Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] is that " in BNC.

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1 The main difference now between Holstein and Friesian is that , although both come originally from the same source , the former is a large , single-purpose dairy cow while the latter has always been a dual-purpose type able to produce meat from the dairy herd .
2 Over the years , I have seen so many private gardens and advised so many gardeners on labour-saving tools and equipment , and what comes through loud and clear is that the biggest problem facing gardeners is that they are caught in the trap between growing all they would like to grow , doing all they want to do and having the lime to do it .
3 But in a Catholic school especially , fundamental and crucial is that striving for unity and service , which comes from the teaching of Our Lord .
4 The thing that makes British museums and galleries so exciting and unique is that , unlike American ones , they have a duty to collect not just the high spots of any period , but the average , sometimes even the bad , works of art which represent the context from which the great works of art arose .
5 One of the reasons they are often confusing and unsatisfactory is that it is not always totally clear who is interviewing whom .
6 What is new and important is that he should consider it necessary to convey the contrasting opinions of the contemporary Greeks to their Roman masters .
7 Imamu and Boo are not similar in the way that they are both the same age or the same colour , but what makes them similar and comparable is that they are both outsiders in society .
8 There are eight other recordings of the Barber Piano Sonata in the catalogue , but to my mind the most thrilling and satisfying is that by this artist , who created the work in 1949 : his quicksilver delicacy in the scherzo is unsurpassed , and the dazzling virtuosity of the fugal finale makes one want to stand and cheer .
9 With reference to subsections 5(4) and ( 5 ) the consequence of the buyer being allowed to treat the sale as fraudulent is that he can bring an action for damages and that he can rescind the contract , i.e. refuse to pay or take delivery or , if he has paid , demand the return of the price .
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