Example sentences of "that is that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The elder was contemptuous when the younger replied to his crushing arguments by the reply , the reason why you think like that is that you do n't say your prayers . |
| 2 | However , parents have one big advantage and that is that they now have access to the GCSE and A-level exam results of all pupils — that is the biggest giveaway ! |
| 3 | However , there is one big problem here , and that is that there is not a universal language for horses . |
| 4 | One thing is very probable , though , and that is that the next generation will have no problems in understanding the music of today . |
| 5 | Whichever account is true , one thing is sure , and that is that he was never convicted . |
| 6 | I 'm sure it 's difficult for you to imagine what my life is like out here but one thing is certain and that is that there are very few people I can talk to . |
| 7 | Only one thing is certain , and that is that if the employee is not consulted , and given an opportunity to state his case , an injustice may be done . |
| 8 | But there is an even more certain and just retribution which renders life more fair and that is that sufferers are compensated by their senses becoming more acute so they are able to discerning a subtler beauty . |
| 9 | The answer to that is that nine times out of ten you do not know what you really want , you do not know your own mind and have not made a choice . |
| 10 | That is that ‘ the NHS is , and will continue to be , open to all , regardless of income , and financed mainly out of general taxation ’ . |
| 11 | That is that the interest payments that NHS Hospital Trusts make will go back to the Department of Health . |
| 12 | That is that the jurists gave far more consideration to the testator 's intention where he had ( or had tried to ) set up a trust than they did where civil-law dispositions were involved . |
| 13 | Pomponius is quite clear that this amounts to a condition , and the consequence of that is that the legacy does not vest and transmission is not possible until the relevant age has been reached . |
| 14 | There is one remarkable difference between the two texts , and that is that where the responsa version has the composite wording lego concedique volo the digesta text has only concedi volo . |
| 15 | In the final analysis , there can be only one conclusion to be drawn , and that is that the Christian promise of happiness in the ‘ hereafter ’ was in reality an appeal to ‘ selfishness ’ , which is also the appeal of the teaching of one of the basic premises of this book , namely , that life is to be enjoyed here on earth . |
| 16 | My reply to that is that the quiet passage of a canoe going with the current is less likely to disturb the otter than a walker tramping along the bank of the river . |
| 17 | All I can say to that is that I have a higher opinion of your judgement than he has . |
| 18 | What moves me very deeply about primitive peoples is that they still attach an enormous importance to a certain kind of communication which we have lost ; and that is that they allow the being of the person they are with to communicate with more than words . |
| 19 | All I can understand from that is that it must be a universal image . |
| 20 | What I mean by that is that if there are eight or ten things running across the spectrum from left to right , they 're all at specific points , and that way you can do a more sophisticated job of layering , while still retaining a certain delicacy . ’ |
| 21 | There is one other significant point to be remembered , and that is that the person who suffers from what appears to be an illogical fear always feels that he or she is stupid . |
| 22 | There is but one restraint on design and that is that the sail height should be greater than 2 metres or 78¾ inches . |
| 23 | The basis for that is that over the next few years the South Africans will be on an upward learning curve after being without international competition for so long . |
| 24 | ‘ One of the things you learn in an exercise like that is that the odds are stacked very much against the aggressor . |
| 25 | capital instruments are similar to those of the Discussion Paper , that is that they be deducted from the proceeds of the instrument and accordingly reduce the amount at which the instrument is initially recorded . |
| 26 | All I can understand from that is that it must be a universal image . |
| 27 | Following Pierce , Eco recognizes the problem of ‘ unlimited semiosis ’ , that is that every ‘ meaning ’ proposed for a representation is itself a representation that has a meaning , etc. , in infinite regression . |
| 28 | All I can say about that is that it must have been awfully feeble acid to make your visions come out so pedestrian as this . |
| 29 | But one problem about showing that is that Dennett has opted ( perhaps unnecessarily for his argument ) for a flow-chart explication , which is inherently a static rather than a process one . |
| 30 | There is only one explanation of what has hitherto been accepted as the basis of the criminal law and that is that there are certain standards of behaviour or moral principles which society requires to be observed , and the breach of them is an offence not merely against the person who is injured but against society as a whole . |