Example sentences of "[is] [verb] [be] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What he is suggesting is that the relationship between symbol and symbolised is not only referential , does not simply describe , but is productive , that is it creates . |
| 2 | What Mr Laycock is suggesting is that a proposal will significantly improve or |
| 3 | Quite apart from the fact that they would appear to be unorthodox and a distortion at its best of Christian theology , I believe it must be said of all these suggestions that , if what is intended is that they should give an equal place to women or to the ‘ feminine ’ within the Christian religion , they fail . |
| 4 | Then I had to place my cock down on the glass , but the way this copier is designed — I disliked this copier , by the way , that place is too cheap to lease a decent brand of copier — the way it 's designed is that a normal eight and a half by eleven piece of paper is oriented sideways in the middle of the glass between two marks , you how that works , right ? ’ |
| 5 | An interesting additional finding which is stressed is that it appears that such people are more rather than less likely to exhibit qualities of psychological balance and social responsibility . |
| 6 | What he is asserting is that ‘ I have toothache ’ has meaning in virtue of pain-language taking the place of moaning ; and what he is denying is that saying this commits him to an experiential explanation of the meaning of pain-language . |
| 7 | However , what is expected is that the Bank of England will require all banks under the Banking Act of 1987 to keep a ratio of ‘ primary liquid assets ’ to some definition of deposit liabilities . |
| 8 | What 's happening is that I have a reason for rising , for living , for laughing . |
| 9 | ‘ What 's happening is that you 're being offered a way out . ’ |
| 10 | Alright , and effectively what 's , what 's happening is that the government sectors in erm , in developing countries are very highly subsidized . |
| 11 | So you might find that if you do a thing on the H P you may find that what is being what 's happening is that it it it 's creating the wrong size addressings in the look up table because either it 's using you know , er signed and it 's su assuming unsigned byte or something . |
| 12 | what 's happening is that the membership handbook should have been out last week but I think it 's actually going out physically today and I 've done a reminder which 'll be mailed out with it erm making one or two little pointed remarks about blah blah blah this is a very important event and please note it is not in Edinburgh you know erm S S K are very supportive of us we should you know take advantage of this very important |
| 13 | Is n't exactly what 's happening , I mean what , what 's happening is that if they ri erm increase rents or whatever , the people who , who ca n't pay that they get together and they demonstrate |
| 14 | How can that erm you know if man does n't destroy the world , well what 's happening is that every year the earth moves towards the sun one centimetre . |
| 15 | All that is recommended is that experienced , practising teachers be increasingly involved in the selection process . |
| 16 | What I think is happening is that a big shoal has moved into the swim ; a very hungry shoal of bream that behave very much like chickens . |
| 17 | When we are hurt by someone 's behaviour , all that is happening is that we are disappointed because they do not behave in the way we expect and the reality conflicts with our ideals . |
| 18 | What is happening is that two bones in the body are being pulled together and are wearing each other out . |
| 19 | All that is happening is that the story is taken over at various points by each of the members of the cast . |
| 20 | What is happening is that women have shown their competence in practice and this has helped to change machista attitudes . |
| 21 | And yes , it should concern you because what is happening is that our transports are disappearing . |
| 22 | What is happening is that the English rural landscape is slowly becoming divided into three major types in the lowlands . |
| 23 | Our assessment has always been , and continues to be , of a very … complex kind , because what is happening is that people are getting feedback from us all by working with us . |
| 24 | What is happening is that generally the Black movement for liberation is defined from a male perspective . |
| 25 | An outcome such as 4 raises A's utility to and B's to Intuitively , what is happening is that A 's loss of utility from the reduction of her own income is being more than compensated for by the knowledge that B 's income is also falling . |
| 26 | What I hope ( and would like to think ) is happening is that the children are aware of the onlookers , but that they 're making a choice to stay in role ; that their engagement with the issues and the problems of the drama is what is keeping them intent on their work . |
| 27 | The point of issue is that estuary and coastal zone management is a reality and what seems to be happening is all sorts of different plans are popping up on various estuaries and Geoff knows them well now because he 's been involved with the one on the Stour and Orwell and what is happening is that these are starting at local level so the first contact with sailors may be from a local authority or someone at local level . |
| 28 | What is happening is that the old orthodoxies are being softened , rather than up-ended . |
| 29 | Well the interesting thing which is happening is that we 're getting better at preventing these things happening . |
| 30 | But what is challenging is that again Peter did not allow this mistake to separate him and strangle the spiritual life from him . |