Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun] is that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I he obvious inference after a time is that the man was homosexual and that the men talking were , too . |
| 2 | One advantage of a NIF is that the underwriting commitment remains off-balance sheet until it is called upon , although there is an annual commitment fee payable on the unused portion of the facility . |
| 3 | Another advantage of a NIF is that the borrower gets the advantage of guaranteed long-term floating-rate funding , yet borrows only the amount necessary to finance his short-term needs . |
| 4 | The penalty to be paid for the use of a VCID is that the system is slower to accelerate . |
| 5 | The vice of uncertainty in relation to the duration of a term is that the parties do not know where they stand . |
| 6 | One of the attractions of a listing is that the listed company can raise fresh capital ( by rights issues , often underwritten ) or finance acquisitions ( by rights issues or by vendor placings ) using its paper . |
| 7 | Another requirement for the grant of a patent is that the invention must have an industrial application but this is widely defined by section 4 of the Patents Act 1977 which states that the invention must be capable of being made or used in any kind of industry , including agriculture . |
| 8 | Part of the charm of a sale is that the financial result is in itself a sort of critical judgement , reflecting even if not defining the taste and mood of the moment . |
| 9 | It 's not as bad as I think , I think the funniest thing was erm is that that Hackney Housing Office down here looks just like a squat is that the housing office for Hackney |
| 10 | The prime objective for a clinic is that the patient returns to be seen again and everything is secondary to that objective . |
| 11 | Since one of the requirements for a score is that the contestant retains an effective defensive posture , the potential score is wiped out and a penalty imposed in its place . |
| 12 | In Edinburgh , sources in the financial community said the reason Knighton is having trouble raising the cash for a bid is that the assets are ‘ Illiquid ’ -they could not be easily sold for cash . |
| 13 | One problem when using the Tube as a tent is that the lightweight alloy poles have a tendency to bend at the joints when under strong pressure . |
| 14 | A major difficulty here for an anthropologist is that the ethologists tend to describe their observations in language which takes the anthropomorphic analogy for granted . |
| 15 | A danger of including too much in a simulation is that the results get very extensive and perhaps difficult to comprehend . |
| 16 | However physical replicas can only incorporate features and characteristics perceived to be significant at the time of replication and part of the justification for preserving original objects in preference to a copy is that the original can be interrogated in an open-ended way in the light of unforeseen enquiry . |
| 17 | Therefore the net effect of cattle on a meadow is that the grasses benefit . |
| 18 | One of the reasons for referring a question to an expert is that the expert should be sufficiently qualified , if not actually to know the answer , at least to know where to look for it . |
| 19 | One of the major problems of investment trust shares trading at a discount is that the company becomes a relatively attractive proposition for predators , particularly other financial institutions wishing to buy a ready-made diversified portfolio of assets ( at a discount ) . |