Example sentences of "to be [det] that [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the centre of the carbonaceous ball I could discern a small whitish marble which seemed to be all that remained of the original vegetable . |
| 2 | Thus Sir Archibald Geikie ( of the Geological Survey ) in an address at Birmingham in 1898 deplored the idea of splitting schools into two sides or sections ; but the trend towards specialization proved hard to control , and to some the sciences did seem to be all that needed to be known . |
| 3 | The most effective procedures appear to be those that use reinforcement for appropriate elimination and a punitive consequence for soiling , such as washing out dirty pants ( Doleys 1978 ) . |
| 4 | Villages that experienced population losses tended to be those that had ‘ closed , disintegrating societies ’ , that is , those that had disharmonies in institutional life and where newcomers were regarded as ‘ foreigners ’ . |
| 5 | When industrialization takes place within a predominantly inegalitarian society , ‘ the technology and organizational work patterns developed by the dominant groups are likely to be those that reinforce , can be adapted to , or at least not incompatible with , existing hierarchical structure of social control ’ ( Fox 1980 , p. 182 ) . |
| 6 | Successful road safety campaigns , says the report , are likely to be those that encourage responsible and considerate driving to be the norm . |
| 7 | Whatever changes take place the most successful schools will continue to be those that have an obsession for children and education , putting children and their parents first remains the essential priority . |