Example sentences of "[vb infin] [is] that [prep] " in BNC.

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1 What he does know is that at least some of the whales seem to have started making Puget Sound their regular summer feeding ground .
2 What we do know is that in the autumn of 1869 Nietzsche was contemplating a large book , but one of a different kind .
3 One key fact they should remember is that outside the United States , by far the largest amount of their prize money comes from events organised and funded by national associations which , in turn , are part of the ITF .
4 What we can now see is that for the first timefor a very long epriod we have inflation at a ver low level and the clear prospect of growth without inflationary difficulties .
5 One problem that you may meet is that on some boards , the Dabs board is one , both processor and coprocessor sockets are identical .
6 The law has come too late for Anna McGurk , all her parents can now hope is that by the passing of this bill , some good will finally have come from her death .
7 In practice what will happen is that in the middle of the field where the deliberate knock-on is no more than inconvenient a free-kick will be awarded .
8 I was a New Man before New Men had capital letters , but I feel like an Old Man these days , and all I can think is that by the time this one is through university I 'll be nearly sixty .
9 What they do not say is that on this ‘ best ’ measure , police performance has in fact improved marginally , not declined ( from 7.9 in 1972 to 9.6 in 1986 . )
10 The most you should say is that on these facts there is evidence of negligence ( or unreasonableness ) , and that a finding to that effect would clearly be right ( or conversely ) .
11 All I can say is that at the time everything fitted together perfectly into so glaringly obvious a pattern that I was amazed I had never seen it before .
12 The only thing I can say is that at least my mistakes are genuine .
13 I think what we would now say is that of course women are extremely competent programme-makers , but there is n't a lot of evidence that they want to cover different topics .
14 The worst one can fairly say is that in some scenes — the Andúril ones , the Field of Cormallen , the eagle 's song — Tolkien under-estimated his audience 's resistance and reached too hastily for the sublime or the impressive .
15 The best one can say is that in those chapters , as in The Lord of the Rings more generally , a work essentially of ‘ romance ’ manages to rise at times towards ‘ myth ’ , and also to sink towards ‘ high ’ or even ‘ low mimesis , .
16 All I will say is that in attempting to develop theories about the alleviation of neurological dysfunction as she has , Dr Hari has been one of very few medical scientists to address an important ‘ black hole ’ in the research agenda .
17 All that I can honestly say is that after collecting the facts I do decide one way or another , without having any reasons which will satisfy you if you do not share the same standards .
18 What the tourist will also find is that among the Arab nations , there are none more genial than the Omanis .
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