Example sentences of "is [noun sg] [prep] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which is shorthand for saying that you do n't have to cheat very much . |
| 2 | F. Austin ( Leyton ) Ltd v East [ 1961 ] Crim LR 119 is authority for saying that a latent defect amounting to a dangerous condition is not a defence but would be good mitigation . |
| 3 | There is authority for saying that the courts ( in practice usually the magistrates ) can and should intervene at both of these potential control points . |
| 4 | Now , he wrote , seeing that during the ‘ critical years of adolescence ’ not more than one out of every three elementary school-leavers received any kind of educational care , there ‘ is reason for thinking that once more the national minimum should be raised ’ . |
| 5 | Assuming that you have retrieved your ferrets , reluctant though you may be to give up there is wisdom in recognising that you have reached the stage where the expenditure of more time and effort can not be justified . |
| 6 | There is precedent for saying that a drunken belief that the car belongs to the accused when it did not does not give a s.12(6) defence : Gannon ( 1988 ) 87 Cr App R 254 . |