Example sentences of "[noun pl] is [that] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The tragedy of clients ' huge losses is that they were sometimes led to believe they would make fortunes on the above stocks within a month or two , maybe within three or four weeks . |
| 32 | One of the problems with these job losses is that they were almost entirely unplanned : anyone who wanted to take severance or early retirement was allowed to do so irrespective of its effects on the department concerned and on the shape of the university . |
| 33 | The great skill of Japanese and German manufacturers is that they know how to make things efficiently and well , which is what we are so bad at . |
| 34 | You 're wanting to produce a certificate for the kids is that what you 're talking about ? |
| 35 | My only reservation for new readers is that if you 've not seen John Bitumen 's wall of hate live , looking every bit like Mussolini with a hangover , the sincerity of the sarcasm and the heartfelt cynicism of the material may not be fully appreciated . |
| 36 | The good news for English and American readers is that some German publishers are taking more note of the English-speaking market . |
| 37 | A feature of such organizations is that the means are all-important and the ends are of relatively secondary importance . |
| 38 | An interesting fact of large industrial organizations is that there is always a nearly unanimous clarity amongst those involved at the lower levels on who it is who is actually keeping the thing going , because in every organization somebody is . |
| 39 | ‘ The difference between the book trade and other retail trades is that there are some half million new product lines each year , ’ explains Mr Barker , ‘ and many of those only have a shelf life of six months . |
| 40 | The first development of the Tollmien-Schlichting waves is that they become three-dimensional ; their amplitude varies in the lateral direction parallel to the wall . |
| 41 | The major problem with legislation concerning animals is that it is from a human perspective . |
| 42 | Perhaps the main consequences of the lack of high intelligence in animals is that they are not as good as we are at fooling themselves . |
| 43 | One of the contradictions is that although at some levels we have an immense range of choices , at other levels we are very much constrained by economic and social facts and pressures . |
| 44 | At the root of many of the dilemmas and contradictions is that while mothers gain a great deal materially from these benefits , they run the risk , at an ideological level , of merely con-firming the link between being a woman and necessarily , therefore , becoming a mother . |
| 45 | So the id is a jumble of contradictions and the reason it 's a jumble of contradictions is that it 's not in contact with reality . |
| 46 | The most widely used system of nomenclature of chemical compounds is that recommended by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry ( IUPAC ) . |
| 47 | The problem with all these formulations is that they are reductionist : that is , they claim that complex and multi-faceted phenomena can be explained by a single , simple cause . |
| 48 | Another regular complaint from journalists is that the PROs concerned are never in their offices the day after they have sent out an important mailing . |
| 49 | There are to be no statutory ombudsmen or ombudswomen to represent the consumer , despite the Government 's admission in their document entitled ’ Citizens Charter Implications for the Regulators of Privatised Utilities ’ : ’ The principal advantage of introducing ombudsmen for each of the utilities is that they are seen by the public to be impartial and independent of all parties . ’ |
| 50 | The only difference between railways and the other utilities is that they are precieved to be costing the exchequer money , not providing revenue to it . |
| 51 | But the main problem with defectors is that they quickly run out of crown jewels and then inevitably resort to inventing what they think their new-found paymasters want to hear in order to extend their usefulness and avoid being discarded to end their days washing dishes in a Hungarian restaurant in downtown Washington . |
| 52 | Among the main worries is that fish price increases will put the country 's favourite meal out of popular reach . |
| 53 | What it means for the homes is that they 're going to have to take a what we 've been doing over the last two or three years is gradually improving the staffing levels in our elderly people 's homes , because the dependency levels in those homes are getting very high . |
| 54 | The problem with device drivers is that they have to be installed in your CONFIG.SYS file , and it is usually helpful to have an install routine guide you through the process — lord knows , just about every other program you come across these days insists on writing to CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT . |
| 55 | Linked with this periodic replacement and expansion of fixed capital will be the proposition that the direct cause of the outbreak of crises is that the sale of means of consumption falls relative to the volume of their production . |
| 56 | The reason you would ask about ‘ luxury ’ proteins is that these proteins are special to the cell . |
| 57 | One explanation for this unbridled production of HBV proteins is that it is fostered by concurrent mediations , including glucocorticoids and cyclosporin . |
| 58 | One of the better known theories concerned with leadership styles is that put , forward by McGregor ( 1960 ) . |
| 59 | Although one object of having such ministries is that they can deal with problems in a manner specially suited to conditions in Scotland and Wales , the fact that the ministers belong to the UK Cabinet and are responsible to the UK Parliament means that there is considerable pressure for uniformity . |
| 60 | But the real obstacle to any formal union of the centre and right opposition parties is that each of them is formed around the personality and ambitions of an individual politician who considers himself to be papabile or presidentiable . |