Example sentences of "[noun prp] be that " in BNC.

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1 The principal charges against Latimer were that he had made improper profits out of the campaign in Brittany and that he was responsible for the loss of Bécherel and Saint-Sauveur .
2 The significant features of Arazi 's victory over Supermec and River Majesty were that the knee operation carried out last November appeared to have no effects and , this time , the colt was not racing on medication , as he had been when winning the Breeders ' Cup Juvenile .
3 What is striking about the Heseltines is that both register exactly the same expression of expectant acceptance .
4 What 's funny about Frank Spencer is that he 's a fella .
5 ‘ It was my idea as much as Jeff 's that I went with him . ’
6 ‘ A problem for Falconer is that he is just on the way back .
7 A major advantage of both MID-TEL and MID-CRED is that neither system requires customers to install expensive computer equipment .
8 News on the Rialto is that the marker price at which IBM Corp is doing deals is $45,000 per MIPS — and our New York associate Technology News of America hears German users are sitting tight and waiting for the price to hit $40,000 per MIPS .
9 Modigliani 's style was so entirely different from Picasso 's that the two were in no way rivals .
10 ‘ My objection to Hill is that he is totally irrelevant to most of the things of value that the BBC does .
11 One of the many adverse criticisms of Albert Ferrasse and Jacques Fouroux is that , for involved reasons of French rugby politics , they have ostracised the Toulouse club together with such players as Denis Charvet and Eric Bonneval , who would walk on merit into any northern hemisphere XV .
12 The clear majority view in my group in Brussels is that though not perfect Maastricht takes us a step in the right direction , setting about building the sense of a community on the market place created by the nineteen eighty seven Single Act .
13 One story told against the KGB is that it tried to steal the design secrets of the Anglo-French supersonic aircraft Concorde .
14 On April 11 the Prime Minister , V. P. Singh , warned in a speech in the Lok Sabha ( lower house of parliament ) : " Our message to Pakistan is that you can not get away with taking Kashmir without a war . "
15 ‘ The problem with Andy is that he has played so rarely we have yet to get him into our pattern of play .
16 Another problem that has beset the RMCs is that , instead of being financed from special , earmarked central or regional funds , they have had to derive the necessary resources from the parent institutions .
17 If I left a table in Fif 's that I 'd just acquired , I might attract attention .
18 All right David is that what
19 The overwhelming body of evidence for Britain and the United States is that such ties are maintained after marriage and that this is not simply a matter of recognizing connections at Christmas and birthdays plus occasional visits or telephone conversations .
20 While precise indicators of the numbers of laws depend upon more precise definition of what are considered as laws ( there is a variety of different types of order , statute and regulation ) , one crude indicator for the expansion of legislation in the United States is that the Federal Register grew from 2,355 pages in 1936 to 60,221 pages in 1975 ; another indicator for Britain is found in the Index to the Statutes — the index listing legislation for , the period from 1235 to 1935 takes up 788 pages , while that for 1936 to 1982 takes up 978 pages .
21 All the cops know about Mahoney is that he worked for Joey Bonanza .
22 ‘ Another thing I admired about young lads like Ken Logan , Gregor Townsend and Peter Wright is that they have the right attitude , a little bit of cockiness .
23 What gets me about this guy Alderson is that he served in the country area of Cornwall , and he makes all these proposals about inner-city policing ; now how the hell would he know anything about the inner city ?
24 The comfort for Mr Chirac is that Mr Balladur 's popularity is unlikely to last .
25 Blanche tiptoed over and remembered the face from the photograph of Tatyana 's that she had borrowed .
26 But the feeling about Faldo is that if he is at the top of his game , he should win it .
27 The trouble with Edward is that he 's practically a saint .
28 One claim guaranteed to draw fire from Kylie is that she missed out on a childhood because of showbiz .
29 I think one of my difficulties with Adam Bede is that she begins to lose interest a little bit in the figure of the beautiful , but not actually very bright , village girl , whose seduction is an important part of the story , and by the end of the book we feel that she 's actually bored with Hettie , is n't really concerned any longer to explore Hettie 's own sufferings as the other woman who has been badly treated by the rascally gentleman .
30 The main stumbling block for all suppliers like NEC is that few city networks have much hard currency to spend on new equipment , and since local rouble telephone charges are so low , no company can recoup the initial investment from tariff income .
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