Example sentences of "that be a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm Has that been a concern of unions , or has it been other sorts of organisations that have been pressing for them over the years ? |
| 2 | Could that be a piece of plasticine ? |
| 3 | Would that be a picture of George Washington ? ’ |
| 4 | I do n't recall that being a subject of my conversation , er |
| 5 | It may be that Britain has overemphasised the potential benefits of free trade ; that she has actually benefited from the protectionist philosophy which permeates the EEC ; that being a member of a cohesive new power bloc is what has counted ; that the ‘ fight ’ with the Americans over agricultural matters is a case in point ; that had she been on her own , Britain would have been trampled over by her cousins on the other side of the Atlantic . |
| 6 | Well it seems that being a member of the luncheon club gives you some benefits |
| 7 | Naomi 's question is would it be also would it also be in bad taste if an a if that were a picture of an animal subjected to a sort of humiliation ? |
| 8 | We have to wait patiently a little while longer yet to determine whether the new generation Alpha RISC machines have turned Digital Equipment Corp around or whether the company is pursuing the same downward curve as IBM Corp , because the company has still scarcely started shipping the machines in real numbers — but it does not make it clear whether that is a function of supply or demand . |
| 9 | What is in issue here is ‘ demand ’ that includes an ability to pay , and that is a function of the distribution of wealth . |
| 10 | But , but that is a function of this York Accommodation |
| 11 | No I 've I 've just All I 've done is because Erm because that is a function of that |
| 12 | That is a function of Government , not of family breakdown . |
| 13 | I think in this day and age , there is probably a greater propensity to move and consequently there may well be an increased erm amount of vacancies occurring and that was why in our statement , we actually increased the number of vacancies , but I think that is a function of the number of houses on offer at the time . |
| 14 | Extraordinary profits , you may be surprised to see are only twelve point nine million after the Elserver sale but that is a function of the write back of good will on the disposal of Elserver which you will see explained in the preliminary statement , thus reducing the er , profit from two hundred and twenty nine million , which was the estimate at the interim , to thirty five million for the year as a whole . |
| 15 | That is a function of the Court of Appeal , as Lord Diplock stated in Wright v British Railways Board : |
| 16 | Of course , one can not be adamant about whether they merit the label ‘ murder ’ , because that is a question of drawing the line between murder and manslaughter , which is not susceptible of any precise resolution . |
| 17 | That is a question of debate . |
| 18 | with that is a bit of an impossibility in n it ! |
| 19 | And that is a bit of that . |
| 20 | The act is a greeting , the action is a kiss , that is a brushing of the cheek by the lips as an intended action . |
| 21 | Metals and rocks expand and contract with heat and cold , and that is a response of a kind ; certainly , the Universe is a turbulent place even in the absence of living things . |
| 22 | That is a sign of how the play has been intelligently re-thought . |
| 23 | If that is a sign of things to come then it will be a long season . |
| 24 | Many social scientists see a direct link between these sectors similar to that between urban and rural society and between Latin America and the metropolis , that is a relationship of exploitation . |
| 25 | That is a degree of how desperate he is to get this thing settled . ’ |
| 26 | We refer too er in our statement er an absolute release figure of hectares in the greenbelt , and that is a percentage of our new housing allocations . |
| 27 | Perhaps she does not realise that that is a characteristic of people becoming more prosperous . |
| 28 | Perhaps that is a reflection of his enthusiastic , volatile nature . |
| 29 | That is a reflection of the fact that the world economy is slowing down . |
| 30 | Big organic molecules , and especially the nucleic acids of which genes are made ( see p 5 ) , are liable to be broken down by high-energy radiation , and in particular by the ultraviolet ( W ) light that is a component of sunlight . |