Example sentences of "these [noun pl] is [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One theory about these openings is that they were Nature 's way of lightening the head to make it more flexible and manoeuvrable : shattered archosaur skulls might be proof of this . |
| 2 | One result of this difference of reference is that it is possible to construct sentences which will be analytic or contradictory on the one interpretation but not on the other : ( 11 ) Nikolai offered us the message decoded but it was not decoded when he offered it to us 4.2 One curious feature about these adjectives is that they somehow seem to modify not only the noun which they accompany but simultaneously the verb as well ; if this is a genuine observation it will be surprising on general grounds , since it would be decidedly abnormal in syntax for one element to simultaneously qualify two different items . |
| 3 | The common factor in all these cases is that they were not discovered by MI5 . |
| 4 | What is striking about many of these cases is that there is rarely further mention in the national press , but the sex fiend message has been amply conveyed . |
| 5 | The public policy issue in these cases is that the courts do not want to deter rescue and it has been held that a duty of care is owed to rescuers ( Chadwick v British Railways Board [ 1967 ] 1 WLR 912 ) . |
| 6 | The outcome of these cases is that the Chinese wall has not been seen as providing satisfactory protection for the interests of the former client and , despite the existence of a Chinese wall , the courts have required the law firms not to act on behalf of the new client . |
| 7 | The moral of these cases is that journalists can not avoid liability for defamation merely by avoiding the naming of names . |
| 8 | The following definitions are important in the evaluation of indexes : One easy observation from these definitions is that indexes are measured in terms of their effectiveness in retrieval . |
| 9 | A key point about these inter-relationships is that CD-I , CDTV and any other similar platforms , are positioned firmly in a consumer electronics environment . |
| 10 | One problem with these vegetables is that they need a lot of cooking to make them digestible and palatable . |
| 11 | As Kenny McLeod says : ‘ What we share with these groups is that we can now do what the fuck we like . ’ |
| 12 | The rationale for these groups is that taxpayers , grantors , investors , and fee-paying service recipients all provide financial resources ; employees and vendors provide labour and material resources ; the legislative bodies and management take the resource allocation decision ; and they are all under the constraints imposed by voters and oversight bodies ( which include higher-level governments ) . |
| 13 | ‘ The theory behind these essays is that there is no theory , ’ writes Stern , sounding like an Elton — or even a Wittgenstein . |
| 14 | The overwhelming conclusion emerging from any assessment of these programmes is that they have only a marginal impact on inner-urban problems . |
| 15 | The lasting impression of these accounts is that everyone agrees that there was a ‘ permissive age ’ , or a process of change that can be described as ‘ permissive ’ , but that no-one can actually agree what constituted ‘ permissiveness ’ . |
| 16 | As explained above , the main feature of these proposals is that the UK should adopt an Article 85-type law on restrictive trade practices , and an Article 86-type law on abuse of market power ( though this is only one of the options put forward ) , while retaining the present UK arrangements for mergers policy . |
| 17 | Er the , the only good thing to come out of these proposals is that erm that he supports the erm the appearance of the public enquiry and the sale of erm that , that erm he suggests for example that we should try the airports policy consortium , well we dealt that five years ago when we realised that Surrey and it 's surrounding areas were getting their own pressure group organised to make sure that Stansted got all of the flack got all the , got all the few other things as well . |
| 18 | The difficulty with these checks is that they can not be adjusted to trap the returning hammers without hindering their upward motion . |
| 19 | A difficulty with both these methods is that two different binary patterns represent zero , so that testing for zero becomes slightly more complicated . |
| 20 | The problem with all these formulations is that they are reductionist : that is , they claim that complex and multi-faceted phenomena can be explained by a single , simple cause . |
| 21 | The striking thing about these units is that they are virtually the same as other single cells that swim by themselves and have separate existences . |
| 22 | The defence of the format of these books is that they were written as part of a struggle . |
| 23 | The pity of these books is that , in their jaunty way , they tell a story that should cause real shame and horror to whites ; but by telling it false , they allow whites to laugh and walk away . |
| 24 | The only similarity between the words in these lists is that the pattern recognition system perceived them as being orthographically similar . |
| 25 | Here , the only justification for the introduction of these syndromes is that they reflect a psychiatric ( i.e. medically based ) taxonomy . |
| 26 | The most frequent type of tale found in these fabliaux is that dealing with the range of experiences of sexual gratification , marriage and adultery . |
| 27 | The answer to these doubts is that not one of these three measures is adequate on its own , and that all three should be taken together to give a proper guide to costs . |
| 28 | If you make an assertion which you think in principle could be justified but which you do n't have space to justify , you can alert the reader by adding a phrase like : " I am assuming that … " , " we could argue that … " , or " it is generally accepted that … " ; the advantage of using these phrases is that you acknowledge that there is some possibility of disagreement . |
| 29 | The reason for these visits is that they have asked for our help in drafting new laws and constitutions , as well as advising on legal procedures and the training of advocates . |
| 30 | One of the puzzling features of these areas is that the receptive field properties of their cells appear to repeat properties already present in primary visual cortex . |