Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [be] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most common reasons given are that although the complaint is within scope , there is no realistic remedy , or there is no real evidence of the complaint being well-founded . |
| 2 | But what he strenuously de nies inventing is that he DID serve Mr Lamont in Praed Street , Paddington , west London , on Monday , November 16 . |
| 3 | What these anomalies mean is that within one and the same constituency the price paid in first-preference votes for the election of a TD varies greatly . |
| 4 | But what I want the Hearts Mid-Lothian supporters to know is that if we do n't go to Hermestone , it is highly likely we 'll be remaining at Tynecastle , and we could put together a very attractive proposal there . |
| 5 | Alternatively third party rights in this context could be seen as a particular application of general international law : that State practice of both the treaty States and third parties has been that the canals are open for international navigation , and that there is sufficient opinio juris ( demonstrated by protest to any closure ) to support the view that there is a customary international law of transit through each canal despite their treaty origins . |
| 6 | Of course , it may turn out that what these empirical relationships show is that some or all of the original theories were wrong or , at least , insufficiently precise . |
| 7 | Where a marking procedure which is not specific to particular test items is employed , grading methods used are that : ( i ) Marks may be awarded by teachers exercising professional judgement about the quality of a piece of work based upon the experience of the teacher regarding the standard of work that has been achieved . |
| 8 | While empirical evidence relating unemployment levels to the unionization level in the USA provides some support for the analysis , the major point the authors offer is that the explicit or implicit adoption of price-taking competitive behaviour in macro modelling is misleading . |
| 9 | With the election of Margaret Thatcher , the assumption among some lobbyists had been that we would institute a new round of ‘ Beeching cuts ’ . |
| 10 | The criticisms made by the informed opinion of Her Majesty 's Inspectors have been that too often the curriculum is narrow and pedestrian rather than promoting the full development of individuals . |
| 11 | The key point about all the objects collected is that their provenance is known ; they are not collected for aesthetic merit alone . |
| 12 | One consequence of the bleak winds sensed is that the advocates of these disciplines turn to showing just how useful they really are ; or could be , with a little tinkering of the curriculum , with a little information technology here , an element of ‘ transferable skills ’ there . |
| 13 | A more fundamental criticism of semantic data models has been that although there is increased support for data definition , there is no parallel increased support for data manipulation . |
| 14 | one of the major problems engineers face is that the gearbox casing acts like a giant thermometer bowl , and as the oil heats up and expands , the level in the gearbox rises in a four-speed unit by 20 to 30mm . |
| 15 | What both texts indicate is that one explanation of this state of affairs may be a failure of resolve on the English side , an internal lethargy . |
| 16 | Another straw the optimists grasp is that two trade disputes between the EC and the United States have been headed off . |
| 17 | ‘ The trouble with the traditional with-profits endowments and deferred annuities which most school fees planners use is that they are inflexible , with heavy penalties for withdrawal , and the charges are high , ’ Walker says of the schemes . |
| 18 | It emerges that one of the foci around which these criticisms gather is that schools do not reliably , nor for all pupils , inculcate the habits and attitudes of ‘ good learning ’ . |
| 19 | What Pausanias implies is that he found nothing in this source about the Celtic art of divination which had been extolled by Posidonius and other authorities . |
| 20 | The problem shareholders face is that while there is inherent value in Ferranti 's continuing operations , the management is not well placed to exploit it . |
| 21 | The consensus among observers has been that IBM Corp will find it needs to cut many more than the 25,000 positions it is targeting for this year , so there was little surprise when both the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal last week came out with independent stories saying the cuts would go much higher . |
| 22 | She said : ‘ The strength of my country in recent years has been that we have had no coalition , just clear leadership , a clear majority and clear decisions . |
| 23 | ‘ One of my problems over the last few years has been that I 'm amazingly optimistic — really stupid in fact ! |
| 24 | My own personal rule for very many years has been that anybody is free to criticize me , to criticize the company , to question or argue against anything that we are trying to do — provided they will satisfy the one criterion that they will tell us what I or the company should do differently . |
| 25 | This proved to be a fateful oversight since one of the most devastating criticisms to be levelled at Keynesian macroeconomics in recent years has been that it has such shaky foundations in microeconomics . |
| 26 | By contrast , the policy of successive British Governments has been that we should make and announce a decision formally ‘ recognising ’ the new government . |
| 27 | The one drawback potential buyers face is that it can only be parked on a registered site , such as a caravan park , or on land of your own . |
| 28 | The premise on which African governments worked was that if capital could not be had on highly concessional terms it was better to accept it on terms more or less defined by the donors . |
| 29 | All that the loyalists knew was that their very own Special Constabulary was going to be dismantled and that this had been one of NICRA 's long-standing demands . |
| 30 | What all the programmes indicate is that it takes commitment and enthusiasm on the part of Rover , the schools and their pupils , if such initiatives are to produce the engineers of the future . |