Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [noun] be that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Laidler 1987 , p. 345 ) ( One argument for the UK fully joining the European Monetary System is that in order to maintain our par the UK would have to have the same ( low ) inflation rate as West Germany . ) |
| 2 | The problem for would-be physiological psychologists is that until relatively recently there have been no other natural phenomena or man-made devices that we understand better than human behaviour that could act as a model or analogy . |
| 3 | The serious political consequence was that as royal patronage expanded not only were the voices of royal clerks multiplied but the morale and priorities of the clergy as a whole were in danger of being increasingly swayed by hopes of royal favour . |
| 4 | Instead , the real lyrical problem is that by the time you arrive at the two rather superfluous closing tracks , She 's A Weirdo ’ and ‘ Paula ’ , the story of all these nightown expeditions is scurrying round in circles and since the music is n't boosted to insensate lift-off , we 're all back where we started . |
| 5 | Perhaps the most characteristic British example is that in the civitas capital at Silchester , where it was the second largest building in the town after the forum and was situated close to the south gate . |
| 6 | A crucial and obvious biological distinction is that between plants and animals , but a more important distinction is the way life is based on one type of cell or another . |
| 7 | A major problem with traditional Marxist analysis is that by laying all sins at the door of capitalist development , it fails to explain what keeps the periphery in a long-term relationship with the centre , since there appears to be little in the relationship for either partner . |
| 8 | Another useful preliminary distinction is that between external control over sentencing discretion as opposed to self-regulation practised by sentencers themselves . |
| 9 | Among the works referred to in this introduction , the other important historical study is that by Jane Lewis in The Politics of Mother-hood ( 1980 ) . |
| 10 | One important structural relationship is that between bureaucracies and groups that represent particular interests . |
| 11 | The only essential dissimilarity is that in the Eastern bloc the economy is socialized and directed towards the common welfare . |
| 12 | The only potential drawback is that unlike a training course , this program will only be of use if the user has the discipline to use it on a regular basis . |
| 13 | An important aspect of the new Somali operation is that for the first time American soldiers have been prepared to serve under a non-American chief . |
| 14 | The only difference between ancient Greek tragedy and modern revolutionary tragedy is that in the former the struggle was against a distant , unknowable , divine power , whereas in the latter the struggle is against an all-too-present social order manufacturing poverty , disease , unemployment and war . |
| 15 | The most notable consequences of the new Soviet initiative were that in 1975 Mexico signed an agreement with Comecon , and trade with both Argentina and Brazil reached a peak in 1981 when both countries refused to take part in the grain embargo introduced by Resident Carter as one of his sanctions against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan . |
| 16 | One possible special factor is that in small local communities , monitoring of performance by consumers/voters may take on an important role . |
| 17 | One obvious limitation of local authority-run centres is that unlike the independent centres they can not help local authority tenants and homeless applicants fight legal battles against the authority . |
| 18 | First day or Last Day , Rest Day or Resurrection Day , the abiding Christian belief is that within three days the worst that humans could do to a man was transformed by the power of divine love into the greatest news story of history : ‘ Jesus lives ! ’ |