Example sentences of "[be] that [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their main grievances against the education system , which fell under the dual control of the church and state , were that it victimised teachers who showed dissent by questioning the working conditions or salary scale . |
| 2 | And if you really want to know what I think , it 's that you Cretaceous people are insanely arrogant . |
| 3 | The special feature of the two Unidroit Conventions is that they each deal with a transaction involving two distinct contracts . |
| 4 | The importance of the Positive School is that it focussed attention on motivation and on the individual criminal . |
| 5 | One of the reasons er with the benefit of hindsight , er was that we underprovided test equipment er as you you have mentioned we have software being written in four nations and er it 's got to be assembled , somewhere . |
| 6 | The importance of Cockburn 's work was that it integrated studies of local political activity into this wider view of the capitalist state . |
| 7 | One defect was that it required proof of the likelihood of a breach of the peace as a result of the defendant 's conduct . |
| 8 | The essence of Hollywood was that it used actors who became real before the camera ; they were not ciphers there to be manipulated by an all-powerful director but they were actors who were able to combine natural qualities and varied skills and techniques in such a way as to create an on-camera identity . |
| 9 | One of the reasons why this proposition was distasteful to many of Bruno 's contemporaries was that it deprived humanity of a privileged place in the cosmos . |