Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [that] [det] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Olson , for instance , does admit at one point that all we can really be sure of is that some academics have made claims for objectivity while the question of assessing those claims is a different matter :
2 The universal feeling used to be that such books belonged in the libraries they came from .
3 The principle seems to be that those people exercising substantial responsibility in local government should be paid accordingly .
4 The potential problem would appear to be that any people attracted to the list as a result of these publications may take offence at what/how things are said .
5 The public mood seemed to be that more organizations mean more bureaucracy , complexity and expense .
6 All that the legislation provided for was that any loss incurred by the local authorities , as a result of carrying out the regulations , would fall as a charge upon the Exchequer .
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