Example sentences of "[be] that it [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Previous page Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 31 | That 's up is that it looks that way . |
| 32 | Another syntactic feature of topic is that it controls anaphoric reference so that ( a ) once an element is announced as topic , this element may be omitted altogether in subsequent clauses , hence the proliferation of subjectless clauses in languages such as Chinese and Japanese ( see Chapter 6 , p. 185 , for an example of Japanese subjectless clauses ) , and ( b ) an element announced as topic overrides possible coreferential links with other elements in the sentence . |
| 33 | A possible response to the dismissal of contract as a ground of corporate legitimacy is that it pays insufficient attention to the moral significance of contract . |
| 34 | The benefit of the first method is that it cuts total lead time while leaving each individual stage length unchanged . |
| 35 | Another reason for the prominence of And waited in the above example is that it repeats verbatim information that has already been established in the previous sentence . |
| 36 | The advantages of this technique is that it puts less strain on the legs than straight front pointing and the uphill foot ( the one most difficult to flex when flat footing ) is kept horizontal . |
| 37 | The first is that it introduces more subjectivity into the accounts . |
| 38 | One disadvantage , however , is that it acquires static electricity , causing it to pick up dirt easily . |
| 39 | The general principle underlying the definition of the term is that it excludes physical property which a potential purchaser can inspect . |
| 40 | The real clincher was that it made better tea and beer than the pump muck . |
| 41 | The benefit of the system was that it demanded that society intervened for those who were under great pressure and could not take the stress . |
| 42 | Another criticism of the Leeds adjournment system was that it added further stress to socially disadvantaged people already living under stressful conditions . |
| 43 | The main point of the case was that it involved domestic property where the client would suffer ( as a private purchaser ) a relatively great loss if the report were negligent , while the risk that would have been undertaken by the surveyor , if he had accepted liability for negligence , would have been relatively low , since it was a routine survey of domestic property , and for him , as a businessman , the value of the property in question was not relatively a great amount of money . |
| 44 | One notable feature of the gold standard was that it allowed automatic adjustment to take place via changes in expenditure and output . |
| 45 | One of the good things about the school was that it overlooked open countryside , where there were usually buzzards and kestrels flying around . |