Example sentences of "be [that] [noun] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other differences are that males have much longer finnage , and also a much more humped forehead . |
| 2 | The implications of this accelerated diffusion of technology and rapid translation into innovative products are that companies have very little time to rest on the strength of any one currently successful product . |
| 3 | The most certain features of Figure 9.10 are that Jupiter consists largely of hydrogen , that much of the interior is liquid/gas , that there is no atmosphere/surface interface , that there is some concentration towards the centre of icy and rocky substances ( this is required by the density versus depth ) , that the hydrogen exists in metallic form beyond a fairly modest depth , and that the interior is hot . |
| 4 | A frequent methodological problem in electrophysiological experiments has been that experimenters have either failed to exercise any control whatever over their subjects ' cognitive strategies or else have relied simply on instructions to subjects to engage in a particular mental activity . |
| 5 | The underlying philosophy has been that schools require more INSET to be school-focused , linking the enhancement of a teacher 's individual professional skills with the defined needs of the school as a whole ; and further that the capacities of a school staff to evaluate their own strengths and weaknesses must be improved and result directly in more effective forward planning to remedy recognized weaknesses . |
| 6 | It may be that Taylor had again asked for a reduction of Royalty . |
| 7 | It may be that Borg realised quite soon that family life was not going to carry him through the great silence left behind by his renunciation of that terrible drug , competitiveness . |
| 8 | So it 's that Vibes question again . |
| 9 | The answer is that Morrissey has never quite achieved ten such desirable plaudits , even with his Smiths output chucked in . |
| 10 | Fifth , listen to the real customers — and not just the information systems managers of IBM 's 10 top mainframe customers — part of the problem is that IBM pays too much attention to their needs and not enough to what 's going on elsewhere , says Smith . |
| 11 | The effect of his successive encounters and discoveries — which are very sparse — is that things become more complicated , or rather , that they become increasingly difficult to describe , to ‘ capture ’ . |
| 12 | But the danger is that things get too cosy . |
| 13 | Presumably the justification is that D has already crossed a high moral/social threshold in choosing to commit such a serious offence , and should therefore be held liable for whatever consequences ensue , however unforeseeable they may be . |
| 14 | The problem is that rock-climbers do all the hardest stuff in this game . |
| 15 | The truth is that Cortot had neither the time nor the inclination to polish his performances to a high degree of perfection . |
| 16 | The other view is that institutions have just evolved . |
| 17 | If this definition is applied when reviewing surveillance studies the result is that cancers found earlier than eight years from onset or found in left sided colitis or a cancer found at colonoscopy performed for any reason other than surveillance ( such as rectal bleeding ) , can not be regarded as a success . |
| 18 | The end result is that learners feel very discouraged because it makes them feel that they know less than they thought . |
| 19 | The first is that ICL paid only £30m upfront for a business that carried a buyout tag of £29m three years ago , and had substantially increased volume in the interim . |
| 20 | The consequence is that Britain has never had truly free broadcasting . |
| 21 | HALL : ‘ No , what I 'm saying Tommy is that Graeme has subsequently apologised , he 's made apologies . |
| 22 | The logical result of such thinking is that parents feel largely responsible when things go wrong . |
| 23 | The main reason is that WordStar supports nearly 300 printers . |
| 24 | The truth is that Mark had always known him as Steven and naturally found it ridiculous to change to Morrissey . |
| 25 | One important distinction between the two writers is that Bentham became much more favourably disposed towards the prison as a medium of criminal reformation than Beccaria appeared to be ( a point to which I shall return later ) . |
| 26 | ‘ The difference between Manchester and Liverpool groups is that Liverpool has never had a university tradition . ’ |
| 27 | The dangerous thing is that cliffs fall away to the north without warning , and someone getting lost in thick mist could easily come a cropper . |
| 28 | The most important finding is that bFGF given parenterally or applied directly to the mucosa enhanced the healing of acetic acid induced gastric ulcerations and augmented the healing activity of sucralfate . |
| 29 | The result is that overtaking needs less gearchanging than you might imagine . |
| 30 | The latest news down the telephone line is that Madonna has just bought one . |