Example sentences of "that is [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And tha , that is invariably a problem . |
| 2 | That is partly a result of City pressure to perform . |
| 3 | Most people prefer the total look to be soft and natural without some of the extravagances and hard colours of younger-style make-up , but that is partly a matter of personal taste and overall style . |
| 4 | Few people will dispute that that is largely a result of the legislation that we passed to reform industrial relations . |
| 5 | To do this , you connect a music source , that is either a disc or cassette player , to the second channel of the audio mixer , the combined output from which is fed to the record machine as before . |
| 6 | ‘ But , ’ said Fergus , leaning forward , his eyes absorbed , ‘ surely that is just a legend ? ’ |
| 7 | That is just a want . |
| 8 | It has already led to grief , but that is just a beginning . ’ |
| 9 | Because that is just a pile of shit |
| 10 | ‘ That is just a lie , ’ said Andrus . |
| 11 | All that is just a function of X whatever number X is X is for . |
| 12 | At the simplest level , the forest around a village is being gently ‘ harvested ’ — there is a scheme for gathering seeds of shrubs and climbers , for export to the garden-centre pot-plant nurseries of the US , but that is just a start . |
| 13 | Their brief was simple and straight : attack the morale of the enemy , That is just a simplification , but that is what it amounted to . |
| 14 | Many people think that is just a waste of time . |
| 15 | I would like if possible not to do that any more , cos clearly that is just a duplication of material already elsewhere available . |
| 16 | You know that is just a joke . |
| 17 | Well that is just a crap jobby anyway ! |
| 18 | That is just an attitude , and I do n't know where they get that from . |
| 19 | They complement the plant tubs and tree planting that is also a feature of Belfast . |
| 20 | Well I , I think that 's , that is also a possibility . |
| 21 | Yes , that is also a thing |
| 22 | That is also a parable of life . |
| 23 | And remember , every time you breathe out , you are adding even more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere and that is also a greenhouse gas ! |
| 24 | Madam Deputy Speaker : That is barely a point of order for me . |
| 25 | Well , that is rather an exaggerate . |
| 26 | That is both a misreading of what European Union implies , even if the Maastricht treaties go forward ; and , because Maastricht is unravelling , it is a misreading of what will now happen . |
| 27 | That I only half-believed in this self-image — and even that is probably an overstatement — was a circumstance I tried desperately hard to conceal , both from myself and others . |
| 28 | That is probably an issue that we should examine . |
| 29 | If an earthquake happens in , let us say , Timbuctoo , and it is a very strong earthquake which shakes erm towns in surrounding areas perhaps sort of fifty miles away erm that is clearly a disaster of one sort or another . |
| 30 | That is clearly a matter for the Tayside health board . |