Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [noun pl] [be] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The assumptions lying behind such targeted programmes are that the ‘ problem ’ is a bounded one , concerned with ‘ pockets of poverty or deprivation ’ , restricted areas of decay , which can be remedied through relatively limited expenditure and precise targeting of funds and activities to ‘ special ’ , different , difficult problems , limited problems which remain to be rooted out , while the rest of the system is assumed to be functioning well and on course for prosperity and harmony . |
| 2 | One effect of these trading links was that prices of wine in England were directly linked with the state of the war in South-west France . |
| 3 | One of the reasons they all became friends was that Wally 's mum and dad did n't mind that he bunked off school all the time . |
| 4 | The reason it is important to share feelings is that the sharing of emotions gives an insight to the fabric and function of the filter . |
| 5 | The significant fact about both phrase types is that we have two property words — a major one ( the verb ) extended by a minor qualifying one — and they are linked together to form a more complex property before they are permitted to enter into construction with a syntactic object . |