Example sentences of "[adv] that be a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps that is a reflection of his enthusiastic , volatile nature . |
| 2 | Melanie had had fifteen merry Christmases , when they tied wreaths of holly to the doorknockers and fed visiting choirboys on mincepies , and perhaps that was a sufficiency of merry Christmases . |
| 3 | So that 's a way of not relying on remembering , cos you 've got so many little squiggles you 've got to remember , not just in physics , in chemistry and in everything else . |
| 4 | er three have gone from schools in the Easington area , three have gone from the Bretchill area , so that 's a total of what , twenty-one for September . |
| 5 | So that 's a half of two , which is one hour . |
| 6 | Erm and then any domestic policy which affects the outside , so that 's a projection of domestic interests erm into the outside world , so I 'll show you what I 've written down and it 's influenced by what you 've got in that book by Clarke , I 'm afraid it falls off the end a bit , foreign policy is a government activity concerned with relations between the state and other actors in the international arena , that should be . |
| 7 | Yeah , so that 's a bit of a disadvantage . |
| 8 | Right , so that 's a lot of kilowatts is energy per second or energy per hour if you like . |
| 9 | So that 's a sort of overall picture of a function . |
| 10 | Small pipe is offering a lot of resistance to the water so that 's a sort of fairly high resistance . |
| 11 | So that was a bit of a giggle ! |
| 12 | If one person 's on duty , you would a situation where really that was a bit of risk quite often , and er , it 's not an acceptable thing but er , I totally agree we need to agree very carefully if one 's wise to whether the initial staffing is adequate or whether it is case a of people not having |
| 13 | Now that 's a bit of an elusive concept really but none the less I think people have er a sort of idea that there is a real them |
| 14 | Now that 's a bit of a change for a recruiter to have to do that . |
| 15 | Now that 's a bit of a surprise to you in the sense that you believed that ten percent of the population owned eighty percent of the land and therefore this , this kind of erm a a attack on , on the rich was happening through the May the fourth directive , that would 've produced enough to bring everybody up to a reasonable middle peasant status . |
| 16 | Now that 's a bit of a grotty picture put er it 's useful to er er to give an idea of what was there . |
| 17 | Now that 's a case of having your cake and eating it , is n't it ? |
| 18 | There is a twelve percent reduction in maintenance , partly because we sold some holdings , partly a cut in the service , it is a , it is a , it 's a , it 's a legal requirement to maintain the whole thing , under the terms of the agreement , and I 'm also , because of the change in our , dropping our , a land agent , now that 's a reduction of thirty three percent in the management of the estates , so I really am doing my best and resources quite rightly have held my noose in order to ensure that I do . |
| 19 | Two thousand five hundred pounds now that 's a lot of money . |
| 20 | Now that 's a lot of changes . |
| 21 | Now that was a feat of ability , patience and sheer physical endurance . |
| 22 | Well that 's a quarter of an hour it 's a long time . |
| 23 | And then when I went up home , I 'd have took them out and put them in the fridge and she says what are you doing and I says well that 's a couple of day 's meat for you and she says no no take that off home , take that off home , I 've and I says no that 'll do you . |
| 24 | Oh well that 's a bit of a letdown Peter . |
| 25 | Well that 's a bit of a devil |
| 26 | That 's what it is Martin , confirmation really of what er Mick said to you in that interview , Steve , Tommy two , three but playing at central defence , Dean 'll be the skipper playing in midfield , Michael at the heart of the defence , Phil in midfield , Paul wears seven but will play up front , er Mark at eight in midfield , wears nine , well that 's a bit of nonsense is n't i in terms of numbering , cos he 's gon na play at left back not at centre forward , Gary is ten , Tony eleven , then on the bench , really good to see David and Rod , Bob 's there as well along with er Paul and that 's er possibly a a first chance for the youngster there , and Michael who has been bloodied already but er a little bit of experience in and er the youngsters , and as I say again it 's really good to see and in the number and er I 'm still practising and I shall give you the Pisa team when you return to the er rather sodden Lane with the spectators all huddled towards the back of the stands to get er extra protection from the er rain that 's being swept a on to the stands and er has obliterated the markings on the pitch . |
| 27 | Oh well that 's a bit of a bummer is n't it ? |
| 28 | Yeah well that 's a fact of life . |
| 29 | things were done well that 's a matter of . |
| 30 | Well that 's a sort of wary question but all politicians |