Example sentences of "is that [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have to admit Mr Graham has a point here , but all I can say is that after one has been in the profession as long as one has , one is able to judge intuitively the depth of a man 's professionalism without having to see it under pressure . |
| 2 | The weaker claim is that although one can not be certain that beneficial results will accrue , there are grounds for the probability that they will . |
| 3 | An odd aspect of the mountain is that although its relative isolation from other hills makes it one of the most prominent peaks to pick out from other far distant tops , the views are rather more limited than one might expect . |
| 4 | A further problem is that although we should be glad that speed control measures are encouraged more strongly than they were in 1977 , they are only applied to very small developments . |
| 5 | The first problem is that although we claim we no longer look at such concepts of ‘ fault ’ and ‘ who 's to blame ’ when dishing out the money , or the children — even judges now realize that most marriage break-ups have two guilty parties — the law still forces one spouse to complain about the other . |
| 6 | Erm and er the other thing about it is that although we have to look at , in order to discover the preference , we have to look at each dimension as a discrete entity , once you 've found the preferences , they actually have a dynamic relationship with each other . |
| 7 | Answer guide : The point being illustrated here is that although we have been told the finite life of the machine and we are aware of the reasons for the loss in utility we still have to make estimates of when the machine will cease to be useful . |
| 8 | What the dumb f**ks should get into their heads is that although we are Leeds fans we are also ( on the whole ) human . |
| 9 | One problem is that although they stay slim they grow very tall , up to 11ft in six years . |
| 10 | One of the paradoxes of pollution control work is that although they enjoy considerable autonomy , field men are acutely conscious of the scrutiny of their seniors and feel vulnerable to criticism . |
| 11 | The key point about her is that although she obviously needs the state and its resources , she does not need these in the oppressive , bureaucratic and regulatory forms in which they come . |
| 12 | The truth is that although there are general criteria , like whatever is Record on ‘ interesting ’ , ‘ acceptable ’ or ‘ fantastic ’ , these change from season to the season , month to month , and even week to week . |
| 13 | The salutary lesson , therefore , is that although there is a high frequency of residual stenosis following thrombolytic treatment for acute myocardial infarction immediate angioplasty is not indicated . |
| 14 | A second point to be considered is that although there appear to be differences between the exemplars of low risk junctions in the amount of information in the films such differences are small compared to the differences in P(A) that were observed . |
| 15 | Another feature of measurement in science worth noting is that although there are thousands of measuring instruments in daily use , the number of dimensions measured is actually quite small . |
| 16 | That 's right , all we 've got here is that although there , there is a high degree of migration , the wage differentials are not er diminishing because we do n't have perfectly mobile resources , like are theory tells us that we do have . |
| 17 | So what I 'm saying is that although there will be an overspend , it should n't be massive cos the overspend would effectively be the hump right at the beginning of the year . |
| 18 | My problem is that although I am only 24 , I have noticeable grey hairs in my fringe . |
| 19 | The main feature of the bureaucratic-technical class is that although it lacks effective control over the means of production its members do have control over the labour of others in their subordinate position in bureaucratic structures . |
| 20 | What this suggests then is that although it may be necessary to tolerate the practice , it should be conducted only in exceptional and highly controlled circumstances under which there is adequate scrutiny and review by institutions independent of the executive branch of government . |
| 21 | This might be interpreted as an indication that it is not his purpose or intention to present a systematic , coherent and consistent Advaitin account of the concept of Truth or God after the fashion of Śankara , the principal exponent of non-dualism , and that what could be said concerning the metaphysical basis of his thought is that although it purports to be Advaitin it does not preclude the possibility of Dvaita , or Dualist , and Viśi ādvaita , or qualified non-Dualist interpretations of the nature of reality . |
| 22 | What happens is that although it does tend to decay it builds a crust on the outside that stops it eroding . |
| 23 | However , one problem with using recognition as a method of assessing memory is that although it gives good overall measures of performance it does not make it clear exactly which details of a stimulus were remembered . |
| 24 | Erm one of the things that I like to emphasize er at this stage is that although it 's self employed it is as close to being employed as you can possibly be with a company but then but still destined by your own efforts to earn earn the money . |
| 25 | The point being made is that although it is ultimately envisaged that the EC will be similar to the USA with each member country being akin to a state and it even being billed as the ‘ United States of Europe ’ , is it a reality when one considers differences in attitude , culture , language and even religion ? |
| 26 | The advantage of buying in a local store in Europe is that although you have to pay local duty , it is likely to be much less than in the UK . |
| 27 | However , what is not generally known by the public is that although you will be designing all these items , the finished work will he commissioned from outside studios in the case of advertisements and print work , while TV commercials will be made by independent production companies . |
| 28 | The basic point is that although our focus of attention is legal control of government , a proper understanding of the role of the law in controlling government activity requires attention to be paid to the total picture of public accountability . |
| 29 | One difference between perceived-as appearances and presentation appearances is that whereas it does not make sense to talk of being mistaken about the former it does make sense to talk of being mistaken about the latter . |
| 30 | The first is that whether we have in mind the student taking on the demands of the rational life , or the individual discipline considered as a rational endeavour , or an institution of higher education : for each of them rationality is neither static nor a definite end-point . |