Example sentences of "[be] [pers pn] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Are you that bloody idiot who does golf for the News ? ’ was his opening salvo ; and things got worse when Toby , never able to turn the verbal cheek , even to a large and extremely aggressive drunk , proceeded to tell him his opinion of Scottish golfers in general and of unwelcome Scottish drunks in particular . |
| 2 | And you think when , when you get one that 's not as good , you think well why do they why is it that that speaker ca n't give such a good talk , why is he giving a talk ? |
| 3 | Why is it that one person reacts differently to another in the same circumstances ? |
| 4 | Why is it that this machine c c could trim it on all sides ? |
| 5 | Why is it that this country puts money before anything else ? |
| 6 | How is it that this problem seems only to have emerged in the last few years . |
| 7 | If we look at a relationship or any type of commu mean taking a bit of a different look at things thinking well what is it that this person wants from me and what is it that I want from this person ? |
| 8 | So valuable is it that some scientists regard it as a scent and as soon as they detect it , they know that they are on the right track . |
| 9 | Once we have put aside such relatively easy observations as the tendency or requirement for long or complex adjective phrases to occur postnominally , there are two fundamental questions which badly need to be asked about the grammar of postnominal attributives : ( a ) What is the difference in effect or value obtained by the speaker who uses postnominal position when prenominal position is equally grammatical ? ( b ) Why is it that some adjectives ( and some adjective phrases ) can occur quite easily in postnominal position while others , apparently comparable , are limited to prenominal position ? |
| 10 | Why is it that some people find it so difficult to accommodate the idea that providing immediate relief to human suffering can go alongside campaigning for longer term solu-tions ? |
| 11 | However , from our present perspective it is actually more pertinent to turn the question round the other way and ask : why is it that some people , despite having a strong genetic disposition for psychotic illness do not actually break down — or , even if they do , are partly protected from its more devastating effects ? |
| 12 | That is , why is it that some people rather than others who experience the type of disparity described above become committed to a movement for moral reform ? |
| 13 | Why is it that some people have more energy to give to their careers than others ? |
| 14 | Events like redundancy , divorce , bereavement , family and work problems , debts , separation , illness , may be stressful for most of us , but why is it that some people can go through crisis after crisis and never suffer the effects of stress ? |
| 15 | Why is it that these molecules were n't discovered earlier ? |
| 16 | So why is it that these views exist ? |
| 17 | If you have a look at the four versions of the videos , I hope what you 'll do is have in front of you er the advocacy criteria guide , which we 'll speak a bit more about in a moment , and actually look and see well , how is it that these people meet , those things , they do n't necessarily but how , how are they persuasive advocates ? |
| 18 | Why is it that those countries can accept basic , decent minimum standards for their people whereas this Government will not accept them for the British people ? |
| 19 | Why was it that one laugh could make her forget how maddeningly single-minded he was ? |
| 20 | Why was it that this man had the ability to bring tears to her eyes ? |
| 21 | Why was it that this man was such a pleasant and knowledgeable companion , and yet so hard and ruthless when it came to getting his own way ? |