Example sentences of "be [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am that heroic surgeon ! |
| 2 | The set of favoured firms is likely to be composed mainly of research-intensive firms or firms with enormous manufacturing expertise , and the odds are that such firms may have discovered the information for themselves through their own R&D before it spills over to them from rivals . |
| 3 | The advantages in the use of cylinder-type batteries are that such batteries have no snap terminal to splay or fold under , and they have more stamina when used as a group than an equivalent voltage single PP3 . |
| 4 | The implications of the very sharp fall-off with increasing distance from Kent are that such items were controlled at particular centres which maintained a near monopoly over their supply . |
| 5 | The reasons for this flexibility are that little party capital is made out of these alterations and since the Treasury fears forestalling , it is held that there c ; in be no prior negotiations about tax changes with outside interests . |
| 6 | Further factors in any attempt to second-guess the result are that last time round the UDF won this portfolio and that François Léotard , the incumbent at that time , is now aiming higher in ministerial rank . |
| 7 | The traditional attitude of government has been that official information should remain secret unless the government chooses to make it available . |
| 8 | A shiver ran through Theda 's body — the frame that was near a shadow of itself , just as it had been that long-gone day in March . |
| 9 | Lord Carrington 's view has been that premature recognition would be a mistake , and Mr. Cyrus Vance — the Secretary-General 's representative — has made the same point . |
| 10 | The result has been that recent chancellors have been able to give free rein to their tax-reforming ambitions . |
| 11 | The conventional view has been that political strife was so intense between 1689 and 1715 because party divisions cut deep into society ; all elements of the population , from the gentry , through to the merchants , professionals , artisanal and trading classes , the small farmers , right down to the " mob " , were caught up in the rage of party . |
| 12 | The request may well have been refused had it not been that western doctors were keen to learn Chinese methods of ‘ variolation ’ ( inoculation with smallpox virus ) and , no doubt , Erskine would advise the Czar to send a doctor to Peking for that purpose . |
| 13 | The general impression has been that major capital schemes not requiring Treasury approval have been poorly appraised . |
| 14 | The result has been that major reforms are completely avoided and every minor reform is weakened or sabotaged . |
| 15 | Dutch experience has been that close cooperation is needed between planners and all of these groups as well as others such as the police , mandating a cautious , incremental , flexible and thus costly style of planning . |
| 16 | The rule has been that young people intending to study medicine must forsake the humanities and social sciences for physics , chemistry and biology . |
| 17 | Over recent years the most popular explanation of Britain 's comparatively weak economic performance — and one which focuses mainly on the period of rapid decline since 1960 — has been that insufficient resources have been devoted to those parts of the economy which produce a ‘ marketable output ’ [ Bacon and Eltis , 1974 ; Eltis , 1979 ] . |
| 18 | But had it not been that actual set of people — Sam Phillips , the band , Elvis and The Jordanaires — the chemistry might not have been such that it worked . |
| 19 | If only it had been that nice John Smith , with his twinkling accountant 's eyes and trust-me smile . |
| 20 | In addition , there are for example licensing functions performed by the executive in respect of which the traditional view has been that procedural safeguards do not apply . |
| 21 | In fact it might well have been that such developments generally attracted more labour than could be fully employed , which departed once the enterprise was terminated , leaving behind a sleepy farming community not unlike the fifteen undeveloped villages of Babergh hundred ( Table 2.18 ) . |
| 22 | Another difficulty has been that such councils are attuned to providing finance for the creation of specific works , while the need for support in popular music is not at the point of creation , but for help in reaching audiences . |
| 23 | The truth shall set you free , but oh , the truth of her past had not done that — it had simply shown her what a selfish , unthinking thing she had been that first Terry Rourke , and then Havvie Blaine could have exploited her so . |
| 24 | It had been that first visit to the police station , when the Prince had dangled money in front of the local chief . |
| 25 | And now Dennis Gray has weighed in with a second version of his ‘ Life as a Climbing Tyke ’ — the first having been that marvellous tale of human bondage from 20 year ago , Rope Boy , or ‘ How I survived an apprenticeship with Joe Brown and started to love climbing ’ . |
| 26 | And there had been that other message … she had rung Cartier to speak to someone called Michael Watney , only to be told that there was no-one called Michael Watney working there , and did she mean Michael Courteny , and if so , would she hold on ? |
| 27 | This could have been that one chance ’ . |
| 28 | Always , in the background , in the dim recesses of her mind , there had been that niggling doubt . |
| 29 | The immediate reason seems to have been that Indian painters working for some of the Spanish and criollo masters complained of mistreatment . |
| 30 | A long-held belief has been that decorated cremation pottery , at least , was a product of specialist workshops which traded their wares ( Myres 1969 ) . |