Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] that [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other advantages of a freezer are that it enables you to store food that can be brought out in an emergency when you have unexpected guests , or to store certain foods in bulk , such as bread , to save you from frequent trips to the shops . |
| 2 | In her foreword , Ruth Richardson , the Minister of Finance ( and not the most popular Kiwi politician ) , expresses it thus : ‘ The special advantages of accrual accounting are that it distinguishes between capital and current spending , and that it takes better account of the cost of current policies for future generations … |
| 3 | The advantages of friendship are that you have someone who can help you in any difficulties , you can have fun together and share the same experiences . |
| 4 | Ziegler ( 1978 ) , in his discussion of the Mass Observation records on the coronation of Elizabeth II in 1953 , records that the two most commonly cited reasons for supporting the coronation were that it created wealth and that it united the nation . |
| 5 | the the reasoning being that I 've gone into the aspects of erm income support and that and basically i it 's about seventy pound a week to live on . |
| 6 | The particular benefits of this approach for this study were that it provided quantitative data on important treatment/intervention issues in a population where group-comparison studies alone would be inappropriate , because of the individual nature of each person 's challenging behaviour and the small number of potential subjects . |
| 7 | The attractiveness of the cultural explanation of religion is that it appears to account for the diversity in religious practices and beliefs without the necessity to get involved in controversy . |
| 8 | The real importance of the Christian religion is that it claims to be true irrespective of how I regard it . |
| 9 | The important thing in dealing with our self-image is that we recognise that we are different creatures with different skills and abilities , and that we have a very realistic idea of what our skills and inabilities actually are . |
| 10 | A further reason why such dichotomies as are embodied in the quantitative–qualitative distinction should not be allowed to dominate our thinking is that they tend to obscure the sheer and sometimes bewildering variety of materials that can qualify as data . |
| 11 | One flaw in the techniques of vertical thinking is that they proceed from the known into the unknown . |
| 12 | Anyone listening to or reading about the debate will know that the nub of the Government 's thinking is that they want the Bill to be passed . |
| 13 | The relevance of Christian thinking is that it puts certain limits on the market place , not on the basis that they are politically necessary to secure greater freedom in the market economy , but that they are right and desirable in themselves . |
| 14 | The wood is alder and the deal is that I scaled down the body a little bit . |
| 15 | One problem with this experiment is that it presented subjects with a very artificial task and , not surprisingly , various criticisms have been made by authors such as Hupet and Le Boudec ( 1977 ) and Schultz and Kamil ( 1979 ) . |
| 16 | The reason the coding metaphor has such currency in contemporary talk about perception is that it seems to suggest a way in which very simple and apparently homogenous elements such as nerve impulses can generate the richness and variety of consciousness . |
| 17 | If the campaign has been logical to the strategists , the public perception is that it has been awful . |
| 18 | The problem with this reasoning is that it comes very close to construing a clause to the extent that the plaintiffs seek to enforce it rather than as it stands . |
| 19 | Jones finished off by saying : ‘ The good thing about English football is that they do n't roll about the pitch if they are not hurt . |
| 20 | My biggest comment on football is that I do n't like Sunderland … or Gazza ( Gascoigne ) . |
| 21 | My recommendation is that we scrap them for the ten year decade of evangelism as a trial period and then think again in AD 2000 ! |
| 22 | One of the drawbacks in presenting such a wide range of analytical exercises in quick succession is that we become so overwhelmed by the options that we end up by doing nothing . |
| 23 | A fourth and perhaps the largest reason for attending to causation is that we do well to avoid the general conceptual uncertainty that must be part of an inquiry which leaves undefined any of its fundamental ideas which are open to definition . |
| 24 | It is often said that one of the problems with antiracism is that it knows what it is against , but not what it is for . |
| 25 | The problem with weight loss is that it takes a long time to get what you want . |
| 26 | Its positive side is that it implies man 's ability to recognise his aptitude for self-pollution , and thus trigger the dynamic power which first clears the mess through the sacrament of penance ( repentance , confession , satisfaction ) and then works through self-discipline to keep the channels running clear in thought , word and deed . |
| 27 | My biggest disappointment is that we ended up playing ‘ route one ’ football in the last 20 minutes . |
| 28 | The result is that we know nothing about it except its external face , how its economy worked , and that has mostly been described by unsympathetic observers . |
| 29 | The result is that we 've received over 3,000 hours of new work , and most of this is on priority jobs . |
| 30 | The result is that we kill 5,000 people and maim a quarter of a million on our roads in the name of personal convenience . |