Example sentences of "be that [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The characters in the novel are that of an extensive range from the proud , head high Mr. Darcy to the clever Mrs. Phillips who is affectionate of talking ; from the sweet Jane Bennet to the most jealous Miss . |
| 2 | Among the sites listed are that of the 1956 crash of a nuclear-armed bomber aircraft at Albuquerque , New Mexico , and the Agriculture Research Center at Beltsville , Maryland , where scientists used radioactive matter to test the effects of fall-out on crops in the 50s and 60s . |
| 3 | view is that one hopes that my hopes are that of the direct report you er worked for erm is equal and competent and is erm in a sense courageous and brave and that they realize that sometimes to get the best results you have to do things which are perhaps challenging and orthodox |
| 4 | The career of Miller had been that of a classic party functionary rising to PUWP central committee secretary and politburo member , whereas Kwasniewski , who came up through the editorship of party youth wing newspapers to become Minister of Youth and Sports from 1985 , had made his name as a pragmatist and advocate of co-operation with Solidarity in the 1989 round table talks . |
| 5 | He had left her and gone to live with an upper-class woman , had soared to the opposite end of the scale from Josie , whose attraction for him had been that of a splenetic victim from the lower depths of the goyim : but Josie had refused a divorce and the ordeal had dragged on . |
| 6 | In the twentieth century the most dramatic political collapse has been that of the Liberal Party . |
| 7 | Indeed , her pose by the fire had been that of the consummate temptress , and yet … there it was again , the feeling that something did n't add up . |
| 8 | The most influential model of ninth-century political change since Montesquieu 's has been that of the Belgian historian Jan Dhondt . |
| 9 | For a long time after independence , English was the language of the educated élite , just as it had largely been that of the colonial administration . |
| 10 | The royal grant which had offered Richard the best chance of a viable power base had been that of the forfeited de Vere estates , made in August 1462 , but these had been restored to the earl of Oxford at the beginning of 1464 . |
| 11 | The royal grant which had offered Richard the best chance of a viable power base had been that of the forfeited de Vere estates , made in August 1462 , but these had been restored to the earl of Oxford at the beginning of 1464 . |
| 12 | ’ One traditional way of discovering God 's will had been that of the biblical sortes — the question would be posed and the Bible then opened at random . |
| 13 | In 805 Charles chose one chieftain to reign as his vassal king , and bestowed upon him the ancient title of Chagan , which had originally been that of the independent High King of the Avars . |
| 14 | The most influential presentation of the ‘ strong ’ version of the ‘ autonomous ’ model has probably been that of the social anthropologist . |
| 15 | The main symbol of death had long been that of the old man holding a familiar rural implement , the scythe , implying that man would be cut down when he was ripe for it . |
| 16 | It may be that with the present trend towards measurement numerical classifications will come back into vogue . |
| 17 | It could be that with the wider use of electronic mail which we anticipate in future , the need for multiple copies of Notices will be reduced . |
| 18 | It may be that for the public gallery , media ‘ reality ’ is political reality . |
| 19 | But perhaps the picture that will remain in the minds of the few now here who knew him will be that of a long , thin figure folded into the driving seat of a small , fast , bright red sports car , his hair billowing wildly , his eyes crinkling through large , horn-rimmed spectacles and his mouth twisted into a mocking , sardonic grin . |
| 20 | The program personality presented to the student , and to the teacher , need not be that of a neutral machine — it can show a variety of human attributes , and the balancing of these in the design of the program is an important matter in which there is room for a variety of approaches . |
| 21 | POLICE believe a body washed up on a beach in Kent might be that of a young Essex woman who has been missing for two months . |
| 22 | A further image is that caring is a predominantly female experience ; a typical caricature of a ‘ carer ’ would be that of a married middle-aged woman whose children had grown up and who was looking to re-enter the labour market . |
| 23 | If we have a few more years of Georgian finance , the only attractive , the only lucrative profession left in this country will be that of a Radical Welsh politician . " |
| 24 | A typical problem could be that of a falling market share for one or more of the organization 's product lines . |
| 25 | It appears to be that of a forty to fifty year old prince or aristocrat . |
| 26 | In the street , or on the train , you may glimpse a face that seems to be that of a Greek goddess , an African queen , or a Renaissance angel . |
| 27 | The situation can be complicated if the metalworkers added small amounts of lead , or added pieces of scrap at the casting stage , because the ‘ signature ’ of the lead will no longer be that of a single source and sorting this out seems well-nigh impossible . |
| 28 | This identity-computation must succeed if the final perception is to be that of a single object , whether in motion or in change . |
| 29 | In this case , the new name must be that of an existing user , and the new module owner must be related to you ( as the module manager ) . |
| 30 | In this case , the new name must be that of an existing user , and the new module owner must be related to you ( as the module manager ) . |