Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb pp] [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | The key point about all the objects collected is that their provenance is known ; they are not collected for aesthetic merit alone . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But another feature in the projects noted is that they have elements both of research and development in them , and the work has been pursued not just with one school but usually with several concurrently . |
| 6 | Okay , now one of the predictions made is that metaphors to , sorry idioms to form into this plus . |
| 7 | The one indisputable fact these studies revealed is that the majority of those interviewed were not familiar with the extent of , or damage caused by , corporate crime and amongst the ‘ knowledgeable ’ minority , few were able to define it with any precision . |
| 8 | The only problems encountered were that I tended to catch my chin on the high foam on the front and shoulder elastic was slightly against skin . |
| 9 | An important point to emerge from one of the studies reviewed is that policies vary a good deal in the effect they will have on trade patterns and terms of trade — and thus on both the overall loss of global welfare and the regional distribution of that loss . |
| 10 | One current explanation as to why the dinosaurs died and the mammal-like reptiles survived is that the dinosaurs were cold-blooded : when conditions became arctic , the dinosaurs just died . |
| 11 | The reason for keeping women and men separated is that it is felt that a man can not concentrate on prayer when women are in close proximity . |
| 12 | The evolutionary view is that the only explanation for certain practices being adopted and others discarded is that these practices enable the group which adopts them to survive and gain mastery over others . |
| 13 | The conclusions drawn are that perforations should be shot with the biggest charges possible , large negative pressure differentials , and that there needs to be a high shot density ; also that the mud weight over-balance — that is , the degree of pressure maintained above the reservoir 's natural pressure — during drilling should be as low as possible ; and that losses of fluids and solids to the productive reservoirs should never be accepted as a matter of course . |
| 14 | The attitude to the Asian women employed is that they should be hired and fired as needed . |
| 15 | Perhaps , the main conclusion to be made from the response these Reports evoked is that in today 's world and its existing political structure , the LDCs must rely on themselves to achieve a higher level of economic welfare . |
| 16 | What is evident from the women studied is that they wanted and needed paid work for economic , social , psychological and personal reasons . |
| 17 | Among the reasons mentioned are that enterprises fail to pay their debts to the banks , and that they fail to deposit dinars when they purchase foreign exchange . |
| 18 | What is striking about all these cases quoted is that , in every one , the eventual victim had already pursued his or her complaint exhaustively behind the scenes with the employer and only went public in desperation when the outrage was intense and no other recourse seemed available . |
| 19 | Towards the end of Section 1.8 we noted that the only interpretation one could put upon the equality unc between the two polynomials mentioned is that 1 = 0 , -3 = 0 and 2 = 0 in Q. Thus the above equality is meaningful but blatantly false . |