Example sentences of "that [is] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That s a candidate for Danny Baker 's After All ( serving suggestion ) . |
| 2 | I do nt know whether that s a compliment or not ; -p |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | What is in issue here is ‘ demand ’ that includes an ability to pay , and that is a function of the distribution of wealth . |
| 5 | But , but that is a function of this York Accommodation |
| 6 | No I 've I 've just All I 've done is because Erm because that is a function of that |
| 7 | That is a function of Government , not of family breakdown . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | That is a function of the Court of Appeal , as Lord Diplock stated in Wright v British Railways Board : |
| 11 | That is a benefit to him which is good consideration for his promise to pay maintenance . |
| 12 | If that is a benefit short of trust status , why is it necessary to force through trust status while encouraging local hospital management and in so doing to bring the assets , the buildings and the personnel out of local health service management ? |
| 13 | I hope that that is a reassurance . |
| 14 | If the glimpse of one more picture could turn the scales and leave them steady , that is a proof that the traveller is a very sensitive instrument indeed . |
| 15 | That is a question many Regulars ask about each of the 75,000 or so volunteers who make up today 's TA . |
| 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 for Parliament . |
| 18 | I do not think that that is a question for me to answer from the Dispatch Box . |
| 19 | I do not know the details of the individual case ; that is a question for the magistrates . |
| 20 | That is a question that he has not answered . |
| 21 | That is a question of debate . |
| 22 | It is important to note that the burden does not amount to proof of reasonableness itself , for that is a question for the judge , but to prove the facts from which reasonableness can be inferred . |
| 23 | All these matters show that it is a vexed question when exactly there will be a change in the regime and that is a question I shall seek to answer a little later on . |
| 24 | I think that er that is a question better directed towards the French , possibly my colleagues in the foreign office but my understanding is that the French assembly have indeed er approved ratification er but the French government i is declining er to append the appropriate signatures to it er er until agreement over the erm the parliament building at at Strasbourg is completed erm but my honourable friend I think in true parliamentary form , asks questions to which he already feels he knows pretty well what the answer is and I suspect that my answer squares with what he knows already . |
| 25 | ‘ That is a question every man dreads hearing from a pretty woman . ’ |
| 26 | That is a question I am afraid that is impossible to answer at this stage , that wo n't be known until he 's had a thorough investigation by the surgeons at the hospital who er probably wo n't be able to answer that for a day or two yet . |
| 27 | The company has announced its first family of memory upgrades for Digital Equipment Corp 's new Alpha APX-based ( should n't that be Alpha AXP : when you 're busting someone 's embargo , it 's as well to get the name right ) DEC/3000 systems — now that is a name new to us , but is it right ? |
| 28 | The easy answer was that a person absent without leave ( that is a person who does not have the leave of his or her responsible medical officer within s.17 of the Mental Health Act 1983 to be absent from the hospital ) is a person unlawfully at large ( as is required for the operation of the entry power in s.17 of PACE ) . |
| 29 | That is a child who has grown up with books instead of wallpaper . |
| 30 | That is a bit much . |