Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [noun] be [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the most ambitious and colourful of diffusionist theories is undoubtedly that advanced by the English anatomist Eliot Smith ( 1871–1937 ) , a contemporary both of Malinowski and Radcliffe-Brown , who sought to explain the global distribution of mummification and other exotic practices . |
| 2 | It is important to stress that ( a ) this type of work experience is precisely that welcomed by employers , and ( b ) such young people are socially competent members of labour market social networks . |
| 3 | The main purpose of fling data is so that you or others interested can make use of it afterwards . |
| 4 | Does my hon. Friend agree — unlike the hon. Member for Islington , North ( Mr. Corbyn ) — that the Prevention of Terrorism Act is exactly that : a measure to prevent terrorism ? |
| 5 | Head to visitor : " The purpose of school uniform is so that pupils have a pride in belonging to the school . " |
| 6 | There is no classical explanation for the slowing down ; however , the rate of energy loss is exactly that expected via gravitational radiation . |
| 7 | The bottom line argument against heritage languages was always that they were bad for the children . |
| 8 | The case for R&D agreements is partly that they avoid wasteful duplication of research , and allow complementary skills and risks to be pooled , but mainly that they internalize the information spillovers which mean that a single firm is unable to appropriate all the returns to its R&D efforts . |