Example sentences of "this [vb -s] is that the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What this means is that the memory will only hold 48,000 characters and this is shared between RAM and ROM . |
| 2 | What this means is that the individual in public feels obliged to broadcast an unceasing stream of non-verbal signs , intended to inform others , whether they be acquaintances or more often otherwise , of the place which he or she expects to have in the undertakings which follow . |
| 3 | What this means is that the candidate receiving more votes than any other candidate is declared elected . |
| 4 | What this means is that the opportunity to make worthwhile teaching points , about the subject matter on display , will be missed . |
| 5 | What this means is that the output stage consists of two halves . |
| 6 | What this means is that the appearance , in the nonperspectival sense , can be identified by the use of a hypothetical statement . |
| 7 | What this means is that the taking of leisure is self-defeating ; the fact that one is one 's own boss adds to , rather than subtracts from , the psychological pressures to do housework . |
| 8 | One problem this poses is that the Education Act ( 1981 ) specifically excludes from special educational provision children whose difficulties arise because of a non-English language background : |
| 9 | All this proves is that the Chancellor is human like the rest of us . |
| 10 | What this suggests is that the idea of ‘ the nation ’ , once extracted , like the mollusc , from the apparently hard shell of the ‘ nation-state ’ , emerges in distinctly wobbly shape . |