Example sentences of "[that] [adv] [be] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd be a fool if I did n't realise that just being the boss invests me with a certain glamour , and it would be easy to let it slip out of control . |
| 2 | I I would support the community arts programme but I would point out that many elements of it are er the kind of things that technically are the responsibility of the county council 's services department . |
| 3 | ROS : To sum up : your father , whom you love , dies , you are his heir , you come back to find that hardly was the corpse cold before his young brother popped on to this throne and into his sheets , thereby offending both legal and natural practice . |
| 4 | I have n't got the detailed figures er , er , with me but er , I believe that still is the case , that er , er , people 's eating habits are er , that dining habits as it were er , are changing somewhat and the er , the everyday china market is , is possibly more buoyant than the er , erm , the Royal Crown and Minton . |
| 5 | It 's the domestic franchise that still is the bulk of earnings . ’ |
| 6 | Indeed , I think that probably is the rival to Lucidas as the demonstration of how the depersonalizing is compatible with the most intense personal involvement . |
| 7 | I 've only ever really and truly fallen in love once and I did n't manage to make it last , so that probably was the person |
| 8 | Junior accountants at Price Waterhouse , one of the big six firms , have been told that now is the time to take their once-in-a-lifetime world tour or perhaps a summer stint as a yacht deckhand and that applications for extended unpaid leave ‘ will be looked on favourably ’ . |
| 9 | They 've turned down several lucrative offers to reform in the past , but feel that now is the time for fans outside London to get a chance to see them in the flesh . ’ |
| 10 | Museum directors have decided that now is the time to proceed with this daunting project which is estimated to cost between £15,000 to £20,000 to complete VH–UTH to static display standards . |
| 11 | I have decided that now is the time to get tough . |
| 12 | I have decided that now is the time to retire as Captain and that someone else should take the helm . |
| 13 | ‘ Simple justice and commercial logic suggest that now is the time to remove the handcuffs from the ferry companies . ’ |
| 14 | Although Reagan 's knowledge of foreign affairs was non-existent , to the point where if he was not prompted he often had no idea which country he was talking about , he needed little convincing by the American intelligence agencies that now was the time for America to start waging a secret war against its enemies . |
| 15 | Commenting on the letter , Bishop Kelly said that now was the time for Britain to act in support of a world free from the threat of nuclear weapons . |
| 16 | Had someone or something decided that now was the time to be serious ? |
| 17 | Given the blurring of the distinction between banks and building societies , it was felt that now was the time to drop those measures ( M1 and M3 ) which included bank deposits but not building society deposits . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've never met her , ’ she replied quietly , and deciding that now was the time to come clean — albeit that she would be lying in her teeth , ‘ She , Miss Pankracova , arranged an interview for — er — me , with Mr Vendelin Gajdusek for last Friday , only he — ’ |
| 19 | Oh , grief , she thought and suspected that now was the time she must get in with her interview questions . |
| 20 | He was the only one to know that today was the day when Hasan was going to wreak his revenge . |
| 21 | Perhaps much of what Sickert taught does not have relevance to all of us today ; perhaps many of his doctrines are outworn , his opinions unsystematic , but looking at the smouldering vigour of the painting , and the sinewy strength of the drawing in the works now on view at the Royal Academy , it is difficult not to feel that here is the work of a real artist , of a man who knew what he was doing — and why . |
| 22 | And only when I have experienced this pressure , through them , and absorbed it , can I feel that here is the beginning of an interpretation . |
| 23 | It sounds perfectly reasonable , but you will perceive that here is the nub of the matter . |
| 24 | One was that it was horrible and she would always regret it if she made love to Tom only because she was drunk , the other that here was the opportunity to get it over , make a start , break the ice . |
| 25 | On the wall outside she had fixed a large notice which clearly indicated that here was the shop , and for someone to miss it they would need to be exceedingly short-sighted — or dozy . |
| 26 | And this was a particularly popular view in the nineteen sixties and you found lots of people arguing that the American system needed reform that here was the president who was hamstrung by congress , or in the er in the er question I 've set in the , in the programme , you know , the president is less Gulliver in Lilliput , you know , as more like Pinocchio in Lilliput erm that the president has enormous responsibilities , that the nation looks to the president , the world looks to the president but the president ca n't do anything and that you need an increase in presidential power . |
| 27 | Declaring his identity , and announcing that here was the Regent of His Grace David , King of Scots , he demanded the presence of the Lord Dacre . |
| 28 | All the women exclaimed at the sight of the red , pink and white azaleas massed on the steps , but each thought privately that only she could appreciate the true beauty and significance of the flowers — Sophia feeling that here was the essence of the Italy she knew and loved , Penelope experiencing a lift of the heart as if the flowers held a promise of future romantic adventures , Ianthe knowing as she looked at the flower what she had only suspected before — that she was in love with John . |
| 29 | Anyway , I got up , and went about my chores , feeding the cats and brewing tea for the rest of the still-slumbering inhabitants of my humble home in order to get them up and out to school and work , and I was thinking to myself as the kettle boiled that here was the start of yet another ordinary damned day , when the post clanked and slithered through the letter box . |