Example sentences of "[adj] theory be [that] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One attractive aspect of this theory is that it highlights the way in which formal instruction can inhibit learning by not allowing sufficient scope for self-expression and self-development — alienation following submission to being taught rather than learning how to learn . |
| 2 | Another theory is that it prevents the leaves from mistaking strong moonlight for the dawn of another day . |
| 3 | But the chief advantage of the linguistic analogy in any narrative theory is that it allows literature in general and narrative in particular to be read as a self-contained system independent of any realist function . |
| 4 | Thom 's main claim for his basic theory is that it provides a language enabling qualitative description of a system of moderate complexity embracing discontinuities . |
| 5 | What is important about this contribution to linguistic theory is that it allows one to analyze the personal or ‘ subjective ’ elements of language without having to resort to any real correlative outside language . |
| 6 | One theory is that it awakens distant memories of floating in the comfort of the womb . |
| 7 | ( One theory is that it arose from scribes ' attempts to make the word more legible . |