Example sentences of "[prep] [be] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Reverend Archibald Menzies , minister to the stony and muddy village of Dull , was not exactly the pride of his parishioners — he had little chance of being that , since he had been chosen by the laird , not elected by the people . |
| 2 | To think of being that man , wrestling with the heavy awkward lumps of metal in that maelstrom of heat , dust and stench , deafened by the unspeakable noise of the vibrating grid , working like that for hour after hour , day after day … |
| 3 | In short , the habitual way of being that so many of us are encouraged to fall into from a very early age is bound to affect our physical , mental and even our spiritual well-being . |
| 4 | This first period then must be considered as being completely ‘ godless ’ in so far as it would be able to provide any kind of being that could fulfil the human need for a ‘ god ’ . |
| 5 | That is a natural part of being that particular creature , of being surrounded by that particular configuration of mental and tattvic apparatus . |
| 6 | But mental and emotional factors are of prime significance , and ultimately it is the breakdown in cohesion and the naturally occurring communication between these areas of being that becomes the main underlying cause of cancer . |
| 7 | They ask you for every kind of documentation you can imagine and then treat you like some kind of being that is half-human , half-dog , who does n't have any private life of her own . |
| 8 | She looked at Roman , so strong and dependable ; any woman would give thanks every day of her life for a man like him , and she had just ruined any chance she had of being that woman . |
| 9 | That is part of the meaning revealed through the Incarnation and it is this spontaneous integrity of being that mystics glimpse and in so doing serve and inspire the Christian society , of which they are a part , struggling to repair the ravages of sin . |
| 10 | Where the tenancy in question is one to which Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 applies , it is often convenient if the minimum period of notice is six months and the form of the notice is capable of being that prescribed for the purposes of s25 of that Act . |
| 11 | One trap to be aware of is that of relying simply on checklists of good practice ( like , ‘ Keeping the school under review ’ — ILEA ( 1977 ) ) : teachers ask themselves whether or not their schools are carrying out each item , the implication being that if they are not , they should be . |
| 12 | However , among the effects this breathing is father of is that tremendous one of sharpening one 's vision into the heal . |
| 13 | An important point to be aware of is that insurance and other financial companies may give illustrative projections of their investment performance . |
| 14 | Oh you want the surnames of is that what you mean surnames of the Hockerill people ? |
| 15 | What I 'm afraid of is that price liberalisation could enable producers of coal , steel and other raw materials to dictate high prices because of their monopoly position . |
| 16 | Another knowledge level of is that of pragmatics , or ’ knowledge of the world ’ . |
| 17 | All I am sure of is that right now I do n't want to be anywhere else in the world but here , with you . ’ |
| 18 | When a beginner joins a club the first thing he will become aware of is that great emphasis is placed upon training exercises and stretching , more so in taekwondo than in most other martial arts . |
| 19 | The first thing that people think of is that poor little fox being chased after by lots of dogs , and those little birds being shot by big guns . |
| 20 | What we were told about that your criminal record is that you had convictions for armed robbery and aggravated assault , is that out of the record that you were aware of is that correct ? |
| 21 | If Councillor had actually stayed , he would know why this is so important to the people of whom I may say he has cruelly deserted by walking out of the debating chamber and what he 's saying to the people of is that Liberal Councillors A wo n't prepare speeches like his colleague earlier on or they wo n't stay in the debate they are not going to be properly represented when we take important decisions , both nationally and locally . |
| 22 | What I 'm thinking of is that |
| 23 | Because it , it 's , it 's not particularly going to grab me because I 'm going to look at it and I 'm going to I 'm going to look down to see what it 's asking me do and certainly a busy news editor is looking down the line to see , and the first thing he 'll actually do is , is just have a , a very fast glance at it , find out what it 's about , and just make sure there 's someone who can be phoned , and what the news editor will do is actually throw it out into a pile of other handouts and there 's usually a journalist who 's , who 's who 's won first prize and their task for the day is to do all the handouts , and all you want to be sure of is that someone can make a phone call and the news editor wo n't , wo n't bother with any with any superfluous detail , all he 'd want to know is that somebody can be contacted , we 'll find out about it later . |
| 24 | All I could think of was that joke — ‘ What has four legs and an arm ? |
| 25 | She tried to remember the little he had said about Suvarov , but all she could think of was that without him neither she nor Anthony would have met David . |
| 26 | The vote against was that of Boris Yeltsin , the central committee 's leading radical , who had argued during the debate that the reforms did not go far enough . |
| 27 | The War Office Section MO 9 came into being that afternoon and began steps to raise the special force of commandos named after those Boer farmers of the South African war . |
| 28 | The other serious difficulty which employers in other industries do not have to cope with is that of obtaining factual details about incidents which have taken place many miles from home . |
| 29 | The form in which meaning is dealt with is that of conventional meanings . |
| 30 | What we are constantly being fed with is that unemployment figures have been falling , that a successful economic miracle has taken place , that unemployment is a thing of the past . |