Example sentences of "[noun pl] be that [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the signs are that the upward curve is levelling out . |
| 2 | The signs are that the next few years will see some extensive soul-searching about art history ; several books have already appeared . |
| 3 | Mr Gordon in your erm opening remarks you referred to the fact that erm following the programme re-orientation I think you words were that the full government are now capping their liabilities on the programme . |
| 4 | Over at Ibrox , the news for their fans is that the long injury list is continuing to shorten . |
| 5 | The most widely quoted medical ‘ fact ’ I hear at parties is that a moderate alcohol intake is good for you . |
| 6 | Another argument in favour of the provinces is that the steady decentralisation of justice from London naturally increases the importance of the provincial Bar . |
| 7 | A major point emerging from our analysis of language/network relationships is that the variable network needs to be considered in relation to the variable sex of speaker . |
| 8 | The best news for schools is that a special price is available making it possible for schools to acquire the discs , a laser vision player and an Acorn Archimedes computer for £899 . |
| 9 | Sources said top administration officials told politicians in a closed briefing on Wednesday that one of their greatest worries was that a long-term American occupation would turn opinion both in Panama and throughout the region against the new government . |
| 10 | The effect of these two prescriptions was that the principal repayments of loans raised were taken off the balance sheet and put through the revenue account . |
| 11 | The industrial tribunal found that the reason for the dismissals was that the managing director was strongly anti-union but that none of the four could show that the reason for his dismissal was his own union membership or activities . |
| 12 | The result of these strong words was that the irksome proviso was deleted and the new lease agreed . |
| 13 | The only real grumbles are that the tagging system does n't go far enough , a column and page breaking tag is essential , and that the keyboard shortcuts for the PC version seem to have been changed from the earlier version . |
| 14 | The other feature of these keys is that the actual characters which separate the species can easily be assessed ; helping both to improve the key and assess the real difference between species . |
| 15 | Pending discovery and/or the administration of interrogatories the best particulars the plaintiff is able to give of such transactions is that the third to fifth defendants were knowingly concerned in each and every transaction of which the following payments and each of them represent the proceeds of such transactions namely : … |
| 16 | One of the puzzling features of these areas is that the receptive field properties of their cells appear to repeat properties already present in primary visual cortex . |
| 17 | The difference between the two countries is that the formal wording of the United States Constitution can be amended only by an extraordinary process , i.e. , one that goes beyond the provisions employed for amending the ordinary law . |
| 18 | The difference between the trained and the naïve rats is that the former have been electrically shocked , and therefore certainly stressed or pained , when attempting to enter the dark box . |
| 19 | As the BSI 's Chris Sheldon , says : ‘ The challenge for many companies is that a new aspect of business life , the environment , is being entered on to the balance sheet for the first time . |
| 20 | The danger for almost all golfers is that the right side tends to be dominant at the start of the downswing . |
| 21 | Given this , it is impossible to avoid the idea that another part of the difference between the causal items and their effects is that the causal items exist at a time when their effects do not . |
| 22 | The buzz among senior Conservatives is that the quiet campaign on behalf of MacGregor is not going well . |
| 23 | The reason behind all of the red tape even under normal circumstances is that a legal process is being implemented . |
| 24 | Pseudo-Ulpian suggests that the distinction between civil-law dispositions and trusts is that the former are in direct and the latter in precatory words . |
| 25 | One important assumption of the modernity/postmodernity controversies is that the political left of Marxists and critical Theorists is aligned with the modernists , whereas those ( especially French-influenced poststructuralists ) who connect somehow to postmodernism are apolitical and have little concern with contemporaneous social struggles . |
| 26 | For me , one of the most useful functions is that the 9000 program allows a knitter to match the screen colours almost exactly to the yarns in use , by the use of the PALETTE section of the menu . |
| 27 | The net result of these antagonistic effects was that no significant change in soluble calcium was observed . |
| 28 | Mr Lilley said the message he had received from local businessmen was that the economic recovery was well underway . |
| 29 | ‘ My expectations are that the three athletes will be free , ’ he added . |
| 30 | The reason why reliance is more deserving of protection than expectations is that the former involves merely a resto-ration to the position once held , whereas the latter entails a transfer of wealth or the enrichment of one party at the expense of the other . |