Example sentences of "[noun prp] [is] that " in BNC.
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1 | What is striking about the Heseltines is that both register exactly the same expression of expectant acceptance . |
2 | What 's funny about Frank Spencer is that he 's a fella . |
3 | ‘ It was my idea as much as Jeff 's that I went with him . ’ |
4 | ‘ A problem for Falconer is that he is just on the way back . |
5 | A major advantage of both MID-TEL and MID-CRED is that neither system requires customers to install expensive computer equipment . |
6 | News on the Rialto is that the marker price at which IBM Corp is doing deals is $45,000 per MIPS — and our New York associate Technology News of America hears German users are sitting tight and waiting for the price to hit $40,000 per MIPS . |
7 | Modigliani 's style was so entirely different from Picasso 's that the two were in no way rivals . |
8 | ‘ My objection to Hill is that he is totally irrelevant to most of the things of value that the BBC does . |
9 | One of the many adverse criticisms of Albert Ferrasse and Jacques Fouroux is that , for involved reasons of French rugby politics , they have ostracised the Toulouse club together with such players as Denis Charvet and Eric Bonneval , who would walk on merit into any northern hemisphere XV . |
10 | The clear majority view in my group in Brussels is that though not perfect Maastricht takes us a step in the right direction , setting about building the sense of a community on the market place created by the nineteen eighty seven Single Act . |
11 | One story told against the KGB is that it tried to steal the design secrets of the Anglo-French supersonic aircraft Concorde . |
12 | On April 11 the Prime Minister , V. P. Singh , warned in a speech in the Lok Sabha ( lower house of parliament ) : " Our message to Pakistan is that you can not get away with taking Kashmir without a war . " |
13 | ‘ The problem with Andy is that he has played so rarely we have yet to get him into our pattern of play . |
14 | Another problem that has beset the RMCs is that , instead of being financed from special , earmarked central or regional funds , they have had to derive the necessary resources from the parent institutions . |
15 | If I left a table in Fif 's that I 'd just acquired , I might attract attention . |
16 | All right David is that what |
17 | The overwhelming body of evidence for Britain and the United States is that such ties are maintained after marriage and that this is not simply a matter of recognizing connections at Christmas and birthdays plus occasional visits or telephone conversations . |
18 | While precise indicators of the numbers of laws depend upon more precise definition of what are considered as laws ( there is a variety of different types of order , statute and regulation ) , one crude indicator for the expansion of legislation in the United States is that the Federal Register grew from 2,355 pages in 1936 to 60,221 pages in 1975 ; another indicator for Britain is found in the Index to the Statutes — the index listing legislation for , the period from 1235 to 1935 takes up 788 pages , while that for 1936 to 1982 takes up 978 pages . |
19 | All the cops know about Mahoney is that he worked for Joey Bonanza . |
20 | ‘ Another thing I admired about young lads like Ken Logan , Gregor Townsend and Peter Wright is that they have the right attitude , a little bit of cockiness . |
21 | What gets me about this guy Alderson is that he served in the country area of Cornwall , and he makes all these proposals about inner-city policing ; now how the hell would he know anything about the inner city ? |
22 | The comfort for Mr Chirac is that Mr Balladur 's popularity is unlikely to last . |
23 | Blanche tiptoed over and remembered the face from the photograph of Tatyana 's that she had borrowed . |
24 | But the feeling about Faldo is that if he is at the top of his game , he should win it . |
25 | The trouble with Edward is that he 's practically a saint . |
26 | One claim guaranteed to draw fire from Kylie is that she missed out on a childhood because of showbiz . |
27 | I think one of my difficulties with Adam Bede is that she begins to lose interest a little bit in the figure of the beautiful , but not actually very bright , village girl , whose seduction is an important part of the story , and by the end of the book we feel that she 's actually bored with Hettie , is n't really concerned any longer to explore Hettie 's own sufferings as the other woman who has been badly treated by the rascally gentleman . |
28 | The main stumbling block for all suppliers like NEC is that few city networks have much hard currency to spend on new equipment , and since local rouble telephone charges are so low , no company can recoup the initial investment from tariff income . |
29 | What will happen on Saturday is that the other half and kids will be banished to the shops , while he stays at home to watch the match in silence . |
30 | My only criticism of Improv is that importing data from conventional spreadsheets an be a pain , and its hooks into databases are poor . |