Example sentences of "[noun] [that] it is an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Typical are the films written by T. E. B. Clarke , such as Passport to Pimlico ( 1949 ) , about a community whose discovery that it is an independent Burgundian principality enables the inhabitants to forget for a while the realities of post-war austerity , and The Lavender Hill Mob ( 1951 ) , about a bank clerk who robs a bank . |
| 2 | Other governments have viewed the spontaneous housing settlements as wretched areas , which not only house society 's drop-outs , but are also breeding grounds for crime and radical political activity The Brazilian government has tried to eradicate the squatter settlements for these reasons , which is especially the case in Rio de Janeiro , because of the added factor that it is an international tourist centre and the favelas are so visible on the steep hillsides behind the luxury hotels and beaches . |
| 3 | It is my firm belief that it is an ideal place to do all three . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Sotheby 's claim that it is an unwitting participant rings hollow ’ |
| 5 | She clearly does not believe that Wilson can have acted in this matter without the knowledge of people in the auction house : ‘ Sotheby 's claim that it is an unwitting participant rings hollow . |
| 6 | The first is virtually impossible in the UK because of government legislation , and there are relatively few teachers with a native knowledge of BSL who have not been told in the past that it is an impoverished way of communicating . |
| 7 | In the sense that it is an enquiry method , this is considered sufficient ; extending the analysis to produce a comprehensive information model of an organisation is possible , but this would require the use of additional software and then becomes a more specialised operation . |
| 8 | Manslaughter is the offence committed when one person causes the death of another by an act which is unlawful and which is also dangerous , dangerous in the sense that it is an act which all sober and reasonable people would inevitably realise must subject the victim to the risk of some harm resulting whether the defendant realised that or not . |
| 9 | There are also powerful and persuasive attempts to analyse the origin and fabrication of racism itself , contesting the assumption that it is an inevitable , permanent , and eternal part of all social landscapes . |
| 10 | We should keep our house and garden in such a way that it is an asset to the neighbourhood . |
| 11 | It 's , it 's a very simple organism , but basically what it 's there for is to ensure the future of T four genes , and this is what i it 's doing , and presumably natural selection has er selected it in such a way that it is an optimum design as far as , as far as doing this er is concerned , because it would be in competition with mutant T fours who did it in different ways , and presumably this is the kind of T four that seems to succeed . |
| 12 | So far , the case discussed in this book for the extended use of the industrial co-operative as a form of organisation for production or provision has stood primarily upon the proposition that it is an expression of authentic industrial democracy , that such an extension would help to fill a debilitating gap in the practice in the United Kingdom of western liberal principles , to mend what Bertrand Russell calls ‘ this disruption of democracy from within' . |
| 13 | The prison governors have said that it is too draconian , and the Prison Officers Association has expressed the view that it is an unnecessary knee-jerk reaction to a deeply serious problem . |
| 14 | Although he warns against treating France as an extension of the British market , he dismisses the view that it is an awkward place to do business : ‘ There is a market for everything in France and the chances are that the French do n't need any British imports — it 's a question of making it worth their while . |
| 15 | The client should be advised of this , and at the same time that it is an undesirable feature of a leasehold estate : then it 's for the client to decide whether to proceed . |
| 16 | Libya 's unusual wealth for an African country stems from the fact that it is an oil-producing country with a relatively small population . |
| 17 | Electronic project construction is probably less troubled by this type of thing than many others , perhaps due to the fact that it is an indoor pursuit which is not dependent on the weather . |
| 18 | Its title conceals the fact that it is an inter-governmental organisation as significant in its field as , for example , the World Intellectual Property Organisation . |
| 19 | If you want a perceptron or a BM to learn to recognise some class of examples , you have to provide it with a ) examples of the class b ) counter examples c ) for each training instance , the fact that it is an example or a counter example . |
| 20 | Second , even physics , the most rigourous of sciences , has recognized the fact that it is an elaborate fiction or secondary modelling system , not a recreation of its object . |
| 21 | The fit of this brace was firm and it felt comfortable , despite the fact that it is an off-the-shelf model ( its older brother , the CTI , is custom-fit ) and I found I was able to ski with some confidence in my otherwise highly unstable knee . |
| 22 | Where individual claimants submit a genuine , soundly based claim or appeal to an adjudicating officer , if there is an organised campaign it is reasonable for our adjudicating officers to consider the claim with an eye that , although fair , takes account of the fact that it is an organised campaign . |
| 23 | Recruitment should be helped by the fact that it is an existing group . |
| 24 | The reason why ( 6 ) is perceived as if it was assignment is that the indefinitizing effect of the determiner means that the hearer is granted no more about the entity in post-copular position than : ( a ) The properties denoted by the noun used ; ( b ) The fact that it is an entity ; but the latter fact has already been given by the subject noun phrase ; hence the effect , with such a determiner , amounts to the same thing , in practice ( but not in terms of intensional pattern ) , as simple assignment . |
| 25 | The constant use of ‘ he ’ when talking and writing about managers gives women and girls the impression that it is an uphill struggle if they want a career in a leadership position . |