Example sentences of "is that [pron] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The important thing is that everyone has a blinding time , ’ says Dermot with the quiet confidence of a promoter who never promises attractions he ca n't deliver . |
| 2 | This objection helps to reveal why it is that we regard a hierarchical classification as natural . |
| 3 | Well what they mean when they say a half of a quarter is that we had a a quarter and we 've shared it out between the two of it so we 've got half to that each . |
| 4 | I know you 're not Steve but all I 'm saying is that we had a discussion about this earlier in the week . |
| 5 | ‘ We are quite profitable today , but the key point we try to make is that we take a very long-term view of our business . |
| 6 | on this , and I 'll reiterate this , is the process that we go through as I understand it for introducing procedures , is that we take a diagonal slice through the organization er in other words there 's a draft procedure produced . |
| 7 | So in a way , what my teachers here and what we are arguing about is that we want a school which cares for individual children , which rejects both extremes that I 've mentioned . |
| 8 | Those ultimate motivations will be the subject of the next section , but here we are interested in exactly what it is that we expect a pragmatic theory to do . |
| 9 | What I do know is that we owe a great debt to these doughty fighters of the past in banishing the menace of the Krooms for ever from this green and pleasant land . |
| 10 | I 've got I 've got the currency and you 're sort the way we 're sorting it out is that we pay a quarter and you pay a half |
| 11 | ‘ But one thing is that we have a meeting at 1pm at Nelson 's cottage . |
| 12 | The challenge that many of us face today is that we have a choice — whether or not we go out to work , how much domestic machinery we use , how much we involve the rest of the family in housework , whether or not we employ someone else to do the cleaning , how many take-away meals are put on the table , and so on . |
| 13 | All I know for sure , sir , is that we have a mysterious plane lying on the sea-bed there . |
| 14 | The main thing is that we have a comprehensive plan , now and for the future . |
| 15 | It is that we have a single conception of effects , rather than several . |
| 16 | The point is that we have a choice , in fact , a great variety of foods to choose from — many good , some bad . |
| 17 | The point is that we have a very indistinct line between the real and unavoidable problems of ageing and those which are socially and psychologically constructed and may , with care , be reducible . |
| 18 | What makes us interesting is that we have a right side of the brain as well . |
| 19 | Our problem , our central problem in the British trade union movement is that we have a trade union movement that operates very comfortably in one world , while over half the people of Britain work in an entirely different world , a world where trade unionism is scarcely ever mentioned and if it is mentioned , it 's mentioned with a hint of fear . |
| 20 | Our preoccupation er straightforwardly is that we have a lottery which is run with probity and without impropriety , and the director general has very widespread powers , fact to investigate the backgrounds of any bidders . |
| 21 | One reason why that will be so is that we have a coherent approach to Europe , not one that changes every weekend . |
| 22 | What I know , and what I would like to tell those who , like me , are involved in the political process , is that we have a responsibility . |
| 23 | What 's disturbing is that we have a narrow industrial base . |
| 24 | The result of two days bullying all round is that we have a few tables and two telephones and one borrowed typewriter . |
| 25 | The first is that we have a large number of patients with a good follow up in our institution and we are reluctant to propose surgery only for biliary diversion when there isnot yet an indication for pancreatic drainage , as repeated surgery is associated with higher morbidity . |
| 26 | The reason why we 're less familiar with that is that we have a secret ballot and so there is no way of knowing how someone has cast their vote , and so there 's no way of effectively forcing someone to cast their vote one way or another . |
| 27 | The more unfortunate thing is that we have a much better midfielder for the subs bench in Hodge , who can come on and is lively , aswell as likely to score a goal . |
| 28 | The problem we 've got at the moment is that we have a lack of housing if you like , and we should surely put , pinpoint those houses for those people most in need . |
| 29 | ‘ Another difference is that we have a lot of money which can be used quickly . |
| 30 | The first thing to notice is that we have a choice of saying these with the pitch remaining at a constant level , or with the pitch changing from one level to another . |