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

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1 For instance , sometimes the Profitboss will disagree with a decision made by his boss ; but that 's rarely a reason to resign .
2 Erm , so that 's just a question to ask when you next come to erm this passage .
3 No , that 's just a thing attached
4 That 's just a label used by the Tories . ’
5 With average salaries currently at the £12–14,000 mark that 's quite a shortfall to make up if you want to be a working composer .
6 This bruiser 's called Tyson — that 's quite a lot to live up to .
7 And that 's quite a time consuming step .
8 Erm I think that 's possibly a term called allocation .
9 They have to keep a logbook but that 's only a check to make sure that nobody 's leaving a mess in the common areas and we only have it because we 've found that some residents can have problems because they 've become deskilled in certain things .
10 That was simply a letter delivered at the gate just before dusk .
11 That was just a pretence to cover up her real affaire .
12 Oh that was almost a classic build up was n't it ?
13 With a new rabbit and a short-haired piebald guinea pig in a box , Victoria arrived at a once-grand Queen Anne house in Wiltshire that was now a school devoted to raising the daughters of the gentry .
14 I mean that was always a milkman used , there used to be er James was one of the milkmen down Palfrey , he used to come .
15 As for the argument that money would follow patients and so make it possible for hospitals to treat more of them , that was always a non-starter given that the total amount of cash available to purchasers was not going to be increased .
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