Example sentences of "be [noun] that [det] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 With the widening of the income range between social groups since the late 1970s and the government 's emphasis on restricting public spending and encouraging privatization , there are signs that these geographical differences have widened over the past decade ( see Bradford and Burdett ( 1989 ) and Curtis and Mohan ( 1989 ) for reviews ) .
2 The Timber Trade Federation has admitted that it is difficult to define and verify sustainability , and there are signs that several major retailers are planning to cease making such claims .
3 Well-formedness rules are rules that all permissable groups must comply with .
4 There were indications that more senior officers had ordered the killings but had negotiated immunity .
5 It is believed , however , that some early igneous rocks , which had to solidify from a molten state , are proof that some atmospheric gases ( such as carbon dioxide , nitrogen and water vapour ) had to be present to turn them into something approaching earthlike rocks and clays by a primitive ‘ weathering ’ process .
6 There is evidence that many psychophysical measurements , including measurements of hyperacuity , stereoacuity , colour , form and motion r25–29 , can not be normalized across the visual field on the basis of retinal magnification factors alone , indicating cortical specialization of visual processing in the central visual field .
7 Recently , and at vast expense , Loch Ken has been revitalised and restocked , because it had become fishless ; and there is evidence that many other lochs , surrounded by conifer plantations , will need similar treatment to save them from ruin in the foreseeable future .
8 There is evidence that some earlier peoples in Central America , particularly the Olmec , were also concerned with time , but none to the degree that the Maya were .
9 There were many different sorts of trials set for the field-worker ( something noted in their field-work experience by Douglas 1972 and van Maanen 1982 ) , and the apologies other members of the section later gave her because of this policeman 's conduct is proof that these other trials , too , were successfully passed .
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