Example sentences of "a [noun] is that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The effect of such a provision is that the claim in question can not be enforced in any way , either by litigation or indirectly , for instance by set-off or counterclaim . |
| 2 | What might be seen to be a hurdle is that the ‘ likely adverse effects on the animals concerned ’ will be weighed against ‘ the benefit likely to accrue as a result of the programme ’ ( 5.4 ) . |
| 3 | It 's not as bad as I think , I think the funniest thing was erm is that that Hackney Housing Office down here looks just like a squat is that the housing office for Hackney |
| 4 | One problem when using the Tube as a tent is that the lightweight alloy poles have a tendency to bend at the joints when under strong pressure . |
| 5 | The vice of uncertainty in relation to the duration of a term is that the parties do not know where they stand . |
| 6 | An obvious explanation for such a result is that the former compound evokes more suppression simply because the UR ( of suppression ) evoked by the novel stimulus combines with the CR elicited by the CS+ . |
| 7 | Er the only reason for the fact that we we did n't have a tragedy is that the population in the in those areas is very sparse . |
| 8 | The effect of such a rule is that the lineage of the bride and the lineage of the husband are placed in an asymmetrical wife-giver/wife-receiver relationship ; the wife-givers then receive " valuables " of some sort in return for the women that they give away . |
| 9 | In Edinburgh , sources in the financial community said the reason Knighton is having trouble raising the cash for a bid is that the assets are ‘ Illiquid ’ -they could not be easily sold for cash . |
| 10 | A second is that the Unionists in fact consist of two parties with separate leaders — Jim Molyneaux and Mr Ian Paisley . |
| 11 | A second is that the agencies ' rates of pay are often higher than those of the client organisations . |
| 12 | One is that animals memorize local landmarks and directions on their way out , and simply reverse the directions to find their way home ; a second is that the home site itself has some property that can be recognized at a distance . |
| 13 | Therefore the net effect of cattle on a meadow is that the grasses benefit . |
| 14 | Lord Pearce said , ‘ The only reasonable inference from the regular course of dealing over so long a period is that the buyers were evincing an acceptance of , and a readiness to be bound by , the printed conditions of whose existence they were well aware although they had not troubled to read them . ’ |
| 15 | A consequence is that the kind of information we can glean is strictly limited — compared , at any rate , with that available for well-documented modern societies — but the results are still sufficiently significant to justify the effort . |
| 16 | A consequence is that the salary often needs to be supplemented by other work , usually teaching . |
| 17 | A premise is that the infant has been exposed to virtually all possible feelings by the time he or she goes to school . |
| 18 | But a snag is that the fibre requires an optoelectronic converter where the subscriber wants to plug into cable . |
| 19 | Since one of the requirements for a score is that the contestant retains an effective defensive posture , the potential score is wiped out and a penalty imposed in its place . |
| 20 | A danger of including too much in a simulation is that the results get very extensive and perhaps difficult to comprehend . |
| 21 | A counter-argument is that the taxing power is conceptually akin to the earning power of a business . |
| 22 | The most voiced reason for having a baby is that the parents can give what was not given in their own lives , to compensate for their own emptiness . |
| 23 | One of the attractions of a listing is that the listed company can raise fresh capital ( by rights issues , often underwritten ) or finance acquisitions ( by rights issues or by vendor placings ) using its paper . |
| 24 | The premiss which serves to justify such a policy is that the young should be raised in a context of ‘ normality ’ . |
| 25 | The effect of such a definition is that the policy benefit can be paid during the period of payment in lieu subject to the registration requirements being satisfied and the claim being valid under the policy . |
| 26 | The prime objective for a clinic is that the patient returns to be seen again and everything is secondary to that objective . |
| 27 | One advantage of a NIF is that the underwriting commitment remains off-balance sheet until it is called upon , although there is an annual commitment fee payable on the unused portion of the facility . |
| 28 | Another advantage of a NIF is that the borrower gets the advantage of guaranteed long-term floating-rate funding , yet borrows only the amount necessary to finance his short-term needs . |
| 29 | The difference between a simple detective story and a novel is that the novel has — sometimes unknown to the author — a theme . |
| 30 | One of the major problems of investment trust shares trading at a discount is that the company becomes a relatively attractive proposition for predators , particularly other financial institutions wishing to buy a ready-made diversified portfolio of assets ( at a discount ) . |