Example sentences of "[be] that [noun] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Branson stood beside Simon Draper , visibly shaking , his face set in a grim mask , ‘ I ca n't tell you , ’ he began , ‘ how sad I am that people have felt the need to have a meeting , without Simon and I being present . |
| 2 | The only differences which Clare would notice are that machines have replaced axes , and that the moles are now gibbeted on barbed-wire fencing . |
| 3 | Other differences are that males have much longer finnage , and also a much more humped forehead . |
| 4 | The implications of this accelerated diffusion of technology and rapid translation into innovative products are that companies have very little time to rest on the strength of any one currently successful product . |
| 5 | The main disadvantages are that groups develop competing or conflicting goals , and that inter-group communication and cooperation breaks down . |
| 6 | The most harmful effects are that groups develop competing or conflicting goals , and lose their ability to communicate and cooperate with one another , |
| 7 | The most useful effects are that groups develop strong ties of loyalty ( cohesiveness ) amongst their members , and that there is a high regard for the task . |
| 8 | Two common folk-beliefs are that women have no sense of humour and can not tell jokes ( clearly Chiaro 's subjects do ) ; it may well be that certain kinds of jokes are preferred by men : the " shaggy dog " kind or narrative type that begins with formulas like " Have you heard the one about … ? " or " A man went into a pub … |
| 9 | The semantic characteristics of adults talking to children are that adults talk about objects and events in their immediate surroundings and they frequently focus on topics identified in the child 's talk . |
| 10 | The conclusions that they draw are that theses have been written for a variety of purposes , which have changed over the years , and which vary according to customs in different countries . |
| 11 | Likely contributing factors are that people fail to recognise , and to compensate for insidious deterioration of vision , hearing and decision speed as they age . |
| 12 | Two further advantages are that objectives provide the student with a clear idea of what is expected of her and that teachers are forced to think clearly about what they expect of students . |
| 13 | Among the reasons mentioned are that enterprises fail to pay their debts to the banks , and that they fail to deposit dinars when they purchase foreign exchange . |
| 14 | The implication of the latest moves are that humans have moved to the debit side and become liabilities . |
| 15 | A main reason for this has been that developments have concentrated on creating ‘ single-purpose ’ areas , for example only office blocks , shopping areas or housing estates rather than a mixture . |
| 16 | A frequent methodological problem in electrophysiological experiments has been that experimenters have either failed to exercise any control whatever over their subjects ' cognitive strategies or else have relied simply on instructions to subjects to engage in a particular mental activity . |
| 17 | The effect of these Standing Committees has been that debates have been of a much more highly focused and objective quality . |
| 18 | 702–3 , Archbishop Beorhtwald presiding , but the terms are said to have been that Wilfrid relinquish his episcopal office and retire to his monastery at Ripon and they were unacceptable ( Vita Wilfridi , chs 46–7 ) . |
| 19 | The underlying philosophy has been that schools require more INSET to be school-focused , linking the enhancement of a teacher 's individual professional skills with the defined needs of the school as a whole ; and further that the capacities of a school staff to evaluate their own strengths and weaknesses must be improved and result directly in more effective forward planning to remedy recognized weaknesses . |
| 20 | A further explanation could be that rats have a small ductular component of bile secretion which may have been the primary target of the observed response , as evidenced by the increase in biliary bicarbonate output observed in the canine studies . |
| 21 | It may be that learners have internalized aspects of the system which for one reason or another they can not access on particular occasions , that circumstances of different kinds prevent them from acting on this knowledge . |
| 22 | Given this variation in language forms and use , the danger may be that teachers do not realise the extent of the variation , or that they regard the creole language forms as haphazard . |
| 23 | A more likely development will be that doctors continue to top up their incomes by private work , and are offered more of this in trust hospitals ( Laing 1991 ) . |
| 24 | It may be that boys tend to ask almost twice as many questions as girls , not just because of natural assertiveness but also because of the position society allocates to the male . |
| 25 | In the area of questioning , it may be that boys assume they know the answers because in society men have traditionally taken the lead and are seen in positions of authority and superiority . |
| 26 | Today , the better view would appear to be that directors owe shareholders fiduciary duties in special circumstances . |
| 27 | ‘ I happen to believe variety is the spice of life , it just happens to be that women end up victimising themselves a lot , or subjecting themselves to a lot of bullshit to get some sort of coverage . |
| 28 | It may also be that women have a greater need of seeing some of the qualities of the future . |
| 29 | Can it be that governments have in such circumstances authority to pass immoral and unjust laws ? |
| 30 | I think , though , I 'm always disappointed the way it seems to be that soaps raise this issue but then come back and resolve it by saying the real father is the blood father . |