Example sentences of "is that [conj] [pron] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have to admit Mr Graham has a point here , but all I can say is that after one has been in the profession as long as one has , one is able to judge intuitively the depth of a man 's professionalism without having to see it under pressure . |
| 2 | The main feature of the bureaucratic-technical class is that although it lacks effective control over the means of production its members do have control over the labour of others in their subordinate position in bureaucratic structures . |
| 3 | What happens is that although it does tend to decay it builds a crust on the outside that stops it eroding . |
| 4 | This might be interpreted as an indication that it is not his purpose or intention to present a systematic , coherent and consistent Advaitin account of the concept of Truth or God after the fashion of Śankara , the principal exponent of non-dualism , and that what could be said concerning the metaphysical basis of his thought is that although it purports to be Advaitin it does not preclude the possibility of Dvaita , or Dualist , and Viśi ādvaita , or qualified non-Dualist interpretations of the nature of reality . |
| 5 | However , one problem with using recognition as a method of assessing memory is that although it gives good overall measures of performance it does not make it clear exactly which details of a stimulus were remembered . |
| 6 | One difference between perceived-as appearances and presentation appearances is that whereas it does not make sense to talk of being mistaken about the former it does make sense to talk of being mistaken about the latter . |
| 7 | The only positive aspect is that since it attracts the seediest sort of tourist , it keeps them all in one place like a gigantic concrete fly-paper , and stops them wandering all over the unspoiled parts of the Highlands looking for go-cart tracks and timeshare chalets . |
| 8 | An important point to bear in mind when choosing roses for pressing — or any other flowers , for that matter — is that once anything has been flattened it appears much larger than when it is viewed three-dimensionally . |
| 9 | ‘ The worst thing about cocaine is that once it has exhausted all the dopamine from the brain , then what 's left is a black hole of depression so big and so awful that not all the misery in the world can fill it . |
| 10 | The other reason for looking for an approximate solution is that once it has been found such an approximate solution can then be worked upon and modified to give a much better solution . |
| 11 | The importance of acceptance is that once it has taken place , the buyer can no longer reject the goods , claim that the seller has failed to perform the contract , and refuse to pay the price . |
| 12 | One of the problems with Heelas ' excellent discussion ( this volume ) is that while he develops the ambiguities concerning intentionality in our own concept of ‘ aggression ’ very well , he does not seem to recognize that this may be a very general feature of related concepts in other cultures . |
| 13 | His proposed solution to this problem is that before one claims to speak of his inner voice , or the voice of conscience , he should recognize his limitations , and discipline himself to cultivate truthfulness , humility , purity and non-violence and embrace the twin ideals of poverty and non-possession . |
| 14 | The second point is that though everyone subscribes to the principle that voluntary organisations should be included in Joint planning , the principle is often executed in fairly ad hoc ways . |
| 15 | He almost had me going , but my Rule of Life No. 14 is that when somebody offers you the chance of a lifetime , they usually mean theirs , not yours . |
| 16 | ONE of the things which sums up Border rugby is that when one arrives at Mansfield Park for a match , the bloke cheerfully parking cars in the wind and rain is liable to be one of Hawick 's living legends . |
| 17 | Another reason for rejecting this causal theory of meaning is that when one asks what is meant by a statement one is normally concerned to know what a reasonable speaker is saying in uttering it . |
| 18 | The trouble with the right hon. Member for Guildford ( Mr. Howell ) — I say this without malice — is that when he says that he is being cheerful , he still sounds gloomy . |
| 19 | My worry ( hehe ) is that when he grows up into a ‘ proper ’ man ( with proper stubble and no stupid necklace thing ) , and puts on the weight — hed have to completely change his game . |
| 20 | Ben 's greatest wish is that when he grows up , he becomes a professional scrambler . |
| 21 | I sha n't force you to but erm it 's an important document and the biggest problem about wills is that when anybody gets to look at it you 're not around to say what you meant . |
| 22 | My problem is that as everybody knows , that the southern relief road is going to public inquiry . |
| 23 | The thing that worries some people is that as it 's come at this particular time that some of the things that might have been done five years ago by Local Education Authorities to improve their whole education for children with special needs may now , either through other competing financial pressures , or through inertia or whatever , the whole spirit of Warnock could be lost , and I think it 's a thing that , you know , one will have to keep a careful eye on . |
| 24 | My attitude is that if somebody has taken the trouble to write a letter , they deserve a reply . |
| 25 | My philosophy is that if somebody beats you then he 's lucky ; that on the day , your best was n't good enough — but wait for the next time round . |
| 26 | If one asks why it is bad to hold logically inconsistent factual beliefs , the most obvious part of the answer is that if one does so , one guarantees that one will have a false belief within this area of one 's thought . |
| 27 | The main problem is that if one has a licensing arrangement with a company in a politically sensitive area then , for one reason or another , royalties due might not be paid . |
| 28 | The thinking is that if one intends GBH , one must foresee GBH as a probable or possible outcome . |
| 29 | What I mean is that if he gets hit in the body anywhere , any place above his balls , he is dead , no dispute . |
| 30 | They threaten to ‘ expose ’ a misdeed , probably a genuine mistake or perhaps complete fiction , but the salvation is that if he goes without a murmur the matter will be hushed up . |