Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] that [det] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apparently in the good old days the rule was that all the uniforms got cleaned every six months , whether they needed it or not . |
| 2 | The benefit is that all the tax reclaimed is dealt with by somebody other than the charity . |
| 3 | I suppose while this is for me cos on the sponsorship issue is , would sponsorship have any impact in terms of what I might purchase so if I went to the Scottish Opera or the ballet or to the theatre and I bought a programme which I usually do and one of the things which is interesting about the evening that erm Alan and I spent last time at Scottish Council was that half the people attend Scottish Opera buy a programme and the programmes that I have sponsored always . |
| 4 | What I 'll do darling is that all the tiles will come through about there |
| 5 | The important conclusion is that all the cells in the body contain the same genetic information ; what makes the cells different is how that genetic information is used . |
| 6 | The the other factor is that that the negotiations with the bank erm to pay two pound fifty per quarter erm should have been erm reviewed last December . |
| 7 | Counsel 's second argument was that all the evidence presented to the court was that the defendant had been seen engaging in actual violence , but not threatening it , as the section requires , On this submission the Court concluded that there was sufficient evidence in the narrative presented to the jury from which they were entitled to conclude that there was threatening behaviour . |
| 8 | Perhaps the most important feature of the morning was that all the groups had discovered that there are definite skills to be used in interviewing . |
| 9 | ‘ What I like about old furniture is that all the pieces are favourites , ’ she says . |
| 10 | What I like about old furniture is that all the pieces are favourites |
| 11 | A common grumble is that all the wealth created by the recent growth has found its way into the trousers of the elite . |
| 12 | If a candidate is elected with a surplus at a later count the probability is that both the votes previously given to him and the votes immediately responsible for his surplus will include votes already transferred at earlier stages . |
| 13 | The reason is that all the weapons must fit inside the radar-screening fuselage to prevent their unstealthy shapes from giving the aircraft away . |
| 14 | The third reason is that all the Community countries are collectively committed to the principle of an international conference for handling the Middle East 's problems . |
| 15 | An important feature of this book is that all the activities described can be used not only with the sample material provided , but also with other materials of the teacher 's own choice . |
| 16 | What is clear from the above account is that all the transactions covering the 17 months to May 1990 are inextricably linked . |
| 17 | One advantage of a letter is that all the points ( 1 ) to ( 4 ) can be dealt with in advance and so the interviewer is expected and time is saved in not having to go through all the verbal explanations . |
| 18 | The encouraging thing was that all the people he had sentenced were , so far at any rate , in good health . |
| 19 | The ironical thing was that all the time , in a stack in Hilbert 's desk , secured by a rubber band , were fifty or so old postcards collected by Hilbert and Lilian presumably on early travels and among them were two of Greece , one of Mount Lycabettos and the other the very view Rufus had spoken of so scathingly . |
| 20 | ‘ A nice touch was that all the vehicles lined up outside our very own veterans , Calder 's four reactors , for an historic picture . ’ |
| 21 | One of the benefits to emerge from the recent recession is that all the players in management buy-outs — vendors , management teams , financial backers and advisers — are far more experienced and sophisticated in their approach . |
| 22 | 2.40 The interesting thing about this particular case is that all the members of the House of Lords adopted a different approach from each other in assessing damages . |
| 23 | The difficulty is that all the religions of the world have text books which are still studied , which all say that women are stupid , women are wicked , women are property , and women are revolting ! |
| 24 | Possibly its most endearing feature is that all the control is executed from the Macintosh , the PC can be connected locally or over a telephone line with modems and , apart from being started up , needs no attention . |
| 25 | The idea is that all the interviews should be conducted in as similar a way as possible , and that the dangers of ‘ interviewer effect ’ should be avoided by training . |
| 26 | One of the biggest pluses for Standard was that all the fireworks were different . |
| 27 | The main problem was that all the furniture had to be scaled down to suit the smaller stature of the Japanese and to fit their smaller homes . |
| 28 | Yesterday , junior agriculture minister David Curry said the initial assessment was that both the flood warning systems and coastal defences performed well . |
| 29 | Perhaps the most important fact is that all the pigments used in Aquacryl are lightfast . |
| 30 | The fact is that all the examples adduced to support the proposition that there should be a qualitative — or ‘ radical ’ — extension of the role of trade unions into the management of the business employing their members fail at the crucial oint . |