Example sentences of "of [adj] [is] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The real point about the events of 1558 is that it was a missed opportunity for the Catholics , missed because Mary of Guise still temporized , still would not put the weight of the ‘ state ’ behind that of the church . |
| 2 | Pomponius is quite clear that this amounts to a condition , and the consequence of that is that the legacy does not vest and transmission is not possible until the relevant age has been reached . |
| 3 | One thing to be said of that is that it does not at all follow , from the fact that we can not give particular descriptions of items that fall within a set , that we can not satisfactorily conceive of and describe the set . |
| 4 | The other side of that is that I was listening to Medicine Now on Radio Four , and they 've got a device where they you actually have er an earpiece put into your ear and it clicks continuously . |
| 5 | I think that the other side of that is that not everyone in private provision is in it for the money . |
| 6 | The corollary of that is that a higher proportion of their income is spent on tobacco products . |
| 7 | Bright eyes and bushy tails are at a distinct premium among this bunch , and as for the brotherhood of man , their idea of that is that if someone disagrees with you , you kill him . |
| 8 | Now the implication of that is that the tide flaps and the sluices er will operate it slightly less frequently in ten years . |
| 9 | The corollary of that is that there should n't be development by and large in the countryside . |
| 10 | They basically carved up our surplus between them and each supported the other and overriding all of that is that each and every one of them was an active member of the scheme . |
| 11 | When nobody else is here but I mean one definition of that is that you 're asleep yeah . |
| 12 | The consequence of that is that we 've seen a continuation of road-building schemes which have caused considerable damage to the countryside , devastated communities and have no real hope of soaking up the so-called demand for new roads . |
| 13 | Now that can happen both ways , but it 's very important that one feature of that is that it makes somebody uncomfortable . |
| 14 | The other side of that is that I think a lot of dons are increasingly concerned at the level of alcohol consumption and the sort of behaviour that can emerge as a result of it , you know I do sense that many of us think it 's a real problem . |
| 15 | erm The other side of that is that people who phone you up and do n't say is it convenient to speak . |
| 16 | The great pity of this is that most pubs are old , yet the proper opportunity to celebrate this has already been squandered . |
| 17 | The effect of this is that nobody , some City professionals included , really knows much about any of them . |
| 18 | The advantage of this is that when you start gigging , you have someone out front who knows your songs , and who can either mix your sound or at least keep an eye on the house engineer . |
| 19 | The disadvantage of this is that some promoters underadvertise , underpromote , and undermarket the gig to try and put more pounds in their pockets by reducing their expenses . |
| 20 | A necessary condition of this is that there has been sufficient money to enable it to function ( barely true for instance in Zaire , and parts of Nigeria and Tanzania in the 1980s ) , and that civil strife has been contained , sometimes ruthlessly . |
| 21 | Naturally , the greater part of the volume of this room is within the roof space and a consequence of this is that a small pre-existing ventilation opening , which was sited high up below the eaves of the barn and is now glazed to form a window , has its sill at floor level . |
| 22 | The upshot of this is that I 've now become a resident , which makes a weekly tour of junk and antique shops even more vital . |
| 23 | The significance of this is that the head of it , who had the status of a minister , need no longer be approved by the Soviet parliament , with the potential embarrassment of being rejected . |
| 24 | The corollary of this is that if you absolutely love certain items like cake or chips , do not ban them from your life for ever , not even for a week . |
| 25 | It seems clear that one of the effects of this is that more people are fearful both for their own future and for that of the person who has died . |
| 26 | The consequence of this is that a population of individuals with sex can evolve faster to meet changing circumstances than one without it . |
| 27 | The kindest thing one can say of this is that , one day , we may come round to liking it . |
| 28 | The weakness of this is that it fails to view the implications of the spending when it makes its impact but only when the spending actually takes place . |
| 29 | The conclusion of this is that ‘ the constant recreation of the peasant economy is functional for the capitalist system ’ ( Stavenhagen 1978 : 35 ) . |
| 30 | The disadvantage of this is that the horse misses out on that first year of becoming accustomed to life and its excitements . |