Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [be] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The whole point about chaos is that it roars down on you when you least expect it , like a motorcycle messenger . |
| 2 | Remember that the point about self-access is that the learners make their own choices about how they will use the resources at their disposal . |
| 3 | A further reason for caution with regard to RE through story is that knowing a story does not by itself provide sufficient safeguard against serious misunderstandings which can have far-reaching effects on people . |
| 4 | The disadvantage of using water as a medium for cooking is that it absorbs a considerable proportion of the minerals and vitamins in the potato . |
| 5 | The remarkable thing about teacher-in-role is that it allows the teacher to change into a different gear , as it were , as subtly or as crudely as the occasion seems to require . |
| 6 | The main reason for the first three failures to carry the Bill through Parliament was that the then Secretary of State for Education , George Kekewich , objected to the clauses in the Bill whereby it was not compulsory for local authorities to make any provision for the education of deaf children in their area . |
| 7 | The bottom line for liability is that you are only legally committed to an agreement made by an agent when : |
| 8 | The important point about heritability is that we do not need to know anything about the actual genotypes in order to say what it is . |
| 9 | A point to note about technique is that when you actually go round the mark in strong winds the daggerboard should be retracted first then the mast track moved back in preparation for the reach . |
| 10 | However , the major weakness of the Keynesian theory of the demand for money is that it is couched in terms of a choice simply between money and bonds . |
| 11 | The implication for teaching is that texts or situations should not be devised where only the next level of ‘ difficulty ’ is provided , since these are not necessary . |
| 12 | One interesting quirk that emerged during installation was that the everything worked fine on the Zenith Z-150 [ an excellent IBM clone ] yet when the program was installed on a Compaq Plus [ also extremely compatible ] with the special Compaq driver everything went subtly awry . |
| 13 | The whole point about aerobics is that your exercise is done with plenty of ? |
| 14 | The third criterion for recognition is that the item can be measured at a monetary amount with sufficient reliability . |
| 15 | The curious thing about industry is that if we think for ten minutes and draw a picture of the kind of organization we would least like to work in , and hence the one where we are least likely to be effective , we often look about and see just such an environment around us . |
| 16 | The criteria for selection for reporting are that the case involves an issue of legal principle and contributes to the orderly development of the law . |
| 17 | Of course , being in the same profession may increase a sense of rivalry between you — but what 's good about friendship is that we can take a little of this . |
| 18 | The other factor making for openness is that MI5 's record for this period seems on the whole to be creditable . |
| 19 | Perhaps the most prevalent belief about crime is that it will ‘ explode ’ if penalties are relaxed , and can be contained only if they are stiffened . |
| 20 | One reason for confusion is that you may have tackled something too difficult , like skipping a step . |
| 21 | The great opportunity for Labour is that it will again be the main repository of anti-Conservative votes . |
| 22 | The bad news for Labour is that the section of the party which is n't blaming Kinnock is blaming John Smith instead — both for an unnecessarily harsh tax programme and an unnecessarily timid attack on the Government 's economic record . |
| 23 | As Ogden Nash put it , ‘ Another good thing about gossip is that it is within everybody 's reach/And it is much more interesting than any other form of speech … ’ |
| 24 | Another cause for optimism was that the coup attempt appeared not to have caused permanent damage to foreign investment or the tourist industry . |
| 25 | ‘ The worst thing about cocaine is that once it has exhausted all the dopamine from the brain , then what 's left is a black hole of depression so big and so awful that not all the misery in the world can fill it . |
| 26 | The reason the coding metaphor has such currency in contemporary talk about perception is that it seems to suggest a way in which very simple and apparently homogenous elements such as nerve impulses can generate the richness and variety of consciousness . |
| 27 | The problem facing writers like Schon who attempt to theorize about practice is that if they fail , practice remains particularistic or intuitive , and if they succeed , they simply generate more theory . |
| 28 | One of the most wonderful things about religion is that it 's always there waiting for us . |
| 29 | But what could be really annoying about Con was that you 'd start off together , a couple of sailors on shore-leave , and at the end of your binge , you 'd be left feeling embarrassed at having gone too far . |
| 30 | Perhaps the most important thing to remember about exercise is that it must be enjoyable . |