Example sentences of "[adj] that [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most prominent aspect of privatisation , as practised by the Conservative government , has been the transfer of ownership of assets from the public sector to the private sector ( as in definition 1 ) , and it is the arguments for this that are now considered . |
| 2 | The licensing of the play-text rather than the performance conferred a form of authority on the written artefact and it was this that was supposedly acted . |
| 3 | But it became clear that was not the way to hold our own against companies like Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola , or Mars on the confectionery side . |
| 4 | Doubtless this wish was at bottom an ideological one , inspired by the same mania for dividing the world into masculine and feminine that is still at work today . |
| 5 | Funny that is n't it . |
| 6 | It 's funny that is n't it ? |
| 7 | Funny that in n it ? |
| 8 | He 's been thrown out of every art school in London and some that are n't . |
| 9 | Among the lexical units which go to make up a lexeme it is possible to distinguish some that are more basic , or central , and others that are less so . |
| 10 | But , so far as this world of common experience is concerned , all living creatures , including perhaps some that are now extinct , can be arranged in a continuous hierarchy , lesser to greater , with man at the summit , as stated in Genesis . |
| 11 | We have some that are very specific , in the sense that they are intended to provide certain particular skills or techniques . |
| 12 | Ant colonies often entertain a variety of parasitic arthropods such as beetles and mites , and some that are merely commensal ; that is they merely co-habit with the ants , and thereby perhaps gain protection , or scavenge for scrap food , but do no obvious harm . |
| 13 | There are also some that are actually innocuous but are seldom eaten for they have taken a rather complicated gamble by copying the colours of poisonous caterpillars to delude aggressors into giving them as wide a berth as the creatures they mimic . |
| 14 | There were some that were quite valuable , a Churchill , I think , and a Boss , but they were sent to his gunsmith in Glasgow , Peterson and Briggs , and they were sold . |
| 15 | I thought I had sent him some that were very good , but I received a most snarky letter from him saying " They may be very fine artists but they do n't know anything about teaching , and I 'm not interested in any of your geniuses unless they really take trouble about the job in hand " . |
| 16 | Pretty tasty that is actually in n it ? |
| 17 | ‘ I am afraid that is not possible , ’ returned the lawyer . |
| 18 | I am afraid that is not possible . |
| 19 | I 'm afraid that is not true . |
| 20 | ‘ I am afraid that is not so , ’ he said . |
| 21 | Asked if at that stage no decision to issue a warning had been reached , again Mr Runciman replied : ‘ I am afraid that is not so . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm afraid that is n't possible . |
| 23 | ‘ I think it would be better if Chris Lewis had a month off before the season starts again but I 'm afraid that is up to his county . |
| 24 | I 'm , I 'm afraid that is so . |
| 25 | But I 'm afraid that 's not the worst of it . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , I 'm afraid that 's not good enough for me , Julius . |
| 27 | Lewis 's eyebrows lifted under a frown , and he looked across at his chief : ‘ I 'm afraid that 's not right , sir . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , I 'm afraid that 's not good enough . ’ |
| 29 | I 'm afraid that 's just about all I can do . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Well , ’ said Hargazy , laughing , ‘ I 'm afraid that 's out of the question . |