Example sentences of "[vb pp] is that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One common division in social research that needs to be addressed is that between allegedly different kinds of inferential structure encapsulated in the dichotomy between qualitative and quantitative social research . |
| 2 | What is missed is that alongside an increase in centralized control has been persistent dissent ; domination — social , economic and ideological — has been maintained only through struggle . |
| 3 | The relief sought is an order of certiorari , and the principal ground on which relief is sought is that in relation to Winchester the board of Lautro had on 30 October failed to observe the rules of natural justice . |
| 4 | The final point to be made is that in Re G ( a minor ) 1988 ( A11 FR p. 7(15) the House of Lords upheld the argument that adoption orders can be made with access but that these should only be made in exceptional circumstances although a distinction may be drawn between the position of birth parents and other relatives . |
| 5 | The point that is being made is that in this situation none of the profit figures are a guide to the future . |
| 6 | What is envisaged is that at least the above six mentioned countries will form a currency union by the end of the decade , while the remaining EC countries enter into an EMS type relationship with the union until they have converged sufficiently to become union members . |
| 7 | Another fact that is also overlooked is that in most other European countries , people must make contributions , for example to health care , which do not arise here . |
| 8 | The only fact upon which dieticians seem agreed is that in general we eat too much meat and too few vegetables , which distorts the balance of fat in our bodies . |
| 9 | The prima facie conclusion to be drawn is that in the variable phonology of the ‘ underlying ’ ( East Midland/East Anglian ) speech community , loss of the fricative and merger of wight , white , or close approximation and overlap , had already taken place . |
| 10 | No perceptible direct line connects Edward 's law with Wyclif 's radicalism , but what can be asserted is that in this matter — as in so many others — Wyclif was not breaking new ground but appealing to ideas already long current in certain circles . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | What is less known is that at the close of the Southern African conflict , this same general had been discreetly retired , and he had then entered business , dealing in shipments from Southern Africa . |
| 13 | What is less widely known is that at this moment two P-38 Lightnings , ( distinctive , long-range US fighters ) appeared , their star insignia clearly visible , and although it may have been coincidence even to the sophisticated in a crowd of some hundreds of thousands it must indeed have appeared that the mandate of heaven had assumed its newest form . |
| 14 | When it is said ( as we shall say ) that the sentence That 's a dog entails the sentence That 's an animal , what is meant is that in any conceivable situation in which That 's a dog can ( with appropriate reference ) express a true proposition , there exists a corresponding proposition ( i.e. with no change in the referents of referring expressions ) expressible by That 's an animal , whose truth is a necessary consequence of the truth of the first proposition . |
| 15 | All that would have happened is that for some reason the Earth 's magnetic field would have reversed itself . |
| 16 | What has happened is that on conversion they have had a host of non-Christian friends . |
| 17 | The reason being given is that in retaining the project for itself , Silicon Graphics ' goal of portraying the MIPS architecture as vendor-neutral would be compromised . |
| 18 | What must be recognized is that in approaching different collections , different users at different periods in time will place varying requirements on a scheme , both in terms of the subjects that should be included and also in terms of the relationships that need to be shown . |
| 19 | For the most part , the evidence from corporate officials who have been sanctioned is that for this type of crime , criminalization and stigmatization are not fearful consequences likely to occur . |
| 20 | The one thing that has not changed is that in order to gain success at the very highest level the athlete 's training has to be geared to the specific needs of the event . |
| 21 | The background to the situation which I have described is that in December 1990 and January 1991 there had been an uprising in Somalia in the course of which the President , Siad Barre , had been overthrown . |
| 22 | One way in which the pattern of results might be described is that in each case the exemplars which accorded most closely to the subjects ’ expectations were recognized best . |