Example sentences of "be that [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The actual sphere of competence the church had sought to monopolize had been that of sexual morals , temperance , the semi-private sphere of the family , and education . |
| 2 | Another line of attack has been that of some psychologists who have concentrated their fire on the question whether the type of experimental procedure designed to produce associative learning in Aplysia can ‘ really ’ be said to fulfil the conditions required for classical conditioning . |
| 3 | However , the diplomacy which really mattered had always been that of sovereign states ; this final withering away of the claims of other entities to conduct some sort of foreign relations of their own was merely a kind of necessary tidying-up , the clearing of an undergrowth of quasi-diplomacy . |
| 4 | One explanation for this may be that for many jobs it is high productivity which leads to low job satisfaction . |
| 5 | As the accompanying article by a Yugoslav investigative journalist suggests , however , it may well be that for political reasons the Yugoslavs have been fighting the case with at least one hand tied behind their back . |
| 6 | It may indeed be that for some teachers there really is no possibility of working with real integrity , and consequently no possibility of deriving any deep satisfaction from what they do . |
| 7 | However , it may be that for bipolar disorders there is an inherited deficit , while for milder disorders the deficit may come about in other ways ( Akiskal , 1979 ) . |
| 8 | Their toughest problem will be that of free riders ( see page 71 ) : countries that want to enjoy the benefits of an agreement without curbing their own output of global-warming gases . |
| 9 | I had composed that party political broadcast in a small bedroom at the back of the Buccleuch Arms Hotel at St Boswells , Roxburghshire , the reason being that after ten years at Piers Place , Old Amersham , we had decided to move . |
| 10 | It is therefore investigating ways of updating its membership system and replacing it with a more sophisticated means of holding members ' names , addresses and other information , the idea being that in future members receive only what interests them . |
| 11 | The rules are very similar , the main difference being that in most cases the cooling-off period under the Consumer Credit Act will be longer . |
| 12 | The bad news , on which I expect you 'll agree with me , is that across all parties , the professional politicians have been letting us down for decades . |
| 13 | A third type of dispute that is likely to be of particular interest to students of politics is that between separate branches of government . |
| 14 | A more sensitive area is that of actual currencies . |
| 15 | Woman 's domain is that of private relations and psychological matters , while men deal with the public concerns of politics and economic affairs . |
| 16 | Another aspect of mutuality is that of spiritual gifts given for mutual upbuilding . |
| 17 | One of the most easily recognizable arrangements is that of four pairs of interlaced squares ( type B in section 3 ) . |
| 18 | A parallel trend which has been widely perceived but less well documented is that of increasing numbers of authors per article . |
| 19 | The figure of profit Mr Damant regards as most useful is that of maintainable earnings . |
| 20 | Another option is that of refundable deposits . |
| 21 | The only noise one hears at Edgware Road this morning is that of embittered commuters stomping away from locked gates and cursing as they plan alternative routes . |
| 22 | One other possible area of danger is that of good facsimiles , which are more likely to be met with from time to time than competent forgeries . |
| 23 | Her emotional journey is that of many women artists : ‘ I would be faced with the enormous problem of re-inventing myself ! ’ |
| 24 | The remainder of Siemens ' Unix product line is iAPX-86-based , as is that of many vendors . |
| 25 | The first is that of many Catholics who already thought the Council a strange and almost unnecessary development . |
| 26 | One area which seems to demand a realist approach is that of other minds , which will be discussed in chapter 5 . |
| 27 | But the background is that of fifty letters were sent out to a variety of people er , lay and ordained whatever that means ! |
| 28 | Another case of interest is that of two characters introduced through noun phrases : |
| 29 | There is no hard and fast rule : once again , the test is that of ordinary readers . |
| 30 | The destiny of these countries , within the capitalist order , is that of mere colonies . ’ |