Example sentences of "[be] [that] [pron] [vb base] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Estimates of the effect of the few Concordes currently in operation are that they have a negligible impact on the ozone layer . |
| 2 | Their strengths are that they have a critical thinking ability . |
| 3 | Their strengths are that they have a critical thinking ability and they can be objective . |
| 4 | The strengths that these people show are that they have an ability to combine a sense of concern , with a sense of order and purpose . |
| 5 | The positive things that have come out of the divorce are that I have a much better relationship with my children and I can read a book in bed and not have a jealous partner by my side trying to prevent me . |
| 6 | The differences are that you have a feminist movement in Europe for example , which you can classify or they classify themselves , in terms of the origination of the politics Liberal , Radical , Marxist , Socialist and this is what happened in Europe . |
| 7 | My reading of these figures would be that they reflect a surging interest and are not quite as unpopular as you would indicate . |
| 8 | When archaic figures of this type first became known they were called ‘ Apollo ’ , and it may be that they have an early association with his worship , but certainly not all can represent him and the non-committal ‘ kouros ’ is preferable . |
| 9 | If I had any criticism of our organisation it would be that we have a tendency to hide our light under a bushel . |
| 10 | It may be that I find a situation hard to manage because I am apparently unable to prevent myself from reacting with paralysing anger when spoken to in this way . |
| 11 | It may be that you have a form of postnatal depression that needs treatment . |
| 12 | It may be that you have an Ordnance Survey plan in your office that you can work with the seller in order to produce an accurate plan , at least one for identification purposes only . |
| 13 | If we go to an exhibition together we find that we like the same paintings ; so I think it 's that we have an empathy in our way of painting , in the whole attitude to painting . |
| 14 | This objection helps to reveal why it is that we regard a hierarchical classification as natural . |
| 15 | ‘ We are quite profitable today , but the key point we try to make is that we take a very long-term view of our business . |
| 16 | on this , and I 'll reiterate this , is the process that we go through as I understand it for introducing procedures , is that we take a diagonal slice through the organization er in other words there 's a draft procedure produced . |
| 17 | So in a way , what my teachers here and what we are arguing about is that we want a school which cares for individual children , which rejects both extremes that I 've mentioned . |
| 18 | I think has summed up quite well there I think , which , what everyone 's aims is , which is that we want an effective and efficient police force , which everyone has got confidence in to make sure that it protects citizens against crime in this country , and nothing could be , I do n't think anybody who is erm , civilised in this county or this country would want anything different . |
| 19 | Those ultimate motivations will be the subject of the next section , but here we are interested in exactly what it is that we expect a pragmatic theory to do . |
| 20 | What I do know is that we owe a great debt to these doughty fighters of the past in banishing the menace of the Krooms for ever from this green and pleasant land . |
| 21 | I 've got I 've got the currency and you 're sort the way we 're sorting it out is that we pay a quarter and you pay a half |
| 22 | ‘ But one thing is that we have a meeting at 1pm at Nelson 's cottage . |
| 23 | The challenge that many of us face today is that we have a choice — whether or not we go out to work , how much domestic machinery we use , how much we involve the rest of the family in housework , whether or not we employ someone else to do the cleaning , how many take-away meals are put on the table , and so on . |
| 24 | All I know for sure , sir , is that we have a mysterious plane lying on the sea-bed there . |
| 25 | The main thing is that we have a comprehensive plan , now and for the future . |
| 26 | It is that we have a single conception of effects , rather than several . |
| 27 | The point is that we have a choice , in fact , a great variety of foods to choose from — many good , some bad . |
| 28 | The point is that we have a very indistinct line between the real and unavoidable problems of ageing and those which are socially and psychologically constructed and may , with care , be reducible . |
| 29 | What makes us interesting is that we have a right side of the brain as well . |
| 30 | Our problem , our central problem in the British trade union movement is that we have a trade union movement that operates very comfortably in one world , while over half the people of Britain work in an entirely different world , a world where trade unionism is scarcely ever mentioned and if it is mentioned , it 's mentioned with a hint of fear . |