Example sentences of "be [pron] that [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | The brainchild of Reuben Mattus , whose family had been making ice-cream in the Bronx since the 1920s Haagen-Dazs was planned to be everything that standard ice-creams were not . |
2 | A political life that is constantly framed in sporting terms , and which celebrates successes with high-fives and backslapping , is unlikely to be one that many women find congenial . |
3 | Their second LP , ‘ Leggy Mambo ’ ( on Imaginary ) , is everything that dedicated Cadets could have wished for — and then some more . |
4 | Their second LP , ‘ Leggy Mambo ’ ( on Imaginary ) , is everything that dedicated Cadets could have wished for — and then some more . |
5 | What to do if disorientation does occur : Since temporary mild disorientation is something that all pilots must learn to live with , the majority are probably not consciously aware of having to do anything . |
6 | What the HMI appear to be taking issue with here in a particularly strongly value-laden way is something that other writers have variously called ‘ formal ’ , ‘ traditional ’ , ‘ product ’ , ‘ production ’ , ‘ transmission ’ , ‘ class-enquiry ’ , ‘ recitation ’ and ‘ discipline-based ’ teaching . |
7 | I really want us all to move on as musicians , which is something that other bands do n't seem to be doing . |
8 | This is something that many parents also find difficult to accept in their daughters . |
9 | Of course , this is something that private schools already do , but it is interesting that , even in the public sector , some ‘ magnet ’ schools , upset by their relatively poor performance in examination results , are asking if they ca n't exclude children who come to them on placing requests from deprived areas . |
10 | That is something that special educators have , so far , lamentably failed to offer disabled children and their families . |
11 | Anxiety for example , is something that human beings will always experience , and to think that you can free them from anxiety in some future utopia , or go back to some ordered erm , ideal state in the past , where everyone was so secure , that they would never feel anxiety , is just a myth according to Freud . |
12 | The problem is one that most pamphleteers face . |
13 | Yet the fact that many primitive peoples regulate interpersonal relations with a fair degree of predictability and humanity , without the help of a centralized political system , is one that most anthropologists would now endorse ; however , unlike Engels , they do this without pointing out the political implications of such an observation . |
14 | Being on the road is the lifeblood of politics and that 's something that these days television enhances , because whatever the potential of studio interviews or recorded broadcasts , some of the most effective television comes from live campaigning ‘ out there ’ . |
15 | So valuable is it that some scientists regard it as a scent and as soon as they detect it , they know that they are on the right track . |
16 | Once we have put aside such relatively easy observations as the tendency or requirement for long or complex adjective phrases to occur postnominally , there are two fundamental questions which badly need to be asked about the grammar of postnominal attributives : ( a ) What is the difference in effect or value obtained by the speaker who uses postnominal position when prenominal position is equally grammatical ? ( b ) Why is it that some adjectives ( and some adjective phrases ) can occur quite easily in postnominal position while others , apparently comparable , are limited to prenominal position ? |
17 | Why is it that these molecules were n't discovered earlier ? |
18 | So why is it that these views exist ? |
19 | Why is it that those countries can accept basic , decent minimum standards for their people whereas this Government will not accept them for the British people ? |