Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [that] [pron] are " in BNC.
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| 1 | The traditional ‘ trade-off ’ for the secure tenure of senior British civil servants has been that they are anonymous and politically impartial . |
| 2 | The primary objection to UDCs has been that they are not directly accountable to local authorities or local people in their areas . |
| 3 | A common observation has been that there are soils in which some diseases never seem to occur and it is presumed that microorganisms that are antagonistic to pathogens naturally occur in these ‘ suppressive soils ’ . |
| 4 | My claim has been that there are parallels to be observed between the theism of the Western religious traditions and that of the main Eastern religious tradition . |
| 5 | My experience has been that there are a great many people in industrial and other commercial enterprises who want to have insight , and indeed already possess it , into their roles in industry and to contrast these with their roles as citizens . |
| 6 | What matters is that you are consistent . |
| 7 | When we are hurt by someone 's behaviour , all that is happening is that we are disappointed because they do not behave in the way we expect and the reality conflicts with our ideals . |
| 8 | What 's probably happening is that you are trying to tell them you are annoyed but also saying you still want them to like you at the same time . |
| 9 | What has always impressed me enormously about the office bearers and team members I have over the years got to know is that they are never judgemental about those they help , and that , like the members of RNLI boat crews , they go out in all weathers to seek to save life and/or to assist the injured . |
| 10 | What has always impressed me enormously about the office bearers and team members I have over the years got to know is that they are never judgemental about those they help , and that , like the members of RNLI boat crews , they go out in all weathers to seek to save life and/or to assist the injured . |
| 11 | What has always impressed me enormously about the office bearers and team members I have over the years got to know is that they are never judgemental about those they help , and that , like the members of RNLI boat crews , they go out in all weathers to seek to save life and/or to assist the injured . |
| 12 | What I do know is that there are thousands and thousands of people out there for whom life is intolerable , roughly ten a day actually succeed in killing themselves , how many more have a go we do n't know . |
| 13 | One of the things that some knitters say is that there are not many Form Programs published . |
| 14 | What this case also illustrates is that there are different possibilities in using the new technology and there may be a conflict of interests between workers and management in the way it is used . |
| 15 | The reason why this happens is that you are thinking about other issues at the time . |
| 16 | What the text says is that we are to have faith as a grain of mustard seed . |
| 17 | Forster observed in 1874 , ‘ the only belief much felt is that we are not and will not be papists . ’ |
| 18 | The first thing to remember is that you are a student- that is , one who studies . |
| 19 | The message we receive is that we are not attractive and will not be provided with props to make us so . |
| 20 | What this long-term series will undoubtedly show is that there are no fixed trends in composition of the music of any given day , in this century ( or any other for that matter ) : the fluxes , the divergences , as well as the common interests and occasional influences , are what make music such a perpetually fascinating art . |
| 21 | What , however , a large number of studies of the effects of regulation do show is that there are frequently unintended consequences of regulation which impose a cost on society that must be weighed against the expected benefits of the regulation . |
| 22 | The point 's that I think is trying to be made is that there are a lot of people here tonight who do wish to express an opinion and that opinion is not necessarily formulated in question form . |
| 23 | The second reason why a simplistic relationship between agricultural technology and relations of production can not occur is that there are frequently many important local variations in technology which can only be uncovered by detailed analysis of settlement histories and cultural development . |
| 24 | All we dare claim is that we are making them better readers ’ ( p. 56 ) . |
| 25 | The other thing you should remember is that there are all sorts of confidences that you can apply to these sort of things . |
| 26 | All that Montefiore 's example shows is that there are circumstances in which it is unfair to act neutrally , where there are not even prima facie reasons to be neutral . |
| 27 | What I maintain is that there are certainly moments , like the Rococo , which go very far in general preference for certain forms , such as lightness , grace and playfulness . |
| 28 | ‘ All I know is that we are good enough to be up there at the end of the season . ’ |
| 29 | All I know is that there are men here who have a courage and quality I 'll put my shirt on . |
| 30 | All I know is that there are better people in , that , are more intelligent people that are better informed about than me or you and they deemed it that we 've got something to fear against and I 'm willing to take that . |