Example sentences of "[be] that [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But first I want to say how sorry I am that I had to send Dawn to you instead of coming myself as I promised . |
| 2 | Oh , how glad I am that I did n't die . |
| 3 | May I start by saying how pleased I am that you have recognised Michael Buerk , Alistair Cooke and the Today programme team . |
| 4 | ‘ Have n't I shown you how delighted I am that you did ? |
| 5 | In fact the more I look at her the more convinced I am that she resembles one of the Yorkies . |
| 6 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that the two essential components for a policy of nuclear deterrence are that one possesses the capability and that a potential enemy does not doubt one 's willingness to use it in order to defend oneself ? |
| 7 | Feelings within the BBC are that somebody has to go and that the 69-year-old Mr Hussey is likely to be the one . |
| 8 | The advantages of these are that they last much longer and cost much less to run ( the saving well outweighs the higher asking price ) ; their disadvantages are that the light they give is not quite so ‘ warm ’ and does not come on instantly . |
| 9 | The problems with unwanted feelings are that they tend to hinder us in the here and now even though the feelings are often associated with past or future events . |
| 10 | Peel told the NME : ‘ The Wedding Present 's virtues are that they make records which are direct and uncomplicated and it seems that these are now being regarded as vices in some quarters . ’ |
| 11 | The advantages of longitudinal studies are that they make it possible to study change over time , though as a series of snapshots rather than as a continuous process . |
| 12 | Marjorie Perloff has remarked that young American academics and students have a shared culture based on having read or studied the same books : ‘ they have , by and large , taken courses that expose them to writers like Freud , Nietzsche , and Marx , whereas the odds are that they have not taken a course in , say , the lyric poetry of Goethe , the fiction of Stendhal , or the theatre of Molière . ’ |
| 13 | Yet another way in which people may judge the costliness of different types of credit is how reasonable they think any credit terms are that they have recently been using . |
| 14 | And I I think some of the lessons from Eastern Europe are that they have tried to go from one old system to a new system at an incredibly swift pace . |
| 15 | Estimates of the effect of the few Concordes currently in operation are that they have a negligible impact on the ozone layer . |
| 16 | Their strengths are that they have a critical thinking ability . |
| 17 | Their strengths are that they have a critical thinking ability and they can be objective . |
| 18 | The strengths that these people show are that they have an ability to combine a sense of concern , with a sense of order and purpose . |
| 19 | And then the ultimate differences between the states are that they have control over their spending . |
| 20 | No I could n't I mean , and these people are Jehovah Witnesses who sold me this house and my feelings about the commercial probity of Jehovah Witnesses are that they have n't any commercial probity . |
| 21 | The only possible answers are that they wanted to ensure that Lothar would not evade the battle , and that the battle would be decisive . |
| 22 | The problem with books are that they date very quickly and so it is difficult to get up to the minute advice . |
| 23 | The attractions of these products are that they store well , are easily obtained and offer a high profit margin . |
| 24 | Important characteristics of expert systems are that they provide advice in problem-solving based on the knowledge of experts , facilitate learning through experience and allow the use of natural language processing . |
| 25 | The advantages of these methods are that they allow for careful preparation of material and can make use of the best teachers available . |
| 26 | The advantages of films , video-tapes and MEDIATRON programmes are that they allow the careful preparation of material which is recorded and so can be used many times . |
| 27 | The interesting points to note for both papers are that they emerged at a time when the SDP , a party of the middle-ground , was in the ascendant , and that neither moved to the ‘ left ’ , not even the social democratic ‘ left ’ , in the 1987 election . |
| 28 | The majority of the training is within the Options Agency , erm , achieve a positive outcome , and I do apologise with all the jargon that will creep in , erm , positive outcomes in terms of these programmes are that they achieve jobs . |
| 29 | However , I think the practicalities in the situation are that we have to face the fact that they are not going to behave impartially and you see we have a classic example in er the circumstances of our own situation as described by John . |
| 30 | erm The other parts of the job are that we do erm all of the fundamental and much of the applied research which the nation needs , we provide an increasing range of advanced courses in technology for people in industry , and continuing education generally , the number of mature students at all levels is rising , and there are a number of other service functions we do for the community as well as just teaching undergraduates . |