Example sentences of "[be] that the [noun] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The signs are that the talks are progressing well . |
| 2 | The disadvantages are that the technique is very ambitious , is sensitive to data inaccuracies and incompleteness , and technical problems of model validation are formidable . |
| 3 | Complaints about noise have increased tenfold in the past fifteen years , and all the signs are that the problem is still getting worse . |
| 4 | Their drawbacks are that the frames are prone to serious condensation unless a thermal break is incorporated in their construction , and uncoated types may suffer surface corrosion in industrial or coastal areas . |
| 5 | Their drawbacks are that the frames are prone to serious condensation , unless a thermal break is incorporated in their construction , and anodised types may suffer surface corrosion in industrial or coastal areas ( although very few of these are sold these days ) . |
| 6 | He says the two main benefits for shareholders are that the perks are a ‘ bit of fun ’ that it ‘ enables them to relate more to the company . ’ |
| 7 | The reasons that Charlie Francis , Ben Johnson , Angella Taylor and the rest took drugs are that the rewards were great and that they thought they could get away with it . |
| 8 | Icelandic cattle today still show some likeness to those of Shetland and have developed under similar environmental conditions ; the main differences are that the Shetlands are horned and now invariably black-and-white pied , whereas the great majority of Icelandics are polled and have retained the older colours . |
| 9 | The disadvantages are that the chapters are of varying quality and with a degree of repetition that more editing time could have removed . |
| 10 | The other benefits of the Protagon are that the strings are not ‘ fixed ’ on the frame , rather they are guided down into the handle , ‘ floating ’ on the frame , according to the manufacturers , thereby equalizing the tension over the entire racket face . |
| 11 | The relevant circumstances are set out in s1(2) of that Act which states : ( 2 ) The circumstances referred to in the preceding subsection [ the extinguishment of any right of the sender to the goods ] are that the goods were sent to the recipient with a view to his acquiring them , that the recipient has no reasonable cause to believe that they were sent with a view to their being acquired for the purposes of a trade or business and has neither agreed to acquire nor agreed to return them , and either ( a ) that during the period of six months beginning with the day on which the recipient received the goods the sender did not take possession of them and the recipient did not unreasonably refuse to permit the sender to do so ; or ( b ) that not less than thirty days before the expiration of the period aforesaid the recipient gave notice to the sender in accordance with the following sub-section , and that during the period of thirty days beginning with the day on which the notice was given the sender did not take possession of the goods and the recipient did not unreasonably refuse to permit the sender to do so . |
| 12 | The signs are that the Thatcherites are now losing confidence in their economic and social project . |
| 13 | Where unemployment is not defined as per the Act the only common requirements within the policy wordings are that the claimant is in receipt of unemployment benefit ( or registered as unemployed with the DOE/DHSS ) and is available for/actively seeking employment . |
| 14 | Hundreds of pilots will retire over the next two years and all the signs are that the airlines are poised to grow strongly from now on . ’ |
| 15 | The major problems facing the industry are that the product is still seen as difficult to cook and boring by non-buyers , said Keith Simpson , head of the British Turkey Information Service ( BTIS ) , at the annual turkey industry conference in Norwich yesterday . |
| 16 | They are that the rains are going to cease falling and , because of the restrictions placed on their movement , the Masai will not be able to follow their tradition of moving on . |
| 17 | The figures actually which I got from the director yesterday are that the department is counting four hundred and ten vacancies of those four hundred and ten , two hundred and thirty four are out of commission , they 're in homes being refurbished seventy two are in blocked places , that is double rooms being lived in by a widow or widower where er they 'd previously shared it with the spouse or er disability reasons , health reasons , behaviour reasons of a resident er in a previously shared room . |
| 18 | Other advantages proposed for speech are that the hands are free to perform other tasks and that communication may be carried out over a standard telephone line without the requirement for additional hardware . |
| 19 | The disadvantages are that the batteries are inconvenient to change and severe battery leakage can be disastrous to the circuit board . |
| 20 | The advantages put forward for the traditional system are that the project is fully designed before the tender and , therefore , the cost should in theory be known at the commencement of the contract . |
| 21 | The chances are that the answer is no . |
| 22 | The problem has been that the field is owned by the builders Wimpey Homes , who refuse to allow the path to be developed unless they are given planning permission to build on at least part of the field . |
| 23 | It may also have been that the government was unwilling to lend further strength to the clamour for the reform of the Official Secrets Act ( which has now happened ) that had been mounting for some years . |
| 24 | If the verdict of the experts had been that the artist was in truth Gabriele Munter , the claim would not have arisen . |
| 25 | Alternatively third party rights in this context could be seen as a particular application of general international law : that State practice of both the treaty States and third parties has been that the canals are open for international navigation , and that there is sufficient opinio juris ( demonstrated by protest to any closure ) to support the view that there is a customary international law of transit through each canal despite their treaty origins . |
| 26 | But the initial impression of that first-night audience in June 1945 , a month after the end of the war in Europe , seems to have been that the music was above all something new , a fresh beginning , or , for those who disliked it ( a fair number ) , a regrettable break with the English tradition . |
| 27 | Armstrong 's answer to this would , I think , have been that the cases were not similar . |
| 28 | A major criticism of the town-planning sections of the 1909 Act had been that the provisions were cumbersome and that as a consequence the operation of town planning schemes was slow and protracted . |
| 29 | The other trend has been that the midfield is more cluttered than it ever was . |
| 30 | Tim Buisseret , Researcher at the Programme for Policy Research in Engineering Science and Technology ( PREST ) at Manchester University , said that his first impression , like that of many people , had been that the ideas were sound , but had ‘ not gone far enough ’ . |