Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] be [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The original conception of review is indeed that set out above . |
| 2 | The strength of scepticism is not that it can be argued consistently but that it can be used effectively against unwarranted dogmatism . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ A crucial problem in the law of rape is precisely that it focuses unswervingly upon the non-consent of the complainant . |
| 5 | The ultimate justification of punishment is not that it is a deterrent , but that it is the emphatic denunciation by the community of a crime . |
| 6 | The other problem with the concept of consent is simply that it is susceptible of very weak and even negative interpretations . |
| 7 | An alternative explanation for the general enhancement of performance is simply that the subject populations differ between the studies . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 ’ . |
| 10 | The problem with capitalism was not that it would fall , but that it would continue its remarkable success in raising real output and real consumption per capita , which in turn would have the effects of undermining those very social institutions on which its success depended , and creating a civilisation hostile to its continued existence . |
| 11 | The trouble with Cabinet was not that Harold ran it through little cabals , but that there was no focal point of decision-making at all . |
| 12 | This work was led by Williams { 38 , 39 } and Guckenheimer { 14 , 17 } , though the range of parameter values in question was actually that studied by Lorenz in his original paper . |
| 13 | Mr John Lamidey , an officer of the Data Protection Registrar , concluded after visiting the league 's London office that the data on computer was not that used for vetting , which ‘ appears to be held on paper ’ . |
| 14 | What is most damaging to Christianity is not that Christians doubt but that there seems to be so little open discussion and understanding of doubt . |
| 15 | 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 . |