Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [vb mod] [be] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What sort of thing — for instance , one of the problems in some areas might be that the buses erm do n't erm that there is an insufficient bus service late in the evening , so a lot of kids hang about waiting for a bus and get into trouble waiting . |
| 2 | Another feature of the next few years may be that the stronger venture capital firms will get stronger as the industry levels off and greater competition for business drives down returns . |
| 3 | The only relaxation in such cases must be that the Admissions Committee will not insist on the passes having been attained by the date the applicant left school . |
| 4 | The best time of day would be between twelve noon and three thirty or four o'clock , this is a time when the manager is generally out having one of his long lunches , er the assistant manager would probably return to the bank about round about two , two thirty , and the situation in the bank er between these times would be that there would be only a handful of staff , usually junior staff on duty who are more susceptible to passing information than the senior staff . |
| 5 | He thought how poisonous these mists must be that rolled in over the east coast : all the local inhabitants were as aggressive as fighting cocks . |
| 6 | My reading of these figures would be that they reflect a surging interest and are not quite as unpopular as you would indicate . |
| 7 | Gordon Donaldson , Clwyd county secretary for the National Union of Teachers , said : ‘ The result of these cuts could be that more children will eat junk food , such as crisps and pop , rather than more nutritional hot meals . ’ |
| 8 | The present verdict of many ethologists would be that the case for and against the olfactory and magnetic theories remains finally undecided ; but the evidence does suggest that the ‘ sun arc ’ hypothesis is false . |
| 9 | The defences against those crimes would be that they were in the public interest . |