Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] that [pers pn] [verb] for " in BNC.

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1 We had a succession of God-awful nannies we could n't afford — Clemence 's books had n't started to sell at that point — but the upshot was that I left for work late , came home early .
2 The good news is that it works for all ages .
3 The fourth merit of Johnson 's approach is that it allows for mobility of jobs between categories , although he does not attach as much significance as Hughes ( 1958 ) to the efforts of the ‘ professionals ’ themselves in this regard .
4 The arguments given in favour is that we vote for the wise and then the wise go on to make a proper final decision about who 's best .
5 The other thing is that he asked for his family .
6 In fact one of the great things about this walk is that it keeps for most of the time to the shoulder of the fells so that they fall away steep sided below you giving you clear views out and down .
7 The inference in his letter is that he speaks for the Council of the National Union of which he is chairman .
8 The essence of preaching or prayer is that it asks for a response now , not later .
9 One of the contexts in which we are exercising ministry is that we have for the last fifty years well I have n't personally !
10 Can I just say , Chairman , that the problem was that they asked for , the region asked for equal representation with the County Council , now if all the districts did that then there 'd be , then the Grants Panel would have about twenty one people to I mean , for the operation to go ahead .
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