Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] be that a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My contention is that a national government should treat a sum of one Ppound in the same manner that an individual treats an ordinary pound . |
| 2 | My understanding is that a small group need not prepare a consolidated cash flow statement , even if the holding company of that group prepared group accounts . |
| 3 | My problem is that a great deal of business needs to be done , and I have to try to accommodate that business as well . |
| 4 | My conviction is that a serious study of the language that will be the medium of their teaching , is one , though not the only such essential , and that such a study is possible , though not easy , to organise , to teach and to study . |
| 5 | Martin Feldstein , Professor of Economics at Harvard University , head of America 's Bureau of Economic Research and former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers to the president of the United States , summed up his views on the matter thus : ‘ My judgment is that a Single Currency for Europe would be a liability . ’ |
| 6 | My view is that a top rate of say £100 will be acceptable to members and I will be willing to pay such a rate once my financial circumstances improve . |
| 7 | The most popular story concerning her conception was that a golden egg tumbled out of Chaos in the beginning of the world . |
| 8 | Its drawback was that a multicultural celebration of diversity tended to reproduce the ‘ saris , samosas and steel-bands syndrome ’ . |
| 9 | Greek tragedy belied the prevalent notion of a Hellas grounded in serene optimism : its lesson was that a beautiful surface may conceal terrible depths . |
| 10 | One story about his teaching is that a new student would be told to observe a fish in a tank . |
| 11 | His recommendation was that a commanding officer be appointed with an administrative staff . |
| 12 | His conclusion was that a moving object , so far as it can , goes on moving . |
| 13 | Indeed , our hypothesis is that a basic level of shared meaning may be the important foundation for the comprehension of adult speech and it 's eventual mastery by the child . |
| 14 | Our point is that a popular movement such as the peace movement carries within itself a notion of a just society and that law can not be considered merely as a ‘ tool ’ isolated from broader political and social considerations . |