Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] be that a " in BNC.

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1 any other views on that , I mean is that a , yes
2 Well is that fetching I mean is that a is that the routine that 's picking information back from the lexicon or something ?
3 Almost the first thing she said was that a madman had escaped from Rampton and killed someone in the kitchen .
4 ‘ What we hope is that a writ will make them settle , Mike , at some level . ’
5 Tom Tom Tom knows what it 's like cos last time I was up there yesterday Tom was and Chris Turner was up there and we went past an heap and it and we said is that a lorry-load and Dennis said , well it was at this morning .
6 Who would ever say : ‘ Boy suspended by Head , Top Prof. slams system ’ , when what they mean is that a pupil has been sent home by his headmaster and some well-known professor does n't think that is a good idea ?
7 Erm , it , perhaps part of it has been that a lot of the job creation mentioned has actually been of female and part-time work , and a lot of the er , new businesses in erm , Telford actually employ a lot of women in , in those areas .
8 All it means is that a preference for managerial power rather than recognition is more likely to be a successful mix for a manager .
9 What it provides is that a company proposing to allot equity securities shall not allot them to any person unless it has first offered , on the same or more favourable terms , to each person who holds relevant shares or relevant employee shares , a proportion of those equity securities which is as nearly as practicable equal to his existing proportion in nominal value of his aggregate holdings of relevant shares and relevant employee shares .
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