Example sentences of "be [that] [noun] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One reason may well be that people living in the same locality share , whatever their class position , similar material positions . |
| 2 | A second possibility is that women talking to other women can leave many things more implicit because they assume a great deal of shared knowledge and cooperation . |
| 3 | The general consensous is that Kelly playing in the right back birth , instead of his normal striker role , had a brilliant game outshining everyone . |
| 4 | The simplest explanation for the persistence of the displacement model is that problems arising from pupils ' behaviour are so stressful that they provoke an expedient response . |
| 5 | It 's absurd really to say that because of automation there is less and less work when you see how much there is that needs doing in the community . |
| 6 | That suggestion would distort a property tax with a personal element , because the aim of the amendment is that people living in an £80,000 house in the north should pay more than those living in an £80,000 home in the south . |
| 7 | The principle difference was that characteristics relating to academic background particularly A-level results were not important predictors of non-completion among females at all , but were extremely important predictors of non-completion among males . |