Example sentences of "[noun] [is] that we do [adv] " in BNC.

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1 A fourth and perhaps the largest reason for attending to causation is that we do well to avoid the general conceptual uncertainty that must be part of an inquiry which leaves undefined any of its fundamental ideas which are open to definition .
2 Part of the problem with encouraging girls to take ‘ useful ’ subjects is that we do not know whether it makes any difference to the kinds of jobs they eventually do ; and whether , indeed , these jobs would still be highly rated if women did them .
3 I mean that that 's another alternative is that we do n't bother with pictures .
4 The pity is that we do not sufficiently encourage them to conduct those explorations .
5 The main outstanding issue is that we do n't know how colour-coding receptive fields are constructed out of wavelength-coding receptive fields at other stages in the system .
6 The short answer to this question is that we do not know how homoeopathic remedies work any more than we know how the majority of orthodox pharmaceuticals work .
7 ‘ But all I 'm concerned about at the moment is that we do enough against City to make sure we can go to Wembley at the weekend knowing we ca n't be overtaken again by Leeds on Saturday . ’
8 The difference is that we do n't recognize and celebrate this story — and the Japanese do .
9 Our main concern as a group is that we do not waste the money .
10 The truth is that we do not even know what our ancestors actually looked like .
11 ‘ The point is that we do not need any further research to resolve the policy issues .
12 The important thing for me to emphasize to you er Trevor is that we do n't make appointments to go and see people to talk about advertising .
13 The common factor is that we do so perceive them !
14 In short , the criticism is that we do not really know the redistributive impact of government .
15 ‘ The crux of our argument is that we do n't need to have toxic wastes and the fact that plants like Rechem exist , providing easy options for companies , is acting as a disincentive for companies to clean up . ’
16 The negative aspect of the off season is that we do n't see as much wildlife , like rattlesnakes , scorpions and tarantulas .
17 The Software Alliance 's European Counsel , Brad Smith , said ‘ Our policy is that we do n't prosecute people who are n't adults — it 's as simple as that . ’
18 The trouble is that we do n't see .
19 ‘ But the trouble is that we do n't know the pattern of the stars here , ’ said Snodgrass , who had sent himself quite dizzy by standing perfectly still and craning his neck as far back as he could in order to see the night sky .
20 The trouble is that we do n't know what that something is .
21 The trouble is that we do n't know erm , whether the manual will meet the standard .
22 It was as though the recent remarks of John Major had been anticipated as the exhibition was already running when he expressed concern over the future of manufacturing industry in the U.K. One reference to the exhibition by Campbell Christie , General Secretary , Scottish T.U.C. stated ‘ The problem we face in Britain is that we do n't manufacture enough of what we consume .
23 ‘ The favour is that we do n't tell the police immediately about the car number plate .
24 Well it 's neither here nor there but I mean the thing is that we do n't as it is we 're not losing anything because you 're getting yours , half of it 's coming back as , as gross interest .
25 The truth of the matter is that we do not know how — in any meaningful , scientific , experimentally demonstrable sense — advertising works .
26 The answer is that we do not discriminate against anyone , even fax-toting sociopaths like Watson Weeks .
27 The answer is that we do not intend to meet all that shortfall .
28 A further gain is that we do not need a sampling frame for the 10 000 cattle but only for each of the 10 herds ; such a frame could be constructed on the investigator 's arrival at a farm .
29 The important point about heritability is that we do not need to know anything about the actual genotypes in order to say what it is .
30 The difficulty is that we do not have enough evidence to come to a sure conclusion .
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