Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] [be] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Driving for cash er well an indication of how strongly we , we 've been driving for cash is that er the reduction i in er operating cash flow is less than the reduction in profit . |
| 2 | The result of the provisions relating to duration is that the owner of the right can only have a maximum of 10 years to exploit the design commercially . |
| 3 | In the final analysis , the nicest thing about writing for advertising is that you are judged by what you can do . |
| 4 | The reason for writing in pencil is that you may change the order . |
| 5 | Briefly , what needs to be shown if the anti-monist argument is going to work is that it is in principle impossible to remove such predicates from the relevant contexts and substitute for them some other predicates without any loss of truth . |
| 6 | What they 're saying in effect is that they 're not going to entrust their latest toy to their closest ally because we 'd flog it to the first Russian we came across . ’ |
| 7 | A second and smaller reason for attending to causation is that too dramatic conceptions of it , such as those which connect it with certain images or ideas of power , or fate or plan , or compulsion , or logical connection , distort one 's responses to determinism . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | One great joy about travelling by train is that places can be viewed at a distance , without the urgent compulsion to visit , in person , every stick and stone of a place systematically itemising contents and structure . |
| 10 | The trouble with reading about population is that you really have to decide what you think before you choose your reference book . |
| 11 | The other factor making for openness is that MI5 's record for this period seems on the whole to be creditable . |
| 12 | The advantages of studying at home are that you yourself can choose where , when and how to study . |
| 13 | The reason for concentrating on poetry is that it is the most visibly ‘ literary ’ , formal , and conventional of the major genres , and would provide the best scope for study within an aesthetic frame of reference . |
| 14 | The beauty of working on location is that so much is experienced , there is the constant interaction with the people and environment , and a constant stream of information filters into the subconscious and builds up an intuitive feeling and empathy for the country , culture and language , which ultimately influenced my drawings . |