Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [be] that [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another example of the importance of having time to say goodbye to the person who has died is that of a client I was working with who seemed quite unable to talk about his wife 's death and seemed totally unconcerned that she had died tragically . |
| 2 | This seems to be inconsistent with the proposition that a higher standard applies where the director possesses relevant skills , but is presumably explicable on the basis that the higher standard relates only to distinct forms of professional expertise , such as that of the actuary or the physician referred to by Romer J , and not where the experience or expertise that the director has acquired is that of a business manager . |
| 3 | It is not surprising , therefore , that not only did he consider that he alone would set the pace , but also that the pace he chose to set was that of a dilatory gastropod . |
| 4 | The point I keep making is that in a press release they ought to include at least enough information briefly so that whoever 's reading it can pick up the angle or the possible use . |
| 5 | The system I have adopted is that of a CHRONICLE . ’ |