Example sentences of "of [noun] [is] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | An important function of assessment is that it can help determine the extent to which a child 's language is subject to changes over time . |
| 2 | The final point by way of preface is that it is a mistake to assume that all black people are deprived . |
| 3 | A major benefit of ISDN is that it is a dial-up service , just like the ordinary phone network . |
| 4 | Our measure of progress is that the way that we ask these questions has changed . |
| 5 | The main advantage of this type of support is that it keeps the joint warm , but it has to be said that it is not really suitable for more recent or severe injuries . |
| 6 | The reality of the process of change is that it is conducted in context . |
| 7 | One sign of change is that some senior politicians have broken with the establishment by founding a reformist faction within the ruling party . |
| 8 | The problem with a lot of acts is that they do n't realize their limitations . |
| 9 | As Lord Keith said in Lonrho Plc. v. Secretary of State for Trade and Industry [ 1989 ] 1 W.L.R. 525 , 539 : ‘ The only significance of the absence of reasons is that if all other known facts and circumstances appear to point overwhelmingly in favour of a different decision , the decision-maker , who has given no reasons can not complain if the court draws the inference that he had no rational reason for his decision . ’ |
| 10 | Perhaps the only glimmer of hope is that there has been no increase in the use of heroin , cocaine and crack just 1.2pc admit to trying them , the same as in 1990 . |
| 11 | The most significant feature of Taos is that the kernel takes up just 13Kb of memory — and is blindingly fast on complex applications such as graphics ray tracing . |
| 12 | The most significant feature of Taos is that the kernel takes up just 13Kb of memory — and is blindingly fast on complex applications such as graphics ray tracing . |
| 13 | The advantage of this concept of function is that it avoids absolute distinctions between one kind of text and another . |
| 14 | Yet the whole point of crossbenchers is that their values are unpigeonholeable . |
| 15 | The big drawback of FAXgrabber is that the quality of the text conversion is totally dependant on the quality of the original material — the received fax . |
| 16 | What is usually said about the invention of printing is that it greatly expanded an earlier minority culture , and at last made it into a majority culture . |
| 17 | The problem with this type of measure is that compiling the figures is a time-consuming and essentially clerical task . |
| 18 | What happens in the Celebration is of Election is that the erm it happens at the end of mass I think or round the end of mass . |
| 19 | The whole character of faith is that it does not rest on itself , nor on what can be seen as an extension of itself , but on what is quite other than itself , by which its own emptiness is filled . |
| 20 | Yet the danger of both these kinds of literature is that they offer just the kinds of all-explaining and deterministic theories as the form of Marxism we reviewed earlier . |
| 21 | The difference between the two classes of case is that , whereas the innocent party has the option of affirming the contract after a fundamental breach , there is no possibility of affirmation after a breach of fundamental term , since the breach amounts to a total non-performance of the contract . |
| 22 | The problem of course is that , even if the Trusts are given house , contents and land , they need a major endowment to ensure preservation in perpetuity . |
| 23 | Another way of doing it of course is that as you 're |
| 24 | The other thing of course is that you have n't got any choice anyway , because the yen to have children is about as basic as the yen to have sex . |
| 25 | The danger of compromise of course is that you forget what 's been relinquished in the pursuit of what 's been achieved . |
| 26 | The highest type of firework last year if it was specified was the sparkler remarkably enough and we would make this point very seriously that parents tend to give children sm very small children sparklers and they must remember tha that these things are fireworks they are dangerous they do get red hot er they must supervise them at all times when they give them sparklers cos they may wave them around they may se set somebody else 's clothing on fire with them they may get the sparks in their eyes if they get too close to them er and one particular danger of course is that they they may get hold of en the hot end when the firework has finally extinguished and they think it 's all finished with . |
| 27 | The alternative of course is that we could reconvene later on Tuesday , if the hall is available . |
| 28 | If you want to en try and ensure that you 're going to have a self sustained community , one hundred percent , you make sure that presumably you 've got a show case cinema with fifteen screens there , er a B and Q , erm a whole range of of facilities that nobody ever needs leave , erm erm erm er that new settlement , the reality of the real world of course is that all settlements to a greater or lesser degree , er have a relationship with other er larger scale settlements , now then let's look at the new settlement , fourteen hundred dwellings , we estimate that that is going to be of the order of around three thousand three hundred people , now that is sizeable , it is not small , it is larger than a number of the small market towns er in North Yorkshire , like Boroughbridge , Settle , it is a significant development erm erm and within it erm there will be a requirement er be a requirement for a a a primary school , it justifies that . |
| 29 | But what I hope what we hope of course is that some people give us a real good try . |
| 30 | And the sales pitch of course is that you do n't take the second year 's payment until a year later . |