Example sentences of "of [noun] [is] that [prep] " in BNC.

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1 A second assertion of monetarists is that in the absence of government intervention in the economy , there will be an automatic tendency towards the ‘ natural rate of unemployment ’ — that is , ‘ the level of unemployment which has the property that it is consistent with equilibrium in the structure of real wage rates ’ .
2 The simplest scheme of inheritance is that for one pair of genes , controlling one pair of traits ; the traits will then segregate in a 3:1 ratio in the second generation .
3 The relevance of Pentecost is that through the person of the Holy Spirit these propositions can acquire a personal dimension which in turn should influence our thinking and our behaviour .
4 The second source of difference is that in many network studies ( not all ) men have been found to have stronger community ties than women .
5 The first , and rather obvious , point of criticism is that by concentrating on capital-labour relations and movements of capital these authors have largely neglected other kinds of relations ( such as those of gender and race ) which have dynamics which are relatively separate from those of class but which nevertheless combine with those of class in highly complex ways .
6 An additional factor in considering the question of definition is that by far the majority of non-traditional entrants are also mature entrants .
7 The importance of diet in this group of patients is that for some diet alone will suffice , while for the rest there must be a good dietary compliance if control is to be optimal at a steady weight whether using oral agents or insulin .
8 The disquieting feature of the pronouncements of the House of Lords is that by flatly insisting upon the literal rule without expressing any qualifications , they tend to repress the use of the traditional tools by which the judges have in the past introduced rationality into the statute law .
9 The next word of warning is that in negotiations with opponents it is usually prudent not to give commitments without a package settlement .
10 Now one of the comments of Pausanias is that before a battle the Celts neither employed a Greek soothsayer nor made sacrifices according to national custom — if indeed , as Pausanias pointedly remarks ( 10.21.1 ) , there is such a thing as Celtic divination .
11 THE reality of schistosomiasis is that at least as many people are infected today as ten years ago — this despite the availability of the wonder drug praziquantel .
12 What is , however , a matter of concern is that within days of receiving and failing to reply to that letter , on 23 October 1991 , the local authority moved the children from the family friends with whom they had lived since 17 July 1991 and placed them with foster parents .
13 The final point of caution is that as the conveyancer for the buyer , you should check that any endowment mortgage arrangements are suitable .
14 A prerequisite for the effective planning of negotiations is that throughout the buying/selling process management should be aware of the factors which will affect the final form of the purchase agreement .
15 ’ ( John 12.24 ) The importance of death is that for God it is the commencement of resurrection .
16 My basic criticism of all three judgments in the Court of Appeal is that in their desire to do justice the court failed to do justice according to law .
17 The second point of note is that in places hollows in the ground were bridged on low piers , rather than filled , the more usual and cheaper method .
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