Example sentences of "[noun pl] be that they [vb base] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The attractions of these products are that they store well , are easily obtained and offer a high profit margin . |
| 2 | The problem with books are that they date very quickly and so it is difficult to get up to the minute advice . |
| 3 | The problem with such lists is that they do not specify any order . |
| 4 | The great skill of Japanese and German manufacturers is that they know how to make things efficiently and well , which is what we are so bad at . |
| 5 | The problem with the mixtures is that they have never been proved in the classical homoeopathic way , as had been done with the original remedies . |
| 6 | The soft tones of the colour range always produce a successful design and the joy of using all the silvery tones is that they last so well In many cases , the silver-grey effect is created by the very small hairs on the underside of the flower or leaf , which catch the light and give a lovely overall tone to the picture . |
| 7 | ‘ Our biggest problem with A-levels is that they have not been modified in the light of the GCSE , ’ says Brian Howseman , principal of Luton Sixth Form College . |
| 8 | One advantage of Chinese celebrations is that they do not linger on , as everyone knocks off and goes home to bed at about 9 p.m . |
| 9 | One of the most commonly used arguments against the use of probabilistic grammars is that they do not take semantic information into account . |
| 10 | One major difficulty for insects is that they do not have a circulatory blood system . |
| 11 | A second reason why official statistics give an imperfect picture of the real situation in primary classes is that they average out differences . |
| 12 | ‘ I think the problem with new guitars is that they have n't lived , ’ ponders Alex suddenly . |
| 13 | One of Derry 's pressing problems is that they do n't possess a natural left-sided midfielder — hence the constant chopping and changing to try and find the right balance across the middle . |
| 14 | The value of such studies is that they show plainly the ubiquity of popular political action , which may be diffuse , episodic , lacking any clearly formulated doctrine , or expressing itself mainly in religious or cultural terms , but always provides a matrix from which political organizations can emerge in favourable circumstances . |
| 15 | The disadvantage of recorded searches is that they do not allow the student personally to experience the interactive capacity of a computer-based information retrieval system . |
| 16 | The most common thing that goes wrong with taps is that they leak either because the gland or packing has failed ( a leak from the top when the tap is open ) or because the washer has worn ( a leak from the spout when the tap is closed ) . |
| 17 | The value of such catalogs is that they prevent too parochial a view of the scientific effort . |
| 18 | The reason for putting the onus of proof on the firms is that they have both the incentive to make the case , and access to the detailed information on which the case is to be based . |
| 19 | One advantage of graptolites is that they occur predominantly in former oceanic environments — the deeper water shales or limestones discussed in Chapter 3 . |
| 20 | Yet another way in which people may judge the costliness of different types of credit is how reasonable they think any credit terms are that they have recently been using . |
| 21 | No I could n't I mean , and these people are Jehovah Witnesses who sold me this house and my feelings about the commercial probity of Jehovah Witnesses are that they have n't any commercial probity . |
| 22 | The problem facing surgeons is that they do n't have the time to devote to research . |
| 23 | ONE advantage for small countries in large empires is that they do not have to think up a defence policy : their armies do what they are told . |
| 24 | The one thing I do ask all my patients is that they try not to question whether or not the regression is real during the course of the session itself . |
| 25 | Er what we tell these patients is that they do n't have evidence of obstruction , or if they do have obstruction , then that obstruction does not threaten their kidney and that it would be appropriate to wait and watch their symptoms . |
| 26 | The fundamental weakness of these bodies is that they do not usually own the land they are trying to control , so that the most effective preservation of landscapes may well stem from private landowning bodies that have an interest in conservation . |
| 27 | Another consequence of the greater viscosity of andesite lavas is that they flow more slowly . |
| 28 | As we noted before , one of the prime concerns of teachers is that they do not have enough time to carry out the day-to-day tasks and responsibilities of their jobs to their own satisfaction , let alone to invest in enhancing their own skills , or reflecting on their roles and priorities , to anything like the extent which they would like . |
| 29 | I mean personally I think one of the difficulties in the colleges is that they do still have a sense of being at schools , and when you have an atmosphere which is like school you 're tacitly given people permission to act as if they were at school , and so we have a and that activity may not always be very adult , so we have to find a way of changing the environment of the colleges . |
| 30 | The beauty of small lightweight expeditions is that they do n't take that long . |