Example sentences of "be [that] [adv] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The traditional one is that both the Conservative Party and government were in decline in the late 1920s and that the party leaders were ‘ too supine to do anything about this loss of prestige . ’ |
| 2 | However , to use two sets of terms is to court confusion : unless the two categories of business are wholly separate , the likelihood is that eventually the wrong set will be used . |
| 3 | Mr Brighton , erm before I turn to another speaker , your comment about the location of a new settlement , and the likely effect it would have on the West Yorkshire conurbation , er I presume from what you 've said is that effectively the new settlement , if you have one , its location should be such as to serve the needs of York and Greater York , and therefore the further it is away from the West Yorkshire conurbation , or the West side of North Yorkshire , the more likely it is to fulfil that function . |
| 4 | What is happening is that generally the Black movement for liberation is defined from a male perspective . |
| 5 | The truth is that uphill the extra weight made it a little harder than walking , but the weight was not directly on my back , a fact that I appreciated . |
| 6 | The difference between the West now and the West in the nineteenth century , is that now the largest part of the price for development is paid by the invisible people of the so-called Third World , rather than by the pauperised urban proletariat of mills , mines and factories , though there are still some of them about too . |
| 7 | The first principle is that only the minimum amount of data necessary is held or , in other words , only data which will be put to regular constructive use . |
| 8 | Well , the feeling here in Hereford this afternoon is that maybe the National Heritage Memorial Fund may have slightly jumped the gun with their offer . |