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

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1 A useful rule to remember is that a diagonal line between opposite corners of any rectangle is the longest dimension available .
2 An important point to remember is that a widow may be able to use her late husband 's NI contributions to boost the amount she receives .
3 The most important point to understand is that a tutorial is an opportunity to share in the learning process : to share your ideas , experience , understanding and perplexities .
4 But the point to notice is that a key part of humanist thought , from the early Greeks down to the twentieth century , is the attempt to justify man 's knowledge by his reason alone , denying the necessity of faith in general and God 's revelation in particular .
5 The procedure envisaged is that a proposal in the social policy area would first be submitted to the Council of the twelve member states .
6 So what this example shows is that a sentence which seems to contain one assertion can turn out to contain many different assertions , some in the form of presuppositions .
7 The most important thing to remember is that a foal should get adequate colostrum from the mare in the first four to eight hours of life .
8 But the important thing to remember is that a map is a flat plan of an area — a sort of bird 's eye view made into a diagram .
9 Whatever the case , the number one lesson to learn is that a horse can not be prevented from pulling by merely pulling back at him .
10 The first thing to note is that a chase should be built up in exactly the way you built up the whole of your book .
11 The simplest view to assume is that a tape-recording of a communicative act will preserve the ‘ text ’ .
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