionaries is that it is possible for religious zeal and enthusiasm to lead to activities inconsistent with the religious and ethical ideals or values one might be seeking to promote . |
| 28 | If you provoke anger in others in this way , part of the explanation is that it is possible to use provocation as a means of releasing your own tension by way of another person . |
| 29 | The implication of this perspective is that it is possible to give only a limited and provisional legitimacy to strategic nuclear weapons deployed as a second-strike ‘ deterrent ’ threat . |
| 30 | The result is that it is possible for an auditor to check network and data usage , secure from the scrutiny of the actual system operators . |