Example sentences of "be a [adj] [noun] that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the first few years of the informal concordat under the RAC , there appears to have been a tacit agreement that in Cambridgeshire the WEA attempted to provide few courses , largely it is thought because of its financial problems . |
| 2 | The sculpted figures of mineworkers with their lamps are the work of M. B. Braun from 1721–5 and are a salient reminder that without the silver mines of Jihlava and Kutná Hora royal patronage of the arts would not have been possible . |
| 3 | A variety of opinions were aired on the matter by the politicians present , and there seemed to be a definite acknowledgement that at least some of those present held shares in Anglo United , the mother company of IBM . |
| 4 | Finally , it seems also to be a taken-for-granted principle that in human affairs where there is order there is something corresponding to a rule to be looked for in the background of the actions which appear as orderly . |
| 5 | the , the authorities are , or the employers , are gon na gain from the fact that we 're gon na be a new union that at first we 're gon na be trying you know to you know you 've got to walk before you run , have n't we ? |
| 6 | There must be a strong presumption that at bottom they are of this same nature , despite an occasional argument to the contrary ( Vendler , 1962 ) , since effects are also causes . |
| 7 | There seems to be a fair consensus that from 8 years onwards the teacher can begin to develop historical enquiry and the effective use of evidence in a meaningful way . |
| 8 | It 's a sobering thought that in a million years or so , the Thames will break through somewhere around Poplar High Street and turn it into a proper island . |
| 9 | But it 's a deplorable fact that for far too long lawyers and others have ignored this important area , and have left doctors to wrestle alone with its complexities . |
| 10 | It 's a nice idea that in business or banking you can go through a period of ‘ consolidation ’ , but it seldom works out that way . |
| 11 | Since playgrounds give our children so much , it 's a great shame that in many areas , the old playparks are being allowed to run down until they 're in such a bad state that it 's easier and cheaper to knock them down and build a carpark than try to make them safe . |
| 12 | But there 's a moral argument that at some point you 're not paying them enough to live on . |
| 13 | It 's a well-known fact that in Knutsford the Fire-Brigade is ex-directory . |
| 14 | THERE are horror movies and there are Japanese horror movies and without being remotely racist it is a proven fact that in the Land of the Rising Sun they like their severed limbs , blood and gore with knobs on . |
| 15 | It is a sobering statistic that in the twelve months either side of Owens ' triumph there were twenty-six lynchings of blacks in the USA . |
| 16 | But over and above this is a terrible fact that despite what they are already putting up with , they 've got more they 've got the seventeen percent coming on their . |
| 17 | Sometimes a rabbit can be shot in a burrow entrance but , even if such a shot is successful and the rabbit is killed , there is a strong possibility that with its last few movements the rabbit will kick its way far enough down the burrow to make capture difficult . |
| 18 | If it can be proved that the pattern exists , then there is a strong possibility that by tracing this pattern , certain locations will be revealed to which the metal detectorist would be well-advised to direct his search . |
| 19 | We have argued for a long time that there is a peripheral argument that in the strategic interests of the nation we should be concerned about the coal industry . |
| 20 | It is a sad commentary that in many cases and places , board members have failed to observe their responsibilities , and powerful chief executives have , to a large extent , hijacked their boards . |
| 21 | It is a striking coincidence that in the same year that Aethelbald came to power among the Mercians , the assassination of Osred , son of Aldfrith , in Northumbria and the accession there of Coenred also broke the entrenched power of the family of Aethelfrith which had dominated the kingship of the northern Angles for more than seventy years ( see below , pp. 47 ff . ) . |
| 22 | It is a striking fact that in mania the adult with his manifold potentialities of action and reaction reproduces the uninhibited instinctual manifestations which we observe in the euphoria of the satiated suckling . |
| 23 | There is a great risk that during its travels underground the ferret may pass either side of some of the roots and the line may become entangled . |
| 24 | There is a real risk that in the sometimes frenzied attempts to make schools smooth-running , cost-effective , economically viable ‘ enterprises ’ , the educational raison d'être will be relegated to a distant second place . |
| 25 | The report is a remarkable admission that despite tightening of Lloyds ' regulations such frauds will continue . |
| 26 | This practice of marking searches , requisitions , etc , should be an invariable one for three reasons : ( 1 ) it compels you to consider each question and reply before marking it ; ( 2 ) it will save your time in selecting answers that require further action , and will avoid your reading through the enquiries again later on to make sure that the replies to them are in order ; and ( 3 ) it is a permanent record that at the time of the transaction you not only made your search , etc , but duly considered and dealt with the replies . |
| 27 | ( f ) Airspace and underground It is a fundamental proposition that in the absence of indications to the contrary a conveyance of land includes not only everything on the surface but everything beneath it down to the centre of the earth and the space directly above ( Grigsby v Melville [ 1973 ] 3 All ER 455 ) . |
| 28 | It is a fair bet that at the conclusion of this year 's Masters , the 18th will again have played a decisive role in the outcome . |
| 29 | Unless today 's firms learn to manage for profit , not just for the revenue generated by the next deal , it is a fair bet that in fewer years than that many of them will have gone the same way . |
| 30 | This critique of the consequences of science and consumption culture as ideology comes from a method that is ‘ dialectical ’ ; there is a two-sided discourse that through the effect of criticism on consciousness changes over time . |