Example sentences of "[vb -s] [is] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | What matters is that something should be done to give us jobs and money to live on . |
| 2 | What matters is that the Labour leader is suddenly there , reminding one how infrequently he has been there hitherto . |
| 3 | What matters is that we realise that they are being friendly , so we shout back , ‘ It 's a lovely day today , is n't it ? ’ , or some such thing which they probably will not hear anyway , but the idea of friendliness has been transferred , and both people are happy , although the words were quite unintelligible . |
| 4 | What matters is that they find the system simple to use and it certainly simplifies the practitioner 's lot . |
| 5 | Without going into the details ( they are distractingly complicated ) what matters is that their genes do not leave the snail 's body in the snail 's sperms or eggs . |
| 6 | What matters is that I need never question that there is a course which is objectively the best for me , and that when most aware I am nearest to it . |
| 7 | What matters is that people should have somewhere to live . |
| 8 | ‘ What matters is that I have signed a class international player who can score goals , a player who could become a giant at Old Trafford . |
| 9 | Consequently , the offenders are not important ; what matters is that opportunities must be reduced and risks increased and this requires that attention be given to the situations in which offences may occur . |
| 10 | But the ‘ truth ’ is not the point at issue ; what matters is that as human beings we necessarily engage in an interpretative process when we encounter others , as they do with us . |
| 11 | What matters is that Ministers should be ready and willing to come to the House of Commons when expected to do so in order to answer questions from elected representatives on matters of genuine public interest and importance . |
| 12 | What matters is that the creative solution has a credible and realistic basis . |
| 13 | The history of continuing post-war pressure by officers for a flatted development in the East End of North Shields is a fascinating one but for our purposes here what matters is that nearly 1000 flats and maisonettes were built , again at a higher unit cost than that of the contemporary construction of traditional dwellings . |
| 14 | What matters is that the doctors should consider whether at that time he had a capacity which was commensurate with the gravity of the decision which he purported to make . |
| 15 | For the purposes of translation , what matters is that both types of analysis recognize the sequence as marked . |
| 16 | Whether this ethic is actually held by the individual peasants concerned is irrelevant ; presumably they would be unable to specify the grounds for their own actions in this way , but what matters is that their behaviour actually appears to follow this rule , and this has to be sufficient explanation . |
| 17 | What matters is that Polybius found in Rome people who would not differ from educated Greeks in their interests , ideas and emotional reactions . |
| 18 | What matters is that a particular location in my DNA corresponds precisely to one particular location in your DNA : they have the same address . |
| 19 | From our point of view , what matters is that each of these five ‘ functions ’ of clay minerals can be twisted round the other way . |
| 20 | What matters is that , regardless of their manufacturers , the devices themselves are enemies of each other in the special sense I have defined in this chapter . |
| 21 | Racism is not unique to Western culture — what matters is that at present the West has the power to go with it . |
| 22 | What matters is that the authorities exercise their responsibility for checking and double checking what happens on the ground . |
| 23 | What matters is that you are consistent . |
| 24 | What matters is that a limitation has been set ; and now if a child brings out a gun , a knife , a rope ladder or even a box of matches you can check with the list and then either stay in role and say " You may have meant to bring that rope ladder , but it 's not here " , or come out of role and discuss the agreed rules of the drama , one of which is perhaps that in this drama there is no recourse to magic . |
| 25 | ‘ What matters is that she has given us the most glorious production we have ever had at Hochhauser . |
| 26 | Under the " once-and-for-all " test what matters is that the income can be used to benefit the individual in question in the year of assessment in which it arises , and it does not matter if it is not possible so to apply that income in a subsequent year of assessment . |
| 27 | One more piece of information you should possess before the tale unfolds is that Michael was encased in two leg callipers as a result of polio — contracted when one year old — and walked , or rather surges about with the aid of two crutches . |
| 28 | What Willis emphasises is that the culture of the shop floor is bounded and has a special sense of completeness about it . |
| 29 | One advantage the DST has is that most French people accept a far greater degree of personal documentation and registration of their whereabouts than would be acceptable in Britain or America . |
| 30 | The big fear that all humankind has is that when you die , that 's the end of it . |