Example sentences of "is that [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The unusual part of the scoring system is that after a club 's 10 scoring runners have crossed the line their club-mates can still influence the results . |
| 2 | The snag to this is that although a pan-head can rotate through a full circle , your hips are limited to about a quarter of this movement . |
| 3 | It refers not to power but to authority , and what I think he means is that although a woman can make good and wise judgements , she can not be the arbiter of that goodness or wisdom . |
| 4 | The second factor of importance with respect to the nature of a floating charge is that although a floating charge relates to future assets it is a present charge and not a future one . |
| 5 | The difference between the two is that whereas a regulation is universally binding on all member states , a directive is specifically aimed at a named member state , informing it that something must be done , but leaving the way in which it is to be achieved to the discretion of the national government . |
| 6 | The difference is that whereas a syntactic deviance may be tolerated , only a semantic deviance can be directly interpreted . |
| 7 | So what we must consider is that whether a team performance is more important than an individual 's performance do n't forget that it is easy ( relatively ) to mark him out of a game compared to marking 11 men out off game . |
| 8 | The irony , of course , is that since a considerable proportion of these were bred for the purpose , a large number of animals would not otherwise have lived were they not destined to die prematurely . |
| 9 | The main reason for this caution is that since a magnetic tape or a photograph furnish a permanent record of behaviour , the subject is entitled to be aware that such a permanent record is being made . |
| 10 | A consistent feature of unpaid caring , demonstrated by all the available detailed studies , is that once a particular relative has taken on the responsibility for the care of an elderly or handicapped person they get rather limited support , if any , from other relatives or friends . |
| 11 | The answer is clearly yes but the traditional view is that once a direct injury has been proved the defendant bears the burden of proving ‘ inevitable accident ’ as a defence . |
| 12 | The great advantage of the atrophy system is that once a pattern has atrophied away it is extremely unlikely ever to revive . |
| 13 | The presumption with a vertical merger is that unless a substantial horizontal impact is involved , it will be socially beneficial on balance . |
| 14 | The reason I make this point is that while a retired architect may be covered by the PI policy of the firm he has left , that cover will only extend to the work he was involved with while a member of that practice . |
| 15 | The report concluded that ‘ all the evidence is that while a gradual change in eating patterns may yield slower results , those results are far more likely to prove permanent ’ . |
| 16 | An important implication of this is that while a particular situation may give rise to various differing , and sometimes conflicting needs ( the needs of teachers , parents , other pupils , the LEA and indeed the LEA 's professional advisers ) , the conceptual focus upon the child encouraged by the Act inhibits the development of a theoretical framework within which the interplay of needs can be examined . |
| 17 | All it knows is that when a human male came close to it , it was restrained and then something painful happened . |
| 18 | And there is still another way of understanding time , which is that when a mother gives birth , she is giving birth to time itself , to a ‘ life-time ’ , and she is thus in some sense beyond time itself . |
| 19 | The problem is that when a parent is feeling depressed or overwrought it is difficult for them to think of alternative strategies . |
| 20 | ‘ The problem is that when a new trick appears , everyone is trying to see what advantages they can get from it . |
| 21 | Another problem which owners may fail to appreciate at first is that when a dog is in pain , it may bite unexpectedly , even though the cause of the pain is not immediately obvious . |
| 22 | The problem is that when a punchcard is in , with the side lever back on , the carriage will interact with the card . |
| 23 | My concern is that when a child is tested for standard sexually transmitted disease , an HIV test is done as a matter of course without informed consent . |
| 24 | Erm that in fact one of the odd points here is that when a person is convicted , that information is public , but nevertheless as the years go by and indeed er this has been recognized in for instance the rehabilitation of offenders act , it becomes private information and if someone 's looking for a job the fact that he was convicted of an offence many years ago should not be er er relevant . |
| 25 | The first is that when a property is subject to restrictive covenants , it is bad practice to burden the title with a fresh covenant to observe them , unless it is really necessary to protect a seller , who will remain personally responsible for their observance . |
| 26 | Probably the first piece of advice that could be given to any new practitioner is that whilst a friend may be a client , a client should never become a friend , for an easy transition from a client to a friend can often lead to serious problems and difficulties . |
| 27 | And the extra reward is that if a dog learns to sit when he sees a child , it means he does n't jump up . |
| 28 | My attitude is that if a band manages to release a second album of poor songs four months after their first album left number one in the charts , it is n't worth the rush . |
| 29 | What happens here is that if a white lady wants to go to the toilet and she 's working on a line , she does n't ask anyone 's permission , she just gets up — out she goes , powders her nose , has a cigarette , whatever they do — then comes back . |
| 30 | The most perverse element of the English system is that if a child is not called , the hearsay rule pre vents anyone else — a parent , doctor or policeman — from repeating in court what the child said out of court . |