Example sentences of "[noun] ['s] [noun pl] be [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The effect of clauses which define the contractor 's obligations is that , if the contractor performs in accordance with the express undertaking , it has performed the contract and is not in breach of contract at all . |
| 2 | The view of Paisley 's critics was that he was implicated but was clever enough to avoid any direct contact . |
| 3 | But one of this chapter 's implications is that their preoccupations may not have been so misplaced after all . |
| 4 | The problem faced by Detroit 's producers is that , while some new American cars have been panned as dumpy and boring , the Japanese have been rolling out a stream of glittering and highly praised new vehicles . |
| 5 | It is hard to give an example without reprinting the whole correspondence , but we have had articles rejected when our reading of the referees ' reports was that the article merited publishing . |
| 6 | One indication of the effect produced by Boulestin 's recipes is that whenever a second-hand copy of one of his books turns up — and that is not often — one finds it scarred with pencil marks against the recipes which have been cooked by the previous owner and often , slipped somewhere among the pages , a list of dishes noted for future trial . |
| 7 | Pembrey 's findings were that the role model was important in helping a sister to develop a good management style . |
| 8 | An immediate and obvious problem with pluralists ' methods is that in the effort to achieve falsifiability , only major visible issues reaching decisional status are used , yet of course it is possible for pre-decisional power to be used to keep grievances from becoming observable issues . |
| 9 | The gist of the parents ' complaints is that children were allowed too much freedom and that there was too little formal instruction in the three Rs . |
| 10 | ‘ The only problem I would have with the NICMA 's recommendations is that Laura is too young to understand everything that is explained to her , ’ she said . |
| 11 | One of Stirling 's problems was that he was not content to let others do the raiding from time to time , though he had proved his own courage and nobody would have thought the worse of him had he decided to concentrate on sorting out the many administrative problems that beset L Detachment . |
| 12 | The fear of Cardiff 's rivals is that , without the same resources , they can only lose in a transfer war , and some are looking to the Welsh Rugby Union for legislative salvation . |
| 13 | Peel told the NME : ‘ The Wedding Present 's virtues are that they make records which are direct and uncomplicated and it seems that these are now being regarded as vices in some quarters . ’ |
| 14 | One of ACE 's claims is that members will be able to develop systems based upon the same building blocks which are sufficiently differentiated to enable them to go after separate market niches . |
| 15 | Another reason for selecting Greer 's books is that they are used in almost all of the ILEA schools which do not use the Authority 's SMILE project and in many secondary schools nationally . |
| 16 | All Léonie managed to discover from the postman 's hints was that the priest had had the bones taken away for a quick burial in the cemetery with as few people present as possible , and that people were still visiting the site of the apparitions , waiting to see whether Thérèse would go back . |
| 17 | What is striking about the Information Workstation Group 's efforts is that their actual study of multimedia is far better than their attempt to define it . |
| 18 | A major problem with such economists ' models is that they are essentially static . |
| 19 | One might , for instance , use the maxim to infer that because Eeyore 's sigh is a non-linguistic action , it 's a better sign that he 's out of thistles than Rabbit 's words are that he has some honey . |
| 20 | The reason for reducing the event 's costs is that the less money which is spent on the gig means that more money goes to the artist . |
| 21 | One possible advantage of the checks in Schantz 's pianos is that each check can be adjusted individually . |
| 22 | One of the Scottish Law Commission 's proposals was that if the area of devolution was sufficiently extensive , responsibility for the courts should also be transferred to the Scottish Assembly . |
| 23 | ONE of Harold Gale 's attributes is that he perpetually thinks of new ideas . |
| 24 | The interpretation which perhaps makes most sense of people 's answers is that their decisions seem to be based first on a desire to pay off quickly , and second ( in modification of this ) on how high an instalment they can afford — rather than on interest rates or total cost . |
| 25 | The reason we want to adopt other people 's beliefs is that we know that everyone wants their own beliefs to be true : because , as we 've seen , truth is what makes our own beliefs useful to us in the way I described earlier , by making our actions succeed in fulfilling our desires . |
| 26 | We talk later in this chapter about the use of other people 's words , making the point that one problem with other people 's words is that they usually make more sense where they come from than where you put them in your essay . |
| 27 | Erm somehow or other it 's going to come along and I think most people 's thinkings are that it will be shown as a tax item on the ticket as are the taxes in other countries |
| 28 | One of the reasons why this proposition was distasteful to many of Bruno 's contemporaries was that it deprived humanity of a privileged place in the cosmos . |
| 29 | What 's unique about Edhi 's centres are that the people in them are required to carry out all the daily chores and maintenance . |
| 30 | The gist of Lord Templeman 's words is that an occupant of residential accommodation , not obtaining exclusive possession , is a " lodger " , and lodgers are not tenants . |