Example sentences of "to the [noun pl] [be] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The advantage to the owners was that the costs and the risks were shared . |
| 2 | By contrast , the danger of union opposition to the Conservatives is that the strike weapon may be used to resist policies . |
| 3 | But what happened when Reagan actually cut the grants to the states was that the states increased their own spending . |
| 4 | What it gets across to the students is that they must deal with women appropriately , hugging them or holding them if it feels natural , rather than standing back and playing doctor . ’ |
| 5 | My first reaction to the resignations was that they were tantamount to an admission of guilt when , in fact , the Argentinians could have attacked at any time in the previous fifteen years . |
| 6 | His primary objection to the lists was that they were patronising to teachers . |
| 7 | A warning note to the churches is that the report finds that only 14 per cent of children are in contact with a church . |
| 8 | The relation of all this to the regalia is that , before setting out , the assembled tribes are supposed to have made a sacred ‘ Blood Agreement ’ by which the new lands would be governed . |
| 9 | The hidden message to the children is that you value their engagement in their work . |