Example sentences of "[verb] the [noun] [is] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The penalty for breaching the section is that the allottees become liable to pay for the shares allotted to them in cash , with interest at the appropriate rate ( CA 1985 , s103(6) ) . |
| 2 | The advantage of using the computer is that the answers are confirmed immediately rather than after the whole passage has been completed . |
| 3 | The advantage in using the loop is that the message would not have to be completely understood . |
| 4 | An advantage of using the OALDCE is that it is targeted at non-native learners of English . |
| 5 | The other fact annoying the ARFU is that a precedent had already been set when the All Blacks played in Canada before touring Wales and Ireland in 1989 . |
| 6 | The reason why we have not been able to debate the report is that we have had a great deal of other business to do . |
| 7 | The probe problem is having had a big initial launch the reality is that we 're now going to drip feed the P R throughout the year and there are several good stories coming up which I 'm not gon na tell you er that we hope the , the national and local press will pick up on . |
| 8 | The only reason I make the point is that I understand ATP have rejected an appeal by the LTA to help guarantee the long term future of the November indoor tournament in Birmingham by lowering the $600,000 prize money to around the $300,000 on offer at the two competing tournaments in Moscow and Sao Paolo that week . |
| 9 | Well the , I mean the thing is that erm over the past erm we 've been recommended to people |
| 10 | I know , so I mean the thing is that we 've always said have n't ya as long as you can sort of get 'em down |
| 11 | Well it 's neither here nor there but I mean the thing is that we do n't as it is we 're not losing anything because you 're getting yours , half of it 's coming back as , as gross interest . |
| 12 | In other words , I mean I 'm retired and I mean the point is that my erm experience goes back into the er into the dark ages I can almost say because in these days , you probably realise , I mean if anybody buys a video you do n't ask you do n't look for the book of instructions you ask about a five year old kiddy how to programme it ! |
| 13 | But we did n't have to , what I mean the point is that we did n't have to tell , have to tell them , they already knew . |
| 14 | However , the plea continually made to us by senior police officers and members of the Police Federation and other organisations representing the police is that they do not have sufficient people . |
| 15 | And as I say the curiosity is that it it was actually addressed to Mansfield . |
| 16 | The authors of the report , John Spicer and Philip Morrisey , say the result is that customers perceive beer prices as rising continuously , Beer is no longer considered good value for money . |
| 17 | ‘ The reason why we wish to purchase the property is that we obviously are n't happy to have a business concern operating in the midst of a residential area — which is why I 've come to open negotiations by making you an offer . ’ |
| 18 | Another problem that has beset the RMCs is that , instead of being financed from special , earmarked central or regional funds , they have had to derive the necessary resources from the parent institutions . |
| 19 | He says the difficulty is that the site is on the Oxford greenbelt and therefore there 's a presumption against any commercial development . |
| 20 | Economy Minister Robert Atkins says the prospect is that Belfast International will be ‘ even more profitable ’ than at present once the airport is in private hands . |
| 21 | One of the problems for police investigating the crimes is that horses can be stolen in one part of the country and then swiftly transported hundreds of miles away , or even overseas . |
| 22 | One way to express the answer is that it might happen by ‘ chance ’ . |
| 23 | He does n't appeart to have struck since the end of January but one thing worrying the investigators is that there may be more victims who are too scared to come forward . |
| 24 | The general principle governing the work is that the determination of income of different groups is subject to identifiable , changeable ‘ rules ’ ( which are not always explicitly stated in any formal way ) . |
| 25 | This agrees extremely well with the fact that ( 20 ) is closely equivalent to ( 22 ) : ( 22 ) that is precisely the one It also provides us with a very satisfying explanation of the subtle difference between ( 23 ) and ( 24 ) ; ( 23 ) , with its non-restrictive relative seems at least somewhat odd , whereas ( 24 ) with its restrictive relative is quite acceptable , and so is ( 25 ) which has a non-restrictive relative but lacks the word very : ( 23 ) the very axe , which killed him , is to be sold ( 24 ) the very axe which killed him is to be sold ( 25 ) the axe , which killed him , is to be sold The reason is that the definite article indicates that some means of recognition is available to the audience . |
| 26 | ( Remember the hypothesis is that the treatment is successful because it adjusts the clock . ) |
| 27 | Hankin 's acceptance of the post is a measure of football 's odd , continuing ability to attract managers who know the score is that if their teams do n't score they go . |
| 28 | What clouds the issue is that I have caught hundreds of bream , of all sizes , and from a variety of waters , when the surface of the water has not been broken once by a fish . |
| 29 | After hearing all the views and ideas , Robert said the reason why he favours removing the screen is that it brings information services closer to our members . |
| 30 | What creates the difficulty is that such act or omission preceded and was , therefore , separated in point of time from the birth of the plaintiff in her injured condition . |