Example sentences of "[verb] at [noun sg] be [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The conclusion of the policy being pursued at present is that eventually everybody will be subsidising nearly everybody 's housing . |
| 2 | The advantages of studying at home are that you yourself can choose where , when and how to study . |
| 3 | The point I 'm trying to get at sir is that erm it is none of it is in none of our interests , either the planning authorities or even of the developers , that if we were to erm find a strategic sites policy appropriate for this alteration , it 's in none of our interests that it should be confusing to the public or to the development industry as to how rare a thing this should be and how tightly directed it should be in geographical terms . |
| 4 | The most important thing to note at present is that any strong syllable will have as its peak one of the vowel phonemes ( or possibly a triphthong ) listed in Chapter 3 , but not . |
| 5 | ‘ I thought a personal appeal to the Brotherhood for a relic for Shaftesbury Abbey would be much better than legal wrangling , and all I can say at present is that negotiations are going very well indeed , ’ said Mrs Rider last night . |
| 6 | All one can say at present is that though the process is difficult , time-consuming , and at times very unsatisfying , it is at least an improvement over those processes we have followed in the past . |
| 7 | The two criticisms commonly levelled at Prince are that a particular song is ‘ overdone ’ or that it 's ‘ unrealized ’ . |