Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] is that the " in BNC.

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1 One of the major tenets of the mental models theory of text comprehension is that the model of the text so far provides ( part of ) the context for understanding the current sentence .
2 The other aspect of the MacSharry proposals is that the compensation terms are incredibly generous .
3 The main part of Residents ' Association case is that the amount of relief afforded by any western relief road , does not justify the environmental damage which that road will cause .
4 One of the most remarkable things about the Peniel story is that the larger narrative proceeds almost entirely as if it was not there .
5 Once jurisdiction can properly be established on this basis then the effect of article 5(1) in the light of the Effer v. Kantner decision is that the court has jurisdiction finally to determine the issues between the parties .
6 Another problem with a textbook description of research methods is that the textbook gives the impression that this is what really goes on .
7 The unfortunate side effect is that the Act appears not to require as assessment of the utterance as a whole elsewhere in the Act , especially in relation to sections 21 and 22 .
8 Once the test pilot comes out of the chamber , a nasty side effect is that the ageing process becomes speeded up .
9 The idea behind the Partnership Act is that the internal affairs of the partnership are for the partners to decide .
10 The golden rule on snow terrain is that the rope should be kept taut between all members of the party , with no loose coils carried in the hand .
11 But the main reason in favour of the bounty test is that the word " settlement " … seems to me to be used … with a flavour of donation or bounty .
12 What the data show is that the issue of sign universality can not be easily described as confirmed or disproved .
13 GENERAL TIPS A general rule for pub rock patrons is that the quality of music will be in inverse proportion to the quality of the beer ( except at Finsbury Park 's Sir George Robey where an excellent music policy comes complete with a decent pint of Guinness ) .
14 The position taken by the accounting profession is that the function of the accounts is to provide verifiable information : what users of that information choose to do with it is a matter for them .
15 In the leading case of Lawrence ( 1981 ) it was held that reckless driving consists of driving which creates an obvious and serious risk of causing physical injury to some other person who might be happening to use the road or of doing substantial damage to property , and that the fault element is that the driver either failed to give any thought to the possibility of such a risk or , having recognized the existence of a risk , went on to take it .
16 One of the theories about the abandoned ship Marie Celeste is that the crew were plucked off by a hungry kraken .
17 ( 1 ) Where a licensing board considers that licensed premises are no longer suitable or convenient for the sale of alcoholic liquor , having regard to their character and condition , and the nature and extent of the use of the premises , the board may decide to hold a hearing with a view to making a closure order under this section , and the effect of a closure order is that the licence held in respect of the premises shall cease to have effect while the closure order is in force .
18 But what will make the industry 's traditional jamboree an even more painful experience for America 's big three car makers is that the Japanese will hog the limelight with a clutch of flashy new models .
19 Another difference between the Act and The Stock Exchange rules is that the latter specifically permit pre-emptive offers to exclude holders of shares when the directors ‘ consider it necessary or expedient … on account of either legal problems under the laws of any territory or the requirements of any recognised regulating body or any other stock exchange . ’
20 Thus one social argument which might be mobilised in favour of the rule in the Attorney-General 's Reference case is that the savings of medical expenses resulting from conformity with the law are more important than the liberty of individual citizens to engage in fights .
21 One slight Twilight Zone coincidence is that the serial number on this particular guitar is 01335 , which , when you take into account who it was designed by , is most spooky …
22 What is remarkable — and , I think , indefensible -about English libel trials is that the judge gives directions and guidance on the measure of damages as part and parcel of a single summing-up on the substantive issue .
23 The forecast from Chris Haskins of Northern Dairies which now owns Express Dairies and has over 3,000 milk rounds delivering a daily pinta to five million 5m doorsteps is that the fall in doorstep delivery will not stop until it is down to about a third of the total .
24 An interesting point to note in real Spanish folk dance is that the boy and girl rarely touch each other .
25 The point to make here is that the logic of adversary adjudication is that the decision of the court should be based on the case put to it by the parties in dispute and not on material or information supplied by third parties ; and rules of evidence are designed to achieve this result .
26 The effect of the Transfer Regulations is that the contracts of employment of the persons working in the business immediately before it is transferred are novated automatically to the purchaser on completion of the transfer .
27 The stock answer to defence procurement questions is that the information is commercially confidential or that the Department does not normally give the information .
28 As Docherty said : ‘ The problem caused by the tendency in user organisations to hive off IT to specialist managers is that the real users and decision-makers within them are isolated .
29 One of the oddities of child development is that the word meaning ‘ mother ’ is so similar in so many languages .
30 What Thucydides means is that the Spartans were immediately responsible for the breaking of the treaty/libations — but that Athenian dynamism was behind it all .
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