Example sentences of "be [adv] [adj] that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that a significant number of my right hon. and hon. Friends are bitterly disappointed that during today 's Consolidated Fund Bill debate only one and a half hours have been allocated to discussing pension funds ? |
| 2 | According to Shanan ( 1987 ) , irrigation efficiencies are so low that between 35 and 45 per cent of the water entering the canal system never actually reaches the fields ; losses are due to evaporation and unlined drainage ditches . |
| 3 | This applies when the words are so wide that on a strict construction they cover improbable and unlikely events . |
| 4 | Shakespeare 's plays are so rich that in every age they can produce fresh meanings and even those who deny his universality agree on his cultural importance . |
| 5 | Shakespeare 's plays are so rich that in every age they can produce fresh meanings and even those who deny his universality agree on his cultural importance . |
| 6 | Referees are so trusting that at one recent international a player who had forgotten his reserve boots showed the ref the physio 's pair — three sizes too small and with moulded studs ! |
| 7 | There are a few extra types ( W , hotter than O ; and R , N and S , cooler than M ) but these are so uncommon that for the moment we need not worry about them . |
| 8 | Government policies are so short-term that by the time the recession is over , the country 's industrial base will have been destroyed , and we could end up with a Third World economy . |
| 9 | In fact there are so many that without the use of sophisticated computers it would be impossible to monitor them all . |
| 10 | They are so large that from 2000ft below they look like gliders . |
| 11 | They have been so successful that from an initial yearly production of about 250 tons during the middle forties these rice fields now yield 145,000 tons a year and supply France with the whole of her rice requirements . |
| 12 | German influence in East Prussia had been so strong that over the years the southern strip of East Prussia , which was occupied by a large number of ethnic Poles , had become increasingly Germanised . |
| 13 | The damage had been so severe that at one stage , the fail out order had been given . |
| 14 | Indeed , this reluctance has been so marked that on occasions , as in 1985 , it was said to produce ‘ round-tripping ’ . |
| 15 | A consistent finding of studies of depression is that rates for women are approximately double that for males of similar groups ( see Figure 5.3 ) . |
| 16 | ‘ We are still confident that at the end of the day we will find out who killed Mrs Shelley . ’ |
| 17 | I am reasonably sure that by this time any fair-minded reader with a spark of decency will readily acknowledge that all the apparent similarities between Daniel Miller and myself have been more than satisfactorily explained . |
| 18 | Would she even have started the relationship if she had not been reasonably certain that in the end he would not leave his wife ? |
| 19 | We are also aware that for the majority of women , a visit to a car showroom or Service Department can be a difficult and sometimes downright unpleasant experience due to indifferent attitudes by some Sales/Service staff who are under the misguided impression that because you are female you know little or nothing about the motor car . |
| 20 | The universities are also concerned that in three years they may be obliged to give any available permanent position to a WIPer instead of advertising it for open competition , thereby reducing their ability to attract the best talent . |
| 21 | ‘ I am really pleased that over the last three years I have been able to show that part-time working can work without any difficulty . |
| 22 | The advances in information technologies are now such that in most parts of the world the trend is towards monopolisation of both electronic and print media , and particularly , of the culture industry . |
| 23 | Mann considered these objective to be so important that in January 1897 he gave up the secretaryship of the Independent Labour Party which he had held since 1894 to devote himself to the continental agitation , especially in Rotterdam , Antwerp and Hamburg , which had been started in the previous year . |
| 24 | When we look back to the present , it will be perfectly clear that in many sectors of the economy , the recovery has indeed started . |
| 25 | It also seems to be roughly true that in domestic breeds of sheep the horns are more tightly coiled — they display greater torsion — whereas in the wild the horns of many antelopes are long , straight , extended twists . |
| 26 | But it must be equally obvious that during spells of prolonged rain the rabbits are much more likely to stay underground in the warmth and security of their burrow systems rather than braving it out in the open and being constantly soaked . |
| 27 | ‘ We have still got ten days to go and I 'm quite sure that in that time our efforts will mean Mr Gregory will be all right . ’ |
| 28 | That 's what they will be getting because I can tell this to the Tories , let's be quite honest that with the throw up the the people put their trust in the Tories and I do n't think they 'll ever do it again . |
| 29 | But can we then be quite sure that at a later stage , when the same kind of performance has been taken out of the service and then out of the church , the signal is unambiguously to ‘ art ’ ? |
| 30 | I 'm pretty sure that by this stage I was suffering from what medical people mean when they talk about ‘ clinical depression ’ . |