Example sentences of "be [that] a [adj] [noun] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two criticisms commonly levelled at Prince are that a particular song is ‘ overdone ’ or that it 's ‘ unrealized ’ . |
| 2 | It may be that a new course is still in the planning stages , or that what you want is offered at another local centre . |
| 3 | It may be that a federated structure is either the best long-term , or the best short-term , structure . |
| 4 | An objection to this argument is that a legal obligation is not a necessary condition for a liability . |
| 5 | The reason behind all of the red tape even under normal circumstances is that a legal process is being implemented . |
| 6 | The assumption made in empirical studies is that a selective excise is passed on fully , and that there is no change in factor incomes , which in the present context means , and . |
| 7 | An all too common kind of crisis for community and primary care teams is that a vulnerable patient is suddenly discharged from hospital on a Friday afternoon without any formal referral or plan for aftercare . |
| 8 | The problem is that a good gimmick is contagious — everyone in Hollywood gets it all at once , and then you get a rash of movies all suffering from the same big idea . |
| 9 | For our present purpose , however , the important point is that a hierarchical pattern is what we expect to see if the objects being classified have originated by a process of branching . |
| 10 | Implicit in the discussion of this data analysis and database approach is that a total system is implemented . |
| 11 | The central problem is that a political party is ill-equipped to debate policy or philosophy because unity , not intellectual openness , is its highest virtue . |
| 12 | You can , of course , say that a certain bait catches more bream than any other , but what you really mean is that a certain bait is used more often than any other on the waters with which you are acquainted . |
| 13 | When it comes to flavour , the difference between a TFTA turkey and a standard one is that a traditional bird is hung for at least seven days . |
| 14 | Of course , the implication of this is that a different measure is also a different concept . |
| 15 | Morton 's rule is that a double bond is advantageous and that a double barrier must never be permitted . |
| 16 | Morton 's rule is that a double bond is advantageous and that a double barrier must never be permitted . |
| 17 | A recent view is that a postsynaptic kinase is activated transiently ( for less than a few minutes following the tetanus ) and a presynaptic kinase is activated for longer periods ( but for less than 1 hour ) . |
| 18 | The problem with price discrimination in goods is that a secondary market is likely to be established in which low-price customers resell to higher-price customers , thus tending to equalize the prices customers actually pay . |
| 19 | One point that is obvious is that a matching grant is generally more successful than a non-matching grant in stimulating local expenditure on a particular good or service . |
| 20 | In this the basic assumption is that a particular change is but one part of a dynamic , continuous process in which the users are engaged . |
| 21 | The truth is that a triumphant BMA is gloating . |
| 22 | The best news for schools is that a special price is available making it possible for schools to acquire the discs , a laser vision player and an Acorn Archimedes computer for £899 . |
| 23 | The most well-recognised factor in the aetiology of schizophrenia is that a genetic vulnerability is inherited . |
| 24 | When dealing with requests such as this we treat each on its merits , but the presumption is that an existing position is retained unless a more satisfactory alternative location is identified . |
| 25 | A pragmatic view is that an aesthetic experience is what is described as such , and as there are varieties of religious experience , so there may be varieties of aesthetic experience . |
| 26 | The explanation for this is that an automatic car is not always immediately available and they are more expensive to produce . |
| 27 | The significant point is that an initial capital is a form of emphasis or highlighting in writing , and therefore can be used as a visual correlative of emphasis in speech ( see further 5.4.2 ) . |
| 28 | The reason for such lack of jurisdiction to review in the court is that an eleemosynary corporation is governed by a system of private law which is not of ‘ the common known laws of the kingdom ’ but the particular laws and constitutions assigned by the founder . |
| 29 | When people first encounter it their normal assumption is that an alternate universe is nothing more than a ‘ what might have been ’ ; science-fiction writers have toyed with that idea for decades . |