Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] be [that] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What an indictment it is that people wholly dependent on the state pension , with no other source of income , are now almost automatically eligible for income support . |
| 2 | What a lasting pity it is that Sir Julien himself , so passionately devoted to the game , was such an abysmally poor performer . |
| 3 | What a pity it is that clients trust their dealers . |
| 4 | What good news it is that SNH have given a £7,000 grant for repair work on the path to Blaven , one of the most spectacular mountains in the Skye Cuillin . |
| 5 | WHAT delightful news it is that Leslie Crowther , right , is back on his feet . |
| 6 | If you just look at the er the sheet , that we 've handed out , they loaded from er from the computer it 's that data that 's in front of you , right , we 've got three , three series , right , it 's times data , right , from nineteen twenty three to nineteen forty five , right and the three variables are , textile consumption , United States er real , sorry is benevolence of the U S , so it 's textile consumption , capita , real income er per capita income to be adjusted through inflation , so constant money terms and what the relative price of textiles P erm the price of textiles relative to the general level er the general price level . |
| 7 | Rather than only training women to take on roles that have been shaped by men over the centuries , would it not be far more interesting , more expansive , to look into the questions of priestesshood , to find out what mystery it is that women can touch on , and how they can communicate it to the human world ? |
| 8 | Polybius gives his reasons for reporting the figures : " so that it may appear from actual facts what a great power it was that Hannibal ventured to attack , and how mighty was that empire boldly confronting which he came so near his purpose as to bring great disasters on Rome " ( 2.24.1 ) . |