Example sentences of "is [that] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | What this suggests then is that although it may be necessary to tolerate the practice , it should be conducted only in exceptional and highly controlled circumstances under which there is adequate scrutiny and review by institutions independent of the executive branch of government . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | What happens is that although it does tend to decay it builds a crust on the outside that stops it eroding . |
| 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 | Erm one of the things that I like to emphasize er at this stage is that although it 's self employed it is as close to being employed as you can possibly be with a company but then but still destined by your own efforts to earn earn the money . |
| 7 | The point being made is that although it is ultimately envisaged that the EC will be similar to the USA with each member country being akin to a state and it even being billed as the ‘ United States of Europe ’ , is it a reality when one considers differences in attitude , culture , language and even religion ? |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | But my point is that whether it 's true or not does n't matter . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The main advantage of using acrylic like a watercolour is that once it is applied , it dries to be water-resistant . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |
| 13 | The maddening thing is that once it is realized that the environment is a mutually reactive system , it becomes extremely difficult to isolate and discuss specialized points in a simple way without at the same time being tempted to discuss every interaction and interrelationship which exists in the system . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | But my fear is that once it is cleared , he will start spending on things he wants and my car will get forgotten . |
| 17 | The reason is that while it may be in limited supply , it is n't unique . |
| 18 | The crux of the criticism directed at the Labour Party , in particular , is that while it provided food and medical help it did little to try to persuade the British government to end its policy of non-intervention towards Spain . |
| 19 | Another argument I must meet is that while it is one thing to tolerate behaviour and remove criminal sanctions , in this case concerning homosexual activities , it is quite another thing to facilitate and give recognition to unions built on such activities . |
| 20 | About all one can say is that while it is only too easy to make a weak material ( or indeed a material of no strength at all ) from strong chemical bonds , it is not possible to make very strong materials from weak bonds . |
| 21 | And an additional problem for relatives is that while it may be a relief to designate mental disorder as ‘ illness ’ , this may be deeply resented by the individual concerned . |
| 22 | Richard Kinsey 's final warning is that while it would be inappropriate to translate research conducted in Scotland to England , ‘ vice versa you can not generalise from the experience south of the Border to Scotland where we have a very different style of policing , a very different system of juvenile justice and a very different welfare structure . ’ |
| 23 | My basic feeling is that while it is reasonable to ask that that a council , as a council , as a political grouping , may make the decisions about things , it is an absolute nonsense that many , many councils — some of them are worse than others — will not let their professionals speak out on their you know from using their own expertise , their own knowledge , their own experience , and quite often that that debate , the whole debate is gagged by the fact that you 're employees of the council . |
| 24 | ‘ What I 'd like you to know is that when it was all over and Peter was back from America , the grave-diggers were down here on their bended knees begging him for forgiveness because they knew it was a nasty business and said had they known at the time they 'd have had nothing to do with it . ’ |
| 25 | The truth about FM is that when it is good , it is very , very good ; when it is bad , it is horrid . |
| 26 | The position we have reached is that when it is said that the sea appears to a viewer to be uniformly blue this is neither a statement about what Reid calls the ‘ visible appearance ’ of the sea , nor straightforwardly a statement about the viewer 's opinion . |
| 27 | The first thing that that litany reminds us of is that when it came to success , in the immortal words of Mae West ( put into her mouth by scriptwriter Vincent Lawrence ) , goodness had nothing to do with it . |
| 28 | He said : ‘ The trouble is that when it all started 100 years ago no-one envisaged just how popular rock climbing would become . |
| 29 | If the document is to be regarded technically as a matter of law , as a codicil , of course it need not contain any appointment of executors , but the position still is that when it was signed by Mr. Winterbone it did not contain any effective disposition at all . |
| 30 | If you put something like N H and then O H four well the convention is that when it 's a suffix stuff a subscript and a suffix below the line there and just after it , it only applies to the last element . |