Example sentences of "that [is] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And tha , that is invariably a problem . |
| 2 | That is partly a result of City pressure to perform . |
| 3 | Most people prefer the total look to be soft and natural without some of the extravagances and hard colours of younger-style make-up , but that is partly a matter of personal taste and overall style . |
| 4 | Few people will dispute that that is largely a result of the legislation that we passed to reform industrial relations . |
| 5 | To do this , you connect a music source , that is either a disc or cassette player , to the second channel of the audio mixer , the combined output from which is fed to the record machine as before . |
| 6 | ‘ But , ’ said Fergus , leaning forward , his eyes absorbed , ‘ surely that is just a legend ? ’ |
| 7 | That is just a want . |
| 8 | It has already led to grief , but that is just a beginning . ’ |
| 9 | Because that is just a pile of shit |
| 10 | ‘ That is just a lie , ’ said Andrus . |
| 11 | All that is just a function of X whatever number X is X is for . |
| 12 | At the simplest level , the forest around a village is being gently ‘ harvested ’ — there is a scheme for gathering seeds of shrubs and climbers , for export to the garden-centre pot-plant nurseries of the US , but that is just a start . |
| 13 | Their brief was simple and straight : attack the morale of the enemy , That is just a simplification , but that is what it amounted to . |
| 14 | Many people think that is just a waste of time . |
| 15 | I would like if possible not to do that any more , cos clearly that is just a duplication of material already elsewhere available . |
| 16 | You know that is just a joke . |
| 17 | Well that is just a crap jobby anyway ! |
| 18 | That is just an attitude , and I do n't know where they get that from . |
| 19 | They complement the plant tubs and tree planting that is also a feature of Belfast . |
| 20 | Well I , I think that 's , that is also a possibility . |
| 21 | Yes , that is also a thing |
| 22 | That is also a parable of life . |
| 23 | And remember , every time you breathe out , you are adding even more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere and that is also a greenhouse gas ! |
| 24 | Madam Deputy Speaker : That is barely a point of order for me . |
| 25 | Timothy , that is not a drum , that is a biscuit barrel . |
| 26 | The conclusion that could be drawn from this argument is that is not a phoneme of English , but is an allophone of several different vowel phonemes when those phonemes occur in an unstressed syllable . |
| 27 | It has never been the case that central Government would indemnify local authorities for expenditure when they are already given money through the revenue support grant to enable them to undertake their responsibilities , and that is not a way forward . |
| 28 | That is not a forecast . |
| 29 | That is not a misprint . |
| 30 | The other interesting thing you would find about vocabulary and treatment between the tabloids and the Independent is the Independent has a policy of very little coverage of the Royal Family and I suspect that other than a paragraph or a sentence or two of introduction , that those four paragraphs at the foot of the page are simply the text of her speech courtiers and media blamed as the Princess retreats from public life , I suspect that you will find that that is not a story , it is simply a statement of fact and an actual reprint of the text of her speech . |