Example sentences of "[verb] [be] that [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until quite recently the outstanding problem with many recordings of music before 1600 has been that they reveal the lack of tradition behind their vocal and instrumental practice and therefore suffer from an inevitable slide towards solipsism . |
| 2 | One of the major criticisms of these previous theories has been that they have tended to see their subject matter ( that is , rule-breaking ) as straightforward and easily identifiable — crime being behaviour that breaks certain of the rules of society . |
| 3 | She said : ‘ The strength of my country in recent years has been that we have had no coalition , just clear leadership , a clear majority and clear decisions . |
| 4 | Du Cann 's fundamental problem has been that he wanted to be seen as cross between a Tory grandee and country squire . |
| 5 | Since then he has been seen by the right-wing as Maggie 's prince-in-waiting , but his skill has been that he has remained very much in favour with the Major Government where his ability and amiability won him respect . |
| 6 | As I shall seek to argue , the opportunity was there ; and the Home Secretary 's failure has been that he did not grasp it . |
| 7 | The consensus of modern liberal thinking has been that it does not ; it has preferred to stress the " inherently pluralistic and diverse " nature of modern societies , and the consequent need to reach a consensus or compromise among the various competing interests and groups within society . |
| 8 | But the most important flaw in the instruction has been that it has been too often divorced from the classroom itself and from the active involvement of the teacher . |
| 9 | According to Carl Chilley , principal business services consultant , the problem with distributed computing has been that it has encouraged the development of technology for technology 's sake , without real thought as to how to implement it effectively in a business environment . |
| 10 | This proved to be a fateful oversight since one of the most devastating criticisms to be levelled at Keynesian macroeconomics in recent years has been that it has such shaky foundations in microeconomics . |
| 11 | For the Governor , though , the main benefit has been that it gives prison officers ‘ permission to be concerned ’ in a structured and consistent way . |
| 12 | A disadvantage of team teaching , of course , has been that it required the teacher , normally an individualistic person accustomed to complete authority within the four walls of his classroom , to sink his authority and his subject speciality within a group . |
| 13 | One of the criticisms levelled at the board has been that it fails to consult properly or listen to objections to proposals . |
| 14 | He 's always been surrounded by people who think everything else he does is marvellous , but one of the points of our relationship has been that I 've always criticised his work , and for me those double portraits of the Seventies came perilously close to Photo-Realism . ’ |
| 15 | Er , which I think is , is excellent , and what I suggest is that we look at trying to get exposed in some of the professional journals really . |
| 16 | An interesting additional finding which is stressed is that it appears that such people are more rather than less likely to exhibit qualities of psychological balance and social responsibility . |
| 17 | What matters is that they find the system simple to use and it certainly simplifies the practitioner 's lot . |
| 18 | What matters is that we realise that they are being friendly , so we shout back , ‘ It 's a lovely day today , is n't it ? ’ , or some such thing which they probably will not hear anyway , but the idea of friendliness has been transferred , and both people are happy , although the words were quite unintelligible . |
| 19 | ‘ What matters is that she has given us the most glorious production we have ever had at Hochhauser . |
| 20 | What matters is that I need never question that there is a course which is objectively the best for me , and that when most aware I am nearest to it . |
| 21 | ‘ What matters is that I have signed a class international player who can score goals , a player who could become a giant at Old Trafford . |
| 22 | So what I propose is that we put the notion of happiness back in its box and restrict ourselves to the word ‘ happy ’ , which people do in fact use in everyday circumstances . |
| 23 | We remember the dazzling tries of Gareth Edwards , Gerald Davies and the rest but what tends to be forgotten is that they needed the Welsh forwards to pulverise their opponents into submission first . |
| 24 | What 's happening is that I have a reason for rising , for living , for laughing . |
| 25 | What I do know is that we owe a great debt to these doughty fighters of the past in banishing the menace of the Krooms for ever from this green and pleasant land . |
| 26 | ‘ What they do n't know is that we do n't look like that either . ’ |
| 27 | All I do know is that it seems someone here does believe that they still have an influence . ’ |
| 28 | What you do know is that it has caused you considerable hurt and pain . |
| 29 | What you do n't know is that she saved my life during the war . ’ |
| 30 | Legal aid is not available in any form for industrial tribunal hearings erm so what I usually say is that we assist the client up to the stage where s it means going er to the tribunal itself . |