Example sentences of "[noun prp] [conj] [noun] [be] that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lesson to be learned from the recent history of England and Normandy was that it was virtually impossible for a daughter to keep a hold on her inheritance . |
| 2 | Erm but I must say that I know the view of erm both Ray and Cynthia is that they have a lack of management time in relation to the other two divisions , because they do n't have the assistant divisional manager post . |
| 3 | In many ways the achievement of Young and Helmholtz was that they showed , in principle , that colour vision would be possible with only three receptors , providing those receptors were most sensitive to the right colours . |
| 4 | The Telegraph , too , implies that British can be neatly distinguished from Irish , but one of the complexities of Britain and Ireland is that it is not that easy to do so . |
| 5 | An additional reason for the closeness between Charles and Camilla was that he is godfather to her son , Tom . |
| 6 | When you know what we should be saying to John Major and employers is that it is n't any surprise that er disablement er has increased over the last thirteen , fourteen years . |
| 7 | The significance of the oxygen isotope data reported by Woodhead and colleagues is that they appear to require an upper crustal or sedimentary component in the lavas of the Pitcairn seamounts . |
| 8 | Indeed , the only good thing about their confrontation against Sukova and Novotna is that it took just 50 minutes to complete , with the established Czech combination sweeping to a 6-2 , 6-2 victory and a place in the semi-finals against the United States . |
| 9 | Although not a feature of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 , a major justification for the introduction of literary forfeiture legislation in the United States of America and Australia was that it would facilitate compensation for victims of crime . |