Example sentences of "[noun pl] [is] that they do " in BNC.

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1 The problem with such lists is that they do not specify any order .
2 One advantage of Chinese celebrations is that they do not linger on , as everyone knocks off and goes home to bed at about 9 p.m .
3 One of the most commonly used arguments against the use of probabilistic grammars is that they do not take semantic information into account .
4 One major difficulty for insects is that they do not have a circulatory blood system .
5 One of Derry 's pressing problems is that they do n't possess a natural left-sided midfielder — hence the constant chopping and changing to try and find the right balance across the middle .
6 The disadvantage of recorded searches is that they do not allow the student personally to experience the interactive capacity of a computer-based information retrieval system .
7 The problem facing surgeons is that they do n't have the time to devote to research .
8 The reason I cite these tales is that they do have a bearing on one another , albeit a tenuous .
9 ONE advantage for small countries in large empires is that they do not have to think up a defence policy : their armies do what they are told .
10 Er what we tell these patients is that they do n't have evidence of obstruction , or if they do have obstruction , then that obstruction does not threaten their kidney and that it would be appropriate to wait and watch their symptoms .
11 The fundamental weakness of these bodies is that they do not usually own the land they are trying to control , so that the most effective preservation of landscapes may well stem from private landowning bodies that have an interest in conservation .
12 As we noted before , one of the prime concerns of teachers is that they do not have enough time to carry out the day-to-day tasks and responsibilities of their jobs to their own satisfaction , let alone to invest in enhancing their own skills , or reflecting on their roles and priorities , to anything like the extent which they would like .
13 I mean personally I think one of the difficulties in the colleges is that they do still have a sense of being at schools , and when you have an atmosphere which is like school you 're tacitly given people permission to act as if they were at school , and so we have a and that activity may not always be very adult , so we have to find a way of changing the environment of the colleges .
14 The beauty of small lightweight expeditions is that they do n't take that long .
15 A major advantage of the above examples is that they do not require participants to give up their jobs or move away from their homes and families to undertake training .
16 The subtlety of the wrap-around influence of alien presuppositions is that they do their work before they are noticed .
17 However , the plea continually made to us by senior police officers and members of the Police Federation and other organisations representing the police is that they do not have sufficient people .
18 The basic problem with these killed virus flu vaccines is that they do not provide either complete protection or retain their effectiveness for very long .
19 The problem with a lot of acts is that they do n't realize their limitations .
20 The trouble with this and other moralistic creeds is that they do not allow for the righteous manifestly not enjoying the fruits of their exemplary conduct .
21 The other major weakness of the proposals is that they do not properly identify the nature of the problem .
22 Dorset Fire Safety Committee senior fire prevention officer Ian Clark said : ‘ One of the biggest problems with hotels is that they do not maintain the requirements of the Fire Certificate . ’
23 One major criticism of many of the major schemes is that they do not subdivide subjects according to consistent characteristics .
24 What is wrong with the Greens is that they do not acknowledge the profound economic difficulties , and all their attendant national and international jealousies and suspicions , which obstruct the path to an environmentally safer world .
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