Example sentences of "common be that " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | What they have in common is that each escapes ‘ the limitations of the personal ’ . |
| 2 | What all three things have in common is that they were caused by autumn . |
| 3 | What the following thrillers have in common is that each is a rattling good read , and together they are the cream ( 1939 , as will be seen , being a particularly creamy year ) of their genre , leading you on to other delights . |
| 4 | Apart from the fact that most of them were self-made , the other thing they had in common is that they were all essentially ‘ doers ’ , unencumbered by second thoughts . |
| 5 | Another aspect which the two modes do appear to have in common is that in neither mode is the participant required to concentrate on the emotion itself ( another reason why Cemrel has got it wrong ) . |
| 6 | Indeed , the main thing that the reef-building creatures have in common is that they are sessile , and produce limestone skeletons , and when they die , the skeletons stay behind . |
| 7 | The most important differences are those to be found between individuals , rather than between groups or categories This seems to imply that the one thing Shetlanders have in common is that they Are All different from one another , and that their common identity as Shetlanders is something that emerges only when they contrast themselves to people from the south . |
| 8 | The big factor that all these illnesses and health problems have in common is that they are virtually non-existent among Third World communities , living on what-grows-naturally in age-old traditional ways . |
| 9 | What they all have in common is that they are all attempts to go beyond appearances . |
| 10 | In truth there are liquid acrylics of varying viscosity and therefore suitable for different uses , but the one thing which they all have in common is that they open up acrylic work to the whole field of design and illustration and offer other useful techniques for the fine artist . |
| 11 | I 'm cool with Janet , because one thing we have in common is that both of us are out there . |
| 12 | The one thing its citizens have in common is that God has come into the life of each one and given a love for him and for each other which no human or political institution can ever produce . |
| 13 | The only thing they have in common is that they are all very much above any strength normally realized in ordinary experiments . |
| 14 | The one thing all lekking species have in common is that , apart from mating with the female , the male bird plays no part whatsoever in raising the young . |
| 15 | What they have in common is that we have qualms about both ‘ The sea is blue ’ and ‘ The lines are unequal ’ . |
| 16 | Now at least they are in the same boat , and the balancing of the pronouns in the last four lines declares their equality : I have quoted extensively from that sonnet in order to give the full context for this Our : what they have in common is that they have sinned , each has betrayed the other . |
| 17 | If one picks out some of the chief things which are good , one may find that the one thing they seem to have in common is that they are pleasurable experiences . |
| 18 | One reason for them being so common is that they reproduce at a high rate , and their high reproduction rate is one of the main topics of this chapter . |
| 19 | What they do have in common is that in all cases industry will be looking for the location where it can make the best profit . |
| 20 | It gradually becomes apparent to every adolescent male that the only thing most penises have in common is that they are the wrong shape or size as far as their owners are concerned . |
| 21 | The important feature , of course , which our definitions have in common is that the appropriation must be an act done without the authority or consent , express or implied , of the owner . |
| 22 | Now I suppose for most of us because of the very fact were here this morning they have been few and far between such experiences , perhaps what is more common is that we may have spent time with someone who was dying , their last few hours , their last few minutes , and if they were not unconscious I wonder what sort of conversation would be going on between us and them , what sort of things would we , would we of been saying , what would we be asking us , well in this passage that we have been reading we have just such a conversation , two men who are on the verge of death , death can only be hours away for both of them , and here they have this conversation , it was in that sense it was one of the strangest interviews any body ever had with Jesus not only is the , the account here of er a death bed conversion , but the one who is saving is also in the process of dying . |
| 23 | And er as probably er you gathered Stan and I are both ex-policemen in relation to erm to er our our background and er I think I said yesterday to the er some of the guys as well , one of the things that lorry drivers and policemen do have very much in common is that we have pr probably one the shortest erm pension lives of most professions . |
| 24 | He has several businesses in the district — a bobbin mill , a gunpowder factory , a cotton mill , and more — and what they have in common is that the people — usually women and children — who are unfortunate enough to be employed in them are driven as cruelly as possible and paid as little as possible . |
| 25 | What they have in common is that the design must be ‘ fit for purpose ’ . ’ |
| 26 | The only thing they have in common is that they are all outgoing , extrovert , self-confident , irrepressible and generally sparky personalities — which just happens to be a pretty good recipe for attractiveness in a woman , as well as being the ideal make-up for sales . ’ |
| 27 | What they have in common is that one person 's actions have direct costs or benefits for other people which that individual does not take into account . |
| 28 | 6.7 The thing which all the adjectives of the sort found in ( 33 ) have in common is that on the intensional level they qualify the relation between the entity identified by the noun phrase in which they appear and the description supported by the words making up the remainder of that phrase . |
| 29 | Jacobsson describes the common denominator underlying all of these uses in the following way ( p. 62 ) : What types ( 1 ) — ( 10 ) have in common is that they are negative or subjunctive , formally or notionally . |
| 30 | Bearing that in mind , we find ourselves setting whole group dramas on spaceships or sailing ships , in medieval castles , on expeditions ; and what all these have in common is that within the setting it is comparatively easy to ensure that each participant has an essential role ; we can easily create a chain of dependency , to ensure that each child feels they have a stake in the drama . |