Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [is] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I find a bit puzzling is that , as far as I can see , automatic inspection of passports will eliminate the keen-eyed , guilt-inducing gaze from the man behind the desk who presumably , is looking for doctored documents , suspicious photographs and forged visas and stamps . |
| 2 | The major rule applying is that generally most predators will attack only fish smaller than themselves , although some large mouthed predators such as lionfish and large groupers are capable of swallowing prey of almost their own dimensions . |
| 3 | What in effect happens is that the system stabilizes in such a way that the slider of potentiometer VR1 is maintained at a constant level . |
| 4 | A useful rule to remember is that a diagonal line between opposite corners of any rectangle is the longest dimension available . |
| 5 | One important aspect of the methodology used is that subjects were encouraged to describe potential dangerous events in addition to the information already visible in the film . |
| 6 | There are many examples similar to ( b ) ; perhaps the best rule to give is that the tonic syllable will tend to occur on the last lexical word in the tone-unit , but may be placed earlier in the tone-unit if there is a word there with greater importance to what is being said . |
| 7 | The reality that the Opposition overlook is that the combination of the single person discount and rebates of up to 100 per cent . |
| 8 | What Im saying is that there s no harm keeping these players … maybe loan some of them to lower clubs to get more experience etc . |
| 9 | One aspect of the integration of information presented in discourse which Thorndyke 's experiment ignores is that the listener or reader may also call on more general knowledge in order to integrate information into an organised whole . |
| 10 | Common philosophy : What is becoming clear as the partnership progresses is that BP and Unipart share a common philosophy — based on quality products , a focus on giving customers the best possible service , and a commercial drive to get more bang for fewer bucks . |
| 11 | The simplest answer to the question about what causes the sleep/wake rhythm to arise is that it is a reflection of the rhythmic world in which the newborn child has been placed and to which it begins to respond . |
| 12 | If we have only indicators what his methodological reasoning suggests is that we look for patterns among indicators which might suggest that we have found something of substance and significance . |
| 13 | One simple rule to follow is that you should n't ever introduce matters which are not made perfectly clear in the course of the story . |
| 14 | Er now I mean One thing that a lot of the literature says is that this might indicate a power , and another thing that the literature says |
| 15 | What the text says is that we are to have faith as a grain of mustard seed . |
| 16 | If what the Award achieves is that women know that these options are open to them , then it 's a good thing . |
| 17 | The condition that the mean lifetime wealth converges is that , which requires in effect that the intrinsic growth of capital ( ) should be less than the growth of population . |
| 18 | The first reason the Chancellor gives is that there is some ‘ bad ’ froth on the ‘ good ’ deficit : that is to say , evidence of excessive domestic demand . |
| 19 | Here , the main issue arising is that , following Bott ( 1971 ) , strong network ties can also be seen as norm-enforcement mechanisms . |
| 20 | What all this work suggests is that the human 's body clock and rhythms show several periods and that the combination of life-style and environment tends to accentuate one of these . |
| 21 | What that exercise predicts is that there should be particles mediating the influence of that field just as the photon mediates the electromagnetic field . |
| 22 | The point to emphasise is that the data is only of help to those who know the patient and can build up a case history . |
| 23 | The first point to emphasise is that there is very little disagreement amongst any of the theorists outlined here about what it is that is to be analysed . |
| 24 | From a health policy perspective the scenario depicted is that the increasing numbers of older people described earlier will lead to the population of the western industrial nations being infirm , demented and disease ridden with an insatiable demand for health and social care . |
| 25 | The scenario depicted is that decreased hospital stay means that older people ( or indeed patients of any age ) are being sent home with high levels of dependency ; community services/informal carers can not cope and the person has to come back into hospital . |
| 26 | One final point to remember is that it is very easy to overtrain the arms . |
| 27 | One final point to remember is that goods despatched before 31 December will be treated as exports within the existing system even if they are to arrive on 1 January or later . |
| 28 | Another point to remember is that flowers will wilt badly , or even die , if they are left sitting in a hot car or office all day , so if you have to buy them hours before they will be pressed , put them in plenty of water as soon as possible or , better still , buy them on your way home and then they can be pressed fairly quickly . |
| 29 | Another point to remember is that if all four pictures are to sit comfortably together in the overall design , then all the material used should be of roughly the same size . |
| 30 | The point to remember is that any hunch , whether formally expressed as a hypothesis or not , is going to affect the general approach of the researcher and what questions are asked . |