Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [be] [that] " in BNC.
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1 | The problem of the poorest was that they could not afford such rents as would bring an adequate return for builders and property-owners , unless they were crammed at very high density in properly which received minimal repair . |
2 | The greatest was that the dauphin , Charles ( he was , in fact , the third dauphin , two elder brothers having died prematurely ) had been deprived of his legitimate right to succeed his father as king . |
3 | Of these perhaps the greatest was that at a stroke all the feckless local officials of whom Wilson complained so bitterly had been removed . |
4 | Another advantage in the 1830s was that there was no room among the apes for man . |
5 | Perhaps the strongest is that there are species in which some females reproduce sexually , and others by parthenogenesis : if there was not a short-term advantage to sex , the parthenogenetic females would long ago have replaced the sexual ones . |
6 | All that 's stopping him being welcomed into the great freemasonry of the over-fifties is that he happens to be thirty-two . |
7 | The problem for the British was that they had seriously miscalculated their own positions . |
8 | The only new Mission for the deaf that seems to have opened for the first time in the 1890s was that at Oxford , although the deaf people of Bradford almost lost their own when a fire was discovered in the coal cellar under the offices by one of the deaf members who ran to summon the fire brigade from its nearby station . |
9 | The second is that Yorkshire finished 1989 four points from the bottom with a one-day record almost as poor ; it seems there has been no improvement , nor is one in sight . |
10 | The second is that , electorally , the Democrats , Greens and SDP look like distant follies on a faraway hill . |
11 | The second is that these differences are the product of the influence of the ‘ new right ’ and its emphasis on market freedoms as the basis of civil and political liberty . |
12 | The second is that even if the stockmarket does eventually rise by enough to persuade holders to exercise the warrants , issuers will have to plan and to some extent act as if it will not . |
13 | The second is that she left to escape all the criticism that might have ensued if she stayed behind . |
14 | The second is that lower taxes , not higher public spending , is the key to their continued supremacy over Labour and equally any softer Liberal Democrat challenge . |
15 | The second is that there were variations by team which reinforced what our interviews and observations had identified , namely , that different philosophies prevailed — the two city teams being developmental ‘ purists ’ , Bassetlaw championing an ‘ integrated casework and development ’ model and the others taking up intermediate positions . |
16 | The second is that the multiplicity of authorities increases the number of administrators and clerical workers , so imposing a heavy cost on an economy that can ill afford to use its resources in this way . |
17 | The second is that the complexity of many production and commercial processes can make it particularly difficult to weave the coaching role into the normal run of affairs . |
18 | The second is that it can obviously vary from very poor to very good , and an individual 's welfare will be different at different times . |
19 | The second is that children who are used to watching Going Live are not likely to be enthralled by the Black and White Minister Show . |
20 | The second is that they include not only pedigrees and arms but also , in many cases , ancillary material such as lists of persons to be summoned , correspondence , church notes and lists of disclaimers . |
21 | The second is that it is unwise to give detailed advice unless one has full knowledge of local factors , problems , users etc . |
22 | The second is that many processes simply can not be shut down for the weekends . |
23 | The second is that the rhynchosaurs themselves declined in association with the seed-fern Dicroidium which was being ousted by the global spread of conifers . |
24 | These criticisms were basically of two kinds : the first was that there would not be sufficient demand within the system for accumulation to take place ; the second is that if the organic composition of capital rises then again there will be insufficient demand for all the surplus-value to be realised and hence accumulation will be choked off . |
25 | The second is that from the Cherwell boathouse to the point where the tragedy occurred is a distance of over two and a half miles , including a strenuous portage , and took us nearly an hour . |
26 | The second is that this may not be a proper question at all , because it ca n't be answered . |
27 | The second is that drivers like to retain at least one common link with those fans who do n't have private jets , Boss jeans , impossibly lithe blondes etc . |
28 | The second is that the proposals are considered to be impracticable for most small companies and their auditors . |
29 | The second is that the rules may be those that apply to formal , written language but they may then be prescribed for all circumstances . |
30 | The second is that the British colonial rulers did not genuinely believe in independent , publicly owned public service broadcasting because when in government they made sure that they had full control and tolerated the idea of a corporation only when their rule was coming to an end . |