Example sentences of "that 's an " in BNC.
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1 | Henry Tyler thought for a moment , ‘ That 's an acronym I have n't come across . ’ |
2 | Dr Anthony Storr , author of the recently-published Churchill 's Black Dog , in which he showed how senior politicans often turned stresses of up-bringing into strengths , said yesterday : ‘ I 'm interested because the gates must mean that she 's feeling increasingly insecure and threatened in a simple , straightforward way ; and that 's an interesting phenomenum in itself because she 's been so absolutely certain of herself . |
3 | ‘ That 's an imponderable at the moment , ’ he said . |
4 | That 's an excuse . |
5 | ‘ That 's an unusual name . ’ |
6 | Both share a policy of ostentatious self-neglect , that 's an unarticulated , instinctive reaction against contemporary yuppie culture 's ideals of health and self-realization . |
7 | Now that 's an English expression I have n't heard in a long time . |
8 | ( ‘ That 's an insensitive question if you like , ’ hissed Keith . |
9 | Coo , that 's an icy wind ! ’ |
10 | For a drawing , that 's an achievement . |
11 | ‘ No , that 's an Anglo-Saxon idea . |
12 | ‘ That 's an advance on roots . ’ |
13 | And that 's an angry plain woman . ’ |
14 | ‘ That 's an allegation I deny , ’ retorted Ingram , swaying unsteadily . |
15 | And that 's an order . ’ |
16 | ‘ Whether that 's an apology or an expression of sympathy , I do n't want it . |
17 | ‘ But that 's an old thing , ’ she protested , ‘ everybody has seen it . ’ |
18 | That 's an invasion of privacy , is n't it dear … ’ |
19 | Since each dyke is quite narrow , averaging only ten metres wide , that 's an awful lot of dykes , and a cross-section through Iceland would reveal hundreds and hundreds , sometimes so closely spaced together that there would be scarcely any non-dyke material present and many dykes would be intruded up the middle of earlier ones . |
20 | OK , that 's an isolated episode , but had a feminist film crew gone out to make a documentary about wife battering I do n't think it could have been done more successfully . |
21 | And that 's an aspect that often gets excluded from soap opera precisely because of the emphasis on the domestic . |
22 | And that 's an order ! ’ |
23 | We will call at a time that suits you — even if that 's an evening or a Sunday and we guarantee to repair or replace faulty equipment within 24 hours of your call . |
24 | ‘ We have some clients that are called mildly muddled who are perfectly capable of going out and may get lost , but that 's an assessed risk . |
25 | That 's an order . ’ |
26 | I do n't think that 's an accurate description of us , Sheila . |
27 | And that 's an order ! ’ |
28 | True , and that 's an unfortunate state of affairs . |
29 | ‘ That 's an instrument made by a guy called Weisenborn in Los Angeles in the '20s and '30s , ’ Ry explains . |
30 | Often that 's an emotional issue ; are these emotions worth it ? |