Example sentences of "and that [is] [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 There are occasional unconscious barriers , as in many high-tech organisations , but IBM does n't have to have an official Equal Opportunities Manager , and that is probably a good sign .
2 ‘ He will not be as emollient as Peter Brooke and that is maybe a good thing at this stage , ’ said one politician with a detailed insight into Ulster affairs .
3 And that is only a small part of a litany of hood-related sorrows .
4 And that 's just a pre-vehicle check before you go out is it ?
5 And that 's really a political question .
6 For example they support the market square project and at the end of the day even with the total budget down to S S A the vast bulk of the money being spent by conservative budget 's been spent on people salaries but it 's still being spent on services and the labour party this year has lost the three elements keeping the tax down and that 's quite a good thing to see .
7 And that 's quite a nice
8 And that 's quite a typical finding .
9 erm I think we found that a school has , it 's very important for a school to get the relationship right with individual parents in talking about their children , and how their own children are progressing , and that 's quite a different kind of relationship from the one between schools and a body of parents about general school policy .
10 ‘ I was the kind of person who would sit back and let my manager look after things , ’ he says , ‘ and that 's never a good idea .
11 Though that 's pretty obvious : you 're trying to sweep shit under the carpet and that 's never a good idea . ’
12 And that 's almost a straight quotation from that report .
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