Example sentences of "[is] [det] [noun] that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if it is likely that a Labour administration would have failed in the round to solve Britain 's fundamental problems , there is little doubt that at a minimum there would have been a substantial redistribution of income and some attempt to reform the City , regulate public utilities more strongly and determinedly tackle the homelessness problem . |
| 2 | There is little doubt that under any future administration we will get a larger supply of index-linked gilts . ’ |
| 3 | Furthermore , there is little doubt that within the Hebrew scriptures , there are recorded some of the most valuable pieces of wisdom and rules for righteous living , as are to be found anywhere , and it is these particular tenets and doctrines , which need to be separated , completely and utterly from the dogmatic claims of ‘ god-given ’ rights and superiorities which have always been , and always will be , unacceptable to the rest of the human race . |
| 4 | There is little doubt that by going on to the offensive the UN force saved Zaire from being cut in two by civil war . |
| 5 | There is little doubt that in the Monopolies and Mergers Commission-inspired upheaval in the brewing industry Scottish represents the most obvious entry into the British beerage by an overseas group . |
| 6 | There is little doubt that in his reference to ‘ people ’ he was excluding Professor Barker for whom he had a high regard . |
| 7 | The Financial Times , for example ( 1986 ) , has suggested that ‘ there is little doubt that in commercial terms the LDDC has been a success ’ . |
| 8 | Yet there is little doubt that in most countries a good deal more could be done to get people talking and thinking about proposed changes . |
| 9 | This is not so , however : there is little doubt that in both interpretations pencil refers to the whole object ( or at least potentially does so ) . |
| 10 | There is little doubt that in this case human judgement would need the help of instrumentation . |
| 11 | Nevertheless there is little doubt that in the cases of Frederick and Joseph at least a feeling that an enlightened ruler ought to be above merely personal and family considerations , that it was his duty to sacrifice them ruthlessly on the altar of the State , was a factor in their behaviour to their own blood relations . |
| 12 | There is little dispute that in terms of physical regeneration both MDC , in its initial area , and LDDC have been visibly successful . |
| 13 | THERE 'S little doubt that over the past decade the British public has been moving towards the Tory party 's ideal of a nation of home owners . |
| 14 | There is some evidence that outside the upper working class , in the poorest families , attitudes were not particularly authoritarian or rigid in roles , and children were often left to pick up sexual attitudes for themselves . |
| 15 | Perhaps more seriously , there is some evidence that in everyday interaction fluent , smooth speech by a conversational partner is viewed as a mark of social distance and of higher social status ( Good 1979 ) . |
| 16 | There is some evidence that in pursuit of a ‘ decoupling ’ of Turkey from CENTO and NATO Moscow attempted to negotiate a Soviet-Turkish treaty of friendship and cooperation in 1976 . |
| 17 | There is some evidence that in searches containing a single " of " ( like " objectives of common agricultural policy " ) the portion to the left of the preposition should be weighted somewhat lower than the portion to the right . |
| 18 | There is some evidence that in mixed-sex classrooms teachers give more attention to boys , to the detriment of girls ' learning . |
| 19 | There is some evidence that from the mid-1950s the average size of firm in manufacturing was growing as the employment share of firms with less than 100 workers fell from 60 to 50 per cent . |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't think there 's much doubt that as a person I ranked pretty low , but for me — ’ she shook her head ‘ — well , I 've just never felt so attracted , so compelled by someone , the way I did with him . |
| 21 | I felt that she may have either directly or indirectly encouraged him to make this decision for several reasons : she was suffering ; she knew that he was n't going to leave the hospital and she accepted that ; and she did n't like seeing him talk himself into more suffering for him and for her ; and I do n't think there 's any question that in some sense she must have gotten this across to him that he ought to give up much more than anyone else . |