Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [noun pl] is [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 In fact , one of the main advantages of using IFAs is that they can hunt through the range of mortgage offers and find the best deal for you .
2 The service conception establishes that the point of having authorities is that they are better at complying with the dependent reasons .
3 The most obvious definition for labouring poets is that it includes all those whose support normally depended on manual work , either their own or that of their families .
4 Nevertheless , one problem with using glosses is that you need to decide which terms to gloss ; some terms will have conventional meanings in the genre you are writing in , while other terms — like " synonymous " in the above quotation — will be common in non-technical discourse .
5 She might have agreed with my friend Roger Hinks — who , after his unmerited disgrace over the too energetic cleaning of the Elgin Marbles , left the British Museum to work for years for the British Council — that the compensation for having acquaintances is that we can make game of them with our friends .
6 To my mind the most powerful argument for having saints is that they are such a diverse bunch that among them will be at least one person that even the most eccentric believer can identify with .
7 The reason for the excitement in using lasers is that they enable us to study unstable nuclei , which was not previously possible .
8 What is distinctive about standing rules is that they direct attention to the interest of the applicant in the outcome of the case .
9 The advantage of fondant over royal icing for covering cakes is that it is much easier and quicker to make , is more pliable and has a softer texture that many people prefer .
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