Example sentences of "be that [adj] sort [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 erm But in terms of public order crimes , it may well be that this sort of view does not act as a preventative to erm prevent the same thing happening again .
2 The main problem here is that that sort of approach would n't give potential inward investors any confidence at all that a strategic development would be acceptable within the county or within the district .
3 and what I concern myself with now is that this sort of thing is becoming too obvious in the area , this kind of development , this kind of an infringement in villages , looking for , somebody 's got to make a stand against it , er and I hope that we shall in this Parish Council
4 ‘ The thing we would stress is that this sort of thing is against the law .
5 A peculiarity of the British context — and a possible strength for its future — is that this sort of encouragement may be found without even looking across the English Channel , though generally by looking away from England .
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