Example sentences of "to [noun] be that it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Abersychan RFC 's main claim to fame is that it produced Bryn Meredith who , at 34 games , is Wales ' most capped hooker . |
| 2 | Sculptor is always very low from British and northern United States latitudes ; its only claim to fame is that it contains the south galactic pole . |
| 3 | Its one claim to fame was that it agitated a sudden outbreak of Northern Soul style dancing in the trendier clubs of Britain . |
| 4 | The advantage of this formal approach to organisations is that it shows how organisational objectives can be reached by : |
| 5 | Most would agree that the professed raison d'être of the CpSU is the creation of a society ‘ of a new type ’ ; the basis of its claim to infallibility is that it stands in the vanguard of this process . |
| 6 | A further possible objection to gradation is that it limits the sentencing powers of the judge . |
| 7 | Thus we have Macdonald reporting on the " almost unanimous chorus of opinion that women 's work as compositors is so inferior to men 's that it does not pay in the long run " ( the chorus in question being from employers ) But the testimony of individual employers is far from unanimous or even consistent . |
| 8 | The ‘ Principles ’ of his title are those ‘ of Human Knowledge ’ , and what motivates his objection to materialism is that it leads to scepticism and atheism . |
| 9 | At roughly the same time Terence said , ‘ Another objection to Christianity is that it leads to passive acceptance of social inequalities because the real rewards are in … ’ |
| 10 | The main criticism about information provided to employees is that it arrives too late . |