Example sentences of "that [be] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would n't that be worth a journey ? " |
| 2 | Or suppose that your husband gave you a cheque for £15,000 ; would n't that be worth a hug ? |
| 3 | It was most fortunate that a young Cambridge biologist called Mark Pryor was extricated by the powers that be from a searchlight unit and sent to Farnborough to take over this work . |
| 4 | That being of a man . |
| 5 | And Free People will be able to announce that being in a family is corrupting . |
| 6 | It was just a case that being in a band would be much more enjoyable without him . |
| 7 | There is , then , yet a third way of being systematic with regard to project work , and that is for a school to work out a definite policy on how it should be approached and which particular skills should be stressed at which levels . |
| 8 | The first thing to realize ( in Kant 's opinion ) about moral action is that it is action done out of respect for duty as such , that is for a system of categorical imperatives recognised as binding on every rational agent whatever his desires and feelings happen to be . |
| 9 | The constant appearing in Einstein 's equation can be interpreted as the force per unit area required to give space–time unit curvature , that is for a curvature of . |
| 10 | Now the way he asks that is as a question . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , overall , the party Politburo acted in effect as a cabinet — that is as a committee type of government , with the Party Secretary as chairman . |
| 12 | For we still believe that our femaleness is a biological entity ; but it is this biology that a century ago wished to remove our clitoris and that continues now to impose upon us a desire that only functions in passive reaction to the actions of men , and that is as a result based in narcissism and masochism . |
| 13 | There is only one good reason to issue information and that is as a basis for action . |
| 14 | There should be , everybody should be clear what their responsibilities are and a good way of doing that is through a job description , their own , I just wondered about that complete sets only with personnel . |
| 15 | That is over a metre beyond his previous best , also set in the Victorian capital . |
| 16 | As my hon. Friend the Member for Epping Forest pointed out , 39 mortgage payers out of 40 are not in arrears with their mortgages , and that is after a period of unprecedented expansion of owner-occupation . |
| 17 | I mean that is like a point in the conversation where a change in turn-taking could ha potentially happen . |
| 18 | That is in a system with a given set of factors of production and a fixed technology . |
| 19 | To grasp the meaning of a handshake we must not only see it positively as located in a greeting ceremonial , that is in a sequence of actions identified with respect to the social act they accomplish , but we must also see it negatively , as excluding certain alternatives and possibilities of action . |
| 20 | For a strategy to remain successful , it must do well specifically when it is numerous , that is in a climate dominated by copies of itself . |
| 21 | We have a an order entry clerk who 's now ordering hundreds of orders a day and that is from a printout from our customers and that printout has come form the computer system of our customers . |
| 22 | This indicates that if the court 's desire is to protect the public from persons who take vehicles without the owner 's consent , that is by a sense of general deterrence , then this particular criterion of the Criminal Justice Act will not be applicable The question posed for the courts must be whether taking a vehicle without consent can ever , as an individual offence , be so serious that a non-custodial sentence can not be considered . |
| 23 | A few cards as well , that 'll be that 's worth a couple of dozen eggs I reckon . |
| 24 | In addition he will have Adrian Maguire on board and that 's worth a stone to any trainer . |
| 25 | Oh well , that 's worth a try , well thank you very much , much obliged |
| 26 | If a member of the Government gets ninety seconds of news time , that 's worth a lot of money . |
| 27 | That 's worth a lot to me . |
| 28 | Now obviously that 's worth a lot more than fifteen pounds to you is n't it ? |
| 29 | That 's despite a drop of one sixth in its half- yearly profits to £70m yesterday . |
| 30 | Certainly the last letter was dated the beginning of August , that 's over a month ago . |