Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] that [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It has also been widely observed that the form of intonation is different in different languages ; for example , the intonation of languages such as Swedish , Italian or Hindi is instantly recognisable as being different from that of English .
2 In Helby v. Matthews he was merely hiring them and in Lee v. Butler it had been expressly agreed that the furniture was not to become his property until the payments had been completed .
3 ‘ However much analogy may lead us to conjecture the universal prevalence of law and orderly sequence , it has been acutely remarked that the phenomena which are most immediately important to the life and welfare of man are precisely those which he has never been , and probably never will be , able to reduce to a scientific calculation .
4 It has also been long known that a child who is shortly followed by another sibling also suffers the consequences of short spacing .
5 The whole question of the burden of proof was nicely summed up in the Esso case by Lord Hodson where he said : It has been authoritatively said that the onus of establishing that an agreement is reasonable as between the parties is upon the person who puts forward the agreement , while the onus of establishing that it is contrary to the public interest , being reasonable between the parties , is on the person so alleging …
6 On this principle , it has been authoritatively stated that no injunction should be granted by the civil courts to restrain the dissemination of allegedly obscene books , as such a step would pre-empt the ultimate decision of a jury .
7 Far below the Earth 's surface , the rocks are so compressed that the pores are closed .
8 Rhino numbers are so reduced that a ban has been placed on hunting them .
9 In a resting fibre sodium , potassium , and chlorine ions as well as charged protein molecules are so distributed that the outside of the fibre carries a positive charge relative to the inside .
10 I do not wish to convey a sense of complacency ; I am merely saying that the Northern Ireland economy has done very much better in the latest recession — and would have done better still had it not been for the appalling IRA atrocities that make inward investment so difficult .
11 I am merely arguing that the role in science attributed to observation statements by the inductivist is incorrect .
12 Previously , it had been generally accepted that the requirement of an undertaking in damages as a condition of the grant of an interlocutory injunction did not apply in the case of the Crown .
13 In recent years it has been generally held that the backwash down the beach contributes to the breaking of the next wave , becomes involved in it and is returned with the swash , so that there is no continuous undertow transferring water out beyond the breaker zone .
14 As the community care reforms bed down signs are already emerging that the government may have significantly over-estimated demand for field social workers .
15 er it was , basically the Kuomintang are just saying that the people who are actually leaving associations are riff-raff , you know
16 Come on we 're talking about the job , the job description , really they 're there to please , er , er , this is written by one , one man and er , or one woman , and we 're just saying that the wording could be improved in that one little phraseology , that 's all .
17 Yeah , give me the update , yes and if you 're just updating that a bit , if you 're gon na update it then , aha
18 You 're probably thinking that a cable is a cable is a cable .
19 ‘ Zelah also said to tell you that they 're now saying that the undertaker was murdered . ’
20 ‘ I think you are both forgetting that the Pitts died by poison , ’ said Coffin .
21 In my judgment this review of the authorities demonstrates that for over 300 years the law has been clearly established that the visitor of an eleemosynary charity has an exclusive jurisdiction to determine what are the internal laws of the charity and the proper application of those laws to those within his jurisdiction .
22 The chemical companies are also betting that the Greenhouse Effect will make them a killing .
23 They are clearly determined not to be beguiled and are prepared to trade quickly at the first sign that sterling 's recent advantage is beginning to dissipate — although they are also finding that the money market is an ants ' nest where one man 's guess is as good as another .
24 British farmers who sold up a few years ago to buy cheap agricultural land in France are also finding that the grass is no greener on the other side of the Channel , and costs more .
25 Studies are also showing that the edges of the ice shelves are breaking up , to form icebergs , far faster than would be expected .
26 Feminists are also realizing that a rejection of biology can , paradoxically , increase the influence of biological determinism .
27 It has been traditionally supposed that the language presented to learners should be simplified in some way for easy access and acquisition .
28 Whilst many people have written to say that they found the letter itself to be interesting and factual , the view has also been forcefully expressed that the quotation on the envelope implies a view that rape is somehow wrong , and to be opposed , only or primarily insofar as it may reduce a woman 's chances of marriage .
29 But the 160 men working at the Midlothian pit are now hoping that a series of meetings this week will secure both the future of the colliery and their jobs .
30 So while many City analysts are now predicting that the FT-SE index could rise another 20 p.c. by the end of the year , such forecasts carry caveats : not least the anticipation of more than a token cut in interest rates .
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