Example sentences of "be [verb] [be] [that] [pron] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | A particular characteristic of a state in which extensive social policies have been adopted is that it is a bureaucratic state . |
| 2 | The difference is that the cow , the cow herder or the shepherd is not particularly interested in consciously realizing that , whereas it seems to me that what you 're saying is that he is . |
| 3 | Erm I I get the impression from what you 're saying is that there is a distinct strategic view which should be taken about York and its role , which in a way would tend to limit the amount of housing development you should be putting in and around York . |
| 4 | What you 're saying is that there is actually a limit to how cold you can get . |
| 5 | He added : ‘ The picture we are getting is that it is spreading nationally . |
| 6 | What I am saying is that it is never too late to reformulate your goals : do n't give up and just accept your lot as if it were a sentence handed out by life . |
| 7 | What should be said is that there is still a most definite need for research in some neglected , technical areas , but more particularly in integrating the social and economic factors as they occur in a local situation . |
| 8 | ‘ What is yet to be demonstrated is that there is any substantial number of contemporary American artists who are themselves living in reduced circumstances while their work is simultaneously commanding high prices on the secondary market ’ , argued Stephen Weil , deputy director of the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington D.C. and a respected authority on art law . |
| 9 | As far as their usefulness as a measure of performance the conclusion that should be reached is that none is superior as we can only measure performance by comparison . |
| 10 | The third feature of English discovery to be noted is that it is limited to the discovery of documents . |
| 11 | A second objection that will be brought is that it is odd to treat another as a rational being , in the Kantian sense , in erotic relations , of all places . |
| 12 | Erm so what I 'm saying is that there is a partnership between the states and the federal government , there is no single fixed correct relationship between the central government and the state government , it changes from time to time er more and more of the cards are coming to the hands of the central government but you would , you would be wise not to underestimate the independence and the diversity of the American states which have a , a genuine er sense of , of local er democracy and difference er and states very frequently resist the federal government . |
| 13 | The one point on which Mr Golyadkin and Double were agreed was that there is nobody like God , but it follows pat and false that if a man has nowhere to go God will look after him . |
| 14 | There are many arguments as to which strategy is best ( de Nevers et al. , 1977 ; Wall , 1976b ) but increasingly the conclusion being reached is that it is possible to make use of the advantages of two or more strategies . |
| 15 | What Jesus is saying is that there is no need for marriage at the resurrection . |
| 16 | The specific point that Nagel is making is that there is no way of justifying the conditions of choice in the original position except from the point of view of a certain conception of the good . |
| 17 | I think the main reason it was guillotined is that there is a lot of unhappiness among Conservative MPs and among many people in the Conservative Party about the Government 's proposals . |
| 18 | My Lords , I I I do n't want to intervene in family quarrels , but er surely the point that the Noble Lord , Lord was making was that there is no section er two A i in in force a at at the present time . |