Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun sg] [is] that [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | A related reason for the failure is that in this century , as far as armed combat is concerned , the record of the laws of war has been distinctly uneven . |
| 2 | Part of the problem is that as most women who had attended single-sex schools had not known anything else , their comments will focus on the school itself rather than the fact of its being single-sex . |
| 3 | One illustration of the extent of the damage is that in the Eastern Plains where domesticated animal off-take is 900–1300 kg/ km 2 , that of the wild ungulate biomass in unspoilt areas of a national park is in the order of 15,000 — 28,000 kg/km 2 . |
| 4 | The principal difficulty I have on this aspect of the case is that in Mr. Lester 's submission reference to Parliamentary material as an aid to interpretation of a statutory provision should be allowed only with leave of the court and where the court is satisfied that such a reference is justifiable : ( a ) to confirm the meaning of a provision as conveyed by the text , its object and purpose ; ( b ) to determine a meaning where the provision is ambiguous or obscure ; or ( c ) to determine the meaning where the ordinary meaning is manifestly absurd or unreasonable . |
| 5 | The main criticism of the notation is that for more specific subjects it can be extremely long . |
| 6 | In fact a more realistic explanation for the laying out of the garden is that at the end of the Napoleonic wars there were alot of unemployed soldiers looking for work . |
| 7 | The essence of the flaw is that as the process by which aggregate demand is determined becomes known and therefore predictable , rational people will predict the changes in aggregate demand that governments engineer . |
| 8 | However , one major weakness of the study is that by concentrating on advertising as the major culprit , it overlooks the structural changes which media necessarily go through — or do not go through — which themselves place them at risk . |
| 9 | The magical aspect of the store is that alongside the works of many writers are volumes of interviews with them , as well as critical texts . |
| 10 | Is the Minister aware that part of the result is that in my constituency today 14 classrooms have been closed in Bassaleg school ? |
| 11 | The fact of the matter is that in terms of setting up some kind of economic common market , much of the groundwork had already been done . |
| 12 | Mr Clinton may say that he wants to concentrate on domestic policy until he is blue in the face ; the truth of the matter is that in a federal system such single-mindedness will not get him far , because most domestic policy is reserved to state and local governments . |
| 13 | The intractable fact of the matter is that in terms of archaeological time scales the operational continuity of contemporary hardware can not be assured even when suitable specimens are available to begin with . |
| 14 | But the real significance of the demonstration is that for the first time high-powered personal computers are capable of keeping up with normal speech without … the … speaker … doing … this . |
| 15 | But the real significance of the demonstration is that for the first time high-powered personal computers are capable of keeping up with normal speech without … the … speaker … doing … this . |
| 16 | The opposite side of the argument is that in task allocation people may not receive appropriate care at appropriate times and that the day is succession of minor interruptions , made for the convenience of the organisation and not for the benefit of individuals . |
| 17 | ‘ the basal reason for binding the creditor with equities arising from the conduct of the husband is that in substance , if not technically , the wife is a volunteer conferring an important advantage upon her husband who in virtue of his position has an opportunity of abusing the confidence she may be expected to place in him and the creditor relies upon the person in that position to obtain her agreement to become his surety . |