Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [is] [that] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps the best that can be said of Mr Karimov 's treatment of dissidents is that it has been consistent . |
| 2 | My only reservation with his classification of roles is that it reflects a Western preoccupation with task behaviours . |
| 3 | So the id is a jumble of contradictions and the reason it 's a jumble of contradictions is that it 's not in contact with reality . |
| 4 | But the thing that always concerns me about these kind of decisions under those kind of circumstances is that it might be a temporary depression : in other words a suicide wish , and this is a terrifically difficult issue that is bantered about a lot under these kind of circumstances , and normally , if someone says ‘ Kill me , ’ you figure they 're crazy . |
| 5 | The most remarkable fact about the appointment of judges is that it is wholly in the hands of politicians . |
| 6 | A misconception that exists about video recording of classes is that it is necessary to have a two-camera studio to do it . |
| 7 | But the point about the evaluation of materials is that it can not be carried out in dissociation from the contexts of particular classrooms : it must be part of the process of self-monitoring mediation that I am advocating here . |
| 8 | An advantage of this use of directories is that it caters naturally for cases where a student 's work involves several different files . |
| 9 | The most commonly used argument for standardising delivery of meals is that it is a more economic use of resources . |
| 10 | I should point out that in one of the features of adhesions is that it takes two to tango , so to speak ! |
| 11 | One danger with this emphasis on the language of adults is that it easily leads to the conclusion that adults actually cause developmental progress by the way in which they speak to young children . |