Example sentences of "that [be] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That s a prized possession , as he was one of my heros , along with Mr Lorimer ! |
| 2 | blues parties was that Has that been a major problem in the flats ? |
| 3 | Has that been a recurring thing or was it er was it just a one off situation ? |
| 4 | For James Grove from Cirencester and John Penhale from Cheltenham it 's a warm up , or should that be a cool down , for this : an expedition to the edge of the Artic Circle . |
| 5 | Would n't that be a good idea , Miss Honey ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I could ask them , ’ said Owen , ‘ but would that be a good idea ? ’ |
| 7 | Could that be a good idea , say for , to try out a vocational area ? |
| 8 | Madeleine asked : would n't that be a good thing for everyone ? |
| 9 | Would that be a good thing ? |
| 10 | Would that be a good thing or a bad thing ? |
| 11 | You see I get the impression that , that most of you more or less are willing to except all the bad things about cars because given at this particular hundred has sixty three car er , car or vehicle owners , you 'll put up with the danger and the pollution and er , er all the various bad side effects of the motor industry because weighing things up you 've got independence , you 've got freedom , you 've got shelter , a wardrobe , some where to carry the kids , is , would that be a correct estimate , is that , that , that is a general |
| 12 | Will that be a verbal report at the meeting , or |
| 13 | Would that be a fair comment ? … ’ |
| 14 | Would that be a fair summary of what you told me ? … ’ |
| 15 | If if it seemed advisable not to eat the fish , would that be a big problem for the ? |
| 16 | How can that be a bad thing . |
| 17 | Sir Ian Gilmour , sacked from the Cabinet in September 1981 , was on both main television news bulletins on 10 January , telling viewers that being a good listener was not one of Mrs Thatcher 's virtues , and that there had been ‘ a downgrading of Cabinet government ’ ; Cabinet meetings were something to be got through , not the place where views were to be aired and decisions reached . |
| 18 | We 're asking that you test the temperature of your politicians that offer themselves up to stand on the councils , and we believe that being a good environmentalist aids all of their political life and er saving the environment now will save money in the future . |
| 19 | The trouble was that being a good club player , even being an outstanding club player , does not of itself make you a worthy international , and it was Waldron 's failure to recognise this of his own Neath players that contributed as much as anything to his downfall . |
| 20 | What about Mann 's recent contention that being a serial killer in Paramount , California , home town of the ‘ Acid Bath Killer ’ , was ‘ a successful adaptation to the environment . ’ |
| 21 | This is partly because as a harder metal it makes a more secure setting for valuable stones and partly that being a white metal it reflects rather than competes with the brilliance and lustre of diamonds . |
| 22 | Who 's that being a smart arse ? |
| 23 | In front of that were a low sofa and a coffee table . |
| 24 | And well you know things like the noise of the blues parties and things like that were a great annoyance . |
| 25 | Tessa grew testy about the line 's being used all the time , and said that the Bulgarians were the worst lovers in the Balkans , as though that were a world-known fact , like the trying nature to others of our gentle Scottish weather . |
| 26 | That is a separate exercise , undertaken in the next chapter . |
| 27 | I agree that I have been reinforced ( although I 'm not sure that I learnt how to make coffee by operant conditioning — I suspect I copied someone , or was told how to do it — but that is a separate issue ) . |
| 28 | That 's the kind of information which I think is relevant , not whether he wishes to get married again , that is a separate issue . |
| 29 | That is a separate matter . |
| 30 | Er , lovely light on her hands and on her face , and er this lovely quality , nice colours and I think that is a super portrait . |