Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [is] [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The original conception of review is indeed that set out above . |
| 2 | The defence of formalism is always that it serves to control an excess of feeling , but here in the absence of formalism there is nothing but empty pathos , artificiality in its weak form . |
| 3 | ‘ A crucial problem in the law of rape is precisely that it focuses unswervingly upon the non-consent of the complainant . |
| 4 | The other problem with the concept of consent is simply that it is susceptible of very weak and even negative interpretations . |
| 5 | An alternative explanation for the general enhancement of performance is simply that the subject populations differ between the studies . |
| 6 | The ideal source of information is therefore that collected prospectively , that is , from subjects in their childhood who are then followed up and re-interviewed many years later . |
| 7 | Often this criticism is less than coherent , and it sometimes seems that a principal reason for the volume of protest is simply that rates are an unusually transparent tax ; there are few other cases where individuals are personally and directly responsible for making payments ’ . |
| 8 | The situation at present is still that any operation performed by a surgeon is , prima facie , a battery rendered lawful by the consent of the patient . |