Example sentences of "that [det] is [subord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They assert that this is because women 's position is determined by the position of the family in which they live , and that this is determined by that of the male breadwinner . |
| 2 | Explain that this is because ice takes up more space than the water that froze to make it . |
| 3 | He is clearly disappointed with the low take-up of the early release programme in the US , but understands that this is because customers already have their hands full coping with downsizing . |
| 4 | Dr K. Satyanarayana , an expert on Indian medical journals , argues that this is because journals contain little of practical use and interest for the general practitioners . |
| 5 | More generally , the link between the last three sections of this book is Tolkien 's perception , from Pearl and from poems like it , that poetry does not reduce to plain sense ( so far most critics would agree with him ) , but furthermore that this is because words have over the centuries acquired meanings not easily traced in dictionaries , available however to many native speakers , and ( this is where many critics part company ) at times breaking through the immediate intentions of even poetic users . |