Example sentences of "the [noun] [is] that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The response is that in a rapidly growing market ( say 30 per cent growth per annum ) the only way to increase market share is to go for massive expansion of capacity ( say 50 per cent per annum ) . |
| 2 | In the case of a bridal couple the ideology is that during the initiatory phase of their marriage the groom and his bride are playing out the roles of a god and a goddess ; when they resume their life as ordinary mortals their dangerous divinity must be removed . ) |
| 3 | The principal difficulty I have on this aspect of the case is that in Mr. Lester 's submission reference to Parliamentary material as an aid to interpretation of a statutory provision should be allowed only with leave of the court and where the court is satisfied that such a reference is justifiable : ( a ) to confirm the meaning of a provision as conveyed by the text , its object and purpose ; ( b ) to determine a meaning where the provision is ambiguous or obscure ; or ( c ) to determine the meaning where the ordinary meaning is manifestly absurd or unreasonable . |
| 4 | One illustration of the extent of the damage is that in the Eastern Plains where domesticated animal off-take is 900–1300 kg/ km 2 , that of the wild ungulate biomass in unspoilt areas of a national park is in the order of 15,000 — 28,000 kg/km 2 . |
| 5 | The difficulty is that in the absence of an explicit theory of sociolinguistic structure which attempts to account for these relationships , there is no principled way of deciding which variable offers the greater insight into patterns of variation . |
| 6 | The schemes are locally run on a franchise basis , by voluntary organizations , schools or employers , and the hope is that in the first phase , up to 1993 , 10,000 people aged between sixteen and twenty-four — immediately dubbed ‘ Charlie 's Army ’ by the press — will join full- or part-time programmes of about twelve weeks . |
| 7 | The moral is that in special circumstances ‘ little crime ’ can be exciting , and the opportunity for ‘ real ’ police work can be missed unless one remains prepared . |
| 8 | The irony is that despite the scandal surrounding some of his cabinet , it is the prime minister who has in fact begun to reform the system with the support of President Scalfaro after voters abandoned the traditional parties in droves in elections last April . |
| 9 | The irony is that outside the church is a tramp . |
| 10 | ‘ Judith is also in show biz so the irony is that after years of getting home at three in the morning we 'll get the kids to bed and then be in bed early on . |
| 11 | The irony is that within five years , investigations started with a view to relaying part of the canal route to Kilmacolm as far as Paisley for a new passenger service ! |
| 12 | The irony is that in all of the experiments on test-tube fusion that began in 1989 following the March announcements , and which variously claimed fusion evidence from heat or from radiant neutrons , no measurable production of helium ever took place . |
| 13 | The irony is that in recent times , Parliament as a whole has demonstrated its interest in accountability as a constitutional principle . |
| 14 | The irony is that in striving to perpetuate a certain mythology about his own prescience and consistency , about France 's fundamental unity , and about the mediocrity of the times in comparison with the exalted hours of the war and the liberation , de Gaulle actually masked one of the great achievements , perhaps the greatest achievement , of his political career . |
| 15 | But the real significance of the demonstration is that for the first time high-powered personal computers are capable of keeping up with normal speech without … the … speaker … doing … this . |
| 16 | But the real significance of the demonstration is that for the first time high-powered personal computers are capable of keeping up with normal speech without … the … speaker … doing … this . |
| 17 | The intention is that over extended periods of time equivalent machines receive an equivalent amount of resource . |
| 18 | The result is that to be effective the documentation of machine-readable files has to be compiled in parallel with their creation rather than in serial . |
| 19 | The result is that for sending in the report to criticize the employee 's punished . |
| 20 | The result is that for the first time this season those of us whose attachment to the Welsh All Blacks can not be broken can start to look ahead with optimism . |
| 21 | The result is that in 1981 the cores and rings together accounted for nearly 9 out of 10 of the British population . |
| 22 | The result is that in large American industry , ‘ egos ’ and ‘ politics ’ frequently get in the way and often are the rate-limiting steps to innovation and growth of new business opportunities . |
| 23 | The result is that in perhaps , too stark contrast to the approaches above , they entirely ignore the interests and power of commercial institutions . |
| 24 | Is the Minister aware that part of the result is that in my constituency today 14 classrooms have been closed in Bassaleg school ? |
| 25 | So the result is that in mammals there are , I think I 'm right in saying , no sex reversed species whatsoever , in fact I 'm sure there are n't . |
| 26 | The result is that after a period of free movement the material begins to harden and if one goes on deforming it it will become brittle . |
| 27 | However , one major weakness of the study is that by concentrating on advertising as the major culprit , it overlooks the structural changes which media necessarily go through — or do not go through — which themselves place them at risk . |
| 28 | The fear is that by custom and tradition the Press will never leave the bar . |
| 29 | On returning she is guaranteed a job at the same level and of similar content to the one she left , but ‘ the plan is that nearer the time I start to discuss my return with management and personnel ’ . |
| 30 | Looking ahead the likelihood is that for every percentage point of economic growth , energy demand will grow by half a percentage point . |