Example sentences of "[be] that [det] [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm but er certainly the record to date has been that these power stations are erm extremely erm well run and that they ha they 've had no major incidents at all . |
| 2 | The question in the DBQ refers specifically to multi-level car parks , the assumption here seems to be that such memory failures are particularly likely in this context because of the similarity in appearance of different floors in such a car park , however , there has been some work looking at memory for car parking in situations where more information is available . |
| 3 | It could be that such pupil cultures were sexist ; but an interesting dilemma emerges . |
| 4 | For instance , it may be that some craft workers , particularly those working very close to the temple , were operating under temple jurisdiction and supervision , whilst others were free to work independently . |
| 5 | But the big problem at present is that that form tutors get loads of information sent to them and then they |
| 6 | The result is that all Home Secretaries are grossly over-worked , although most will have found their own ways of keeping their heads above water . |
| 7 | Another point to keep firmly in mind about the Guinness Flight Global Strategy Fund is that all fund dividends are paid gross rather than net of tax . |
| 8 | The problem is that all energy deals must be approved by Congress . |
| 9 | The result is that many glider pilots are becoming complacent about parking and on a really windy day it is not unusual to see gliders at risk , just waiting for the first really big gust of wind to blow them over . |
| 10 | The result is that many manufacturing firms have decided to locate their physical production processes outside the metropolitan regions . |
| 11 | Another drawback is that many census estimates concentrate on natural change ( i.e. the difference between births and deaths ) and tend to ignore the most effective component of population change in the western world , migration . |
| 12 | Another point worth remembering is that many insurance companies give substantial discounts to mature drivers . |
| 13 | The obvious implication is that many asylum seekers may miss the deadline and lose the chance to appeal . |
| 14 | The result is that many farm workers are caught in the poverty trap between exemption from taxation and receipt of means-tested benefit ( Winyard 1978 ) . |
| 15 | The main stumbling block for all suppliers like NEC is that few city networks have much hard currency to spend on new equipment , and since local rouble telephone charges are so low , no company can recoup the initial investment from tariff income . |
| 16 | The reason is that most school libraries do not have and possibly never will have an adequate range of stock to satisfy the information needs of children in schools . |
| 17 | A consequence of this destabilizing cycle is that most home buyers take on their mortgages when credit is freely available and when lending institutions , facing still competition , are offering the best interest rates . |
| 18 | And in looking at the experience not merely of Asia , but also of Africa , what becomes increasingly apparent is that most development strategies have tended _ particularly when we look at technical change — erm have tended to bypass women , or in many cases one also notes that the impact of technical change has been detrimental to poor women , and examples of this can be found , for instance , in terms of adoption of certain kinds of technique , like mechanisation of rice processing in parts of Asia , where one finds that there has been a large scale displacement of landless women . |
| 19 | The fiction is that those state agencies are able to and do exert democratic influences ; or at least , they impose a measure of accountability to the public . |
| 20 | But what is remarkable , is that this work confounds what other more contemporary commentators are wont to suggest — that the orchestra , as a performance mechanism is dead . |
| 21 | The downside is that some memory managers might not take kindly to the reload option , but if you try it and can get away with it , it 's the one to opt for . |
| 22 | But the unpleasant reality is that some holiday destinations are positively dangerous . |
| 23 | A consequence of this technique of representing negative values is that some bit patterns have two interpretations ; thus " 100011 " represents the character " L " as well as 3 and a " minus " sign . |
| 24 | A third reason is that some bank managers feel threatened by a measure which could prove embarrassing . |
| 25 | The logical outcome of all this is that some machinery firms are finding that the cost of exhibiting is n't matched by extra sales . |
| 26 | That Mr Chairman , to hear Councillor say that , because all we 're saying is that these council officers are n't doing their job , did n't they inspect these buildings ? |
| 27 | But what is of crucial importance in the account thus far is that these action types are syntactically and semantically unstructured . |
| 28 | The importance of computers is that these arbitrage opportunities can be quickly spotted and capitalised upon . |
| 29 | Basically the burden of the Test Act was that all office holders erm all holders of public office had to take an oath of allegiance and had to erm take the sacraments in the Church of England otherwise they could n't hold public office . |