Example sentences of "[is] that [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's that at the age of 34 , fourteen years after first shambling on stage in downtown Chicago , having criss-crossed the stand-up circuit from coast to coast and guested on very hip chat show from David Letterman to Arsenio Hall , he should be bigger than he is . |
| 2 | A possible explanation is that during the 1950s and 1960s , before Aldabra became a scientific reserve , commercial fishermen from the Seychelles living on the island hunted goats with dogs at night . |
| 3 | The point on which I want to concentrate here is that during the last two centuries changes in the law and in employment policies progressively have excluded both the youngest and the oldest generations from the labour market , and therefore from the means to support themselves through earning wages . |
| 4 | Above : The great thing about this indoor pool by Cascade is that during the warm summer months the doors slide open to give you the best of both worlds . |
| 5 | In the case of a bridal couple the ideology is that during the initiatory phase of their marriage the groom and his bride are playing out the roles of a god and a goddess ; when they resume their life as ordinary mortals their dangerous divinity must be removed . ) |
| 6 | The answer is that during the past 200 years or more a dynamic change has taken place . |
| 7 | No two coalfields were the same , but if a general pattern can be discerned from the variety of experience it is that during the first half of the nineteenth century each region largely generated its own workforce from the natural increase of its population , but that the spectacular later developments drew not only upon local men who left the farms or rural crafts and industries in large numbers but also upon the surplus population of counties from all over the British Isles . |
| 8 | Presumably the reason why the lights appear stationary while the " ghost " is seen to revolve is that during the duration of any light the stimulus from it is accompanied by fused after-images of the other three . |
| 9 | On the continuity point their argument is that under the system of election by thirds , you do n't see a dramatic switch in the party control of the council . |
| 10 | One of the drawbacks of alluvial sources is that under the pressure of a growing demand they tend to be depleted to a point at which more intensive methods are called for . |
| 11 | Its theoretical underpinning is that under the right conditions ‘ the central nervous system will restructure itself ’ . |
| 12 | The reason is that under the general agreement on tariffs and trade beef from other countries , notably Australia , comes into the European Community . |
| 13 | 1.40 What adds additional force to this argument is that under the Rules of the Supreme Court writs can be renewed only for a good or sufficient reason ( see Kleinwort Benson Ltd v Barbrak Ltd , " The Myrto " ( No 3 ) [ 1987 ] AC 597 ) . |
| 14 | I mean can I just return to what Queenie Warley said about the rents , because basically what she said was the conservative view on council house rents was that yes they had to go up because the Government decreed they had to go up , that they would have put them up earlier so people would have been paying more for longer , and the phasing that they 're suggesting now what she did n't point out is that under the Conservative proposal people would finish up paying even higher rents than they will have to pay this year . |
| 15 | A result is that despite the reduced power — 73bhp against 108 — the car gets along briskly enough without feeling quite so strained . |
| 16 | A second conclusion is that despite the findings from small-group research it is possible for relatively large primary work groups of up to fifty members to operate successfully . |
| 17 | The answer is that despite the wettest November since 1984 the depleted underground water tables in some parts of the country have barely started to recover . |
| 18 | One of the conclusions that can be drawn from the responses is that despite the increased provision of online information services by a range of organisations including Aberdeen City library , the Scottish Council and others , the level of awareness and potential of such information sources is still low . |
| 19 | One of the very satisfying factors is that despite the difficult times that some companies are facing , they are continuing with their sponsorship of the arts , often in partnership with my office , through the business sponsorship incentive scheme award . |
| 20 | The truth is that despite the siting of the creamery it has probably not been made with local products for some time . |
| 21 | The irony is that despite the scandal surrounding some of his cabinet , it is the prime minister who has in fact begun to reform the system with the support of President Scalfaro after voters abandoned the traditional parties in droves in elections last April . |
| 22 | ‘ The paradox of this reform is that despite the abolition of PRT for new fields , and the reduced rate for existing fields , after 1993-94 it will actually raise revenue for the Exchequer , ’ he added . |
| 23 | It seems that the law 's answer is that notwithstanding the general rule about the jus tertii P's claim may be barred by public policy if to assist in recovery of the property would offend the court 's conscience . |
| 24 | One concern is that as the numbers of very aged people increase in the population , so those offered a place in a home are increasingly dependent . |
| 25 | What is certain is that as the relationship between doctors and their patients becomes less paternalistic , so must the manner in which we seek to obtain their consent for treatment . |
| 26 | The best that can be said for Manne 's argument is that as the risks of insider dealing increase , ‘ not trading ’ trading may become more popular . |
| 27 | What I 've been thinking is that as the walls of this cellar ( and the outer one ) are stones — not stone then behind the stones there must be earth . |
| 28 | The essence of the flaw is that as the process by which aggregate demand is determined becomes known and therefore predictable , rational people will predict the changes in aggregate demand that governments engineer . |
| 29 | The final point of caution is that as the conveyancer for the buyer , you should check that any endowment mortgage arrangements are suitable . |
| 30 | The governments ' main complaint is that for the Commission 's plan to work , a special clearing house would have to be set up to reapportion VAT revenue levied in the country of export which would be owing to that of import - where the product would be consumed . |