Example sentences of "to be that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some people carry on and live it 24 hours a day because they have to be that person all the time and at that time , it was n't like you played a gig , finished the gig and then had a very private life until the next gig . |
| 2 | And I still want to be that person ; I want to be happy ; I want to look good ; I want to command the situation I 'm in . |
| 3 | The more she tried to be that person the more I lost my sense of who I 'd fallen for in the first place . |
| 4 | With intended communication , the communicator wants to be that part of the environment to which the receiver is paying attention and also to design what is attended to — in order to produce some effect . |
| 5 | ‘ This venture has proved to be that rarity in Britain , a classical technology transfer from a British university to a British company followed by success , ’ he said . |
| 6 | For his work with a host of musicians from Marian McPartland to Ruby Braff he has received many accolades , but one that we know he likes was made in the London Spectator recently : ‘ Tate turned out to be that rarity of rarities , a bass player whose contributions actually made musical sense . |
| 7 | The conclusions seem to be that printing in general is fatal , draft standard conditions sent for negotiation are very often caught , but there is not a problem with the unique situation , or one where there is genuine negotiation — even if the starting point is a set of standard terms and conditions . |
| 8 | I express to you the most earnest desire of my heart to be that prosperity and success in social and moral improvement may attend increasingly from year to year the progress of this library . |
| 9 | In the process the message for practitioners seems to be that child abuse and child protection practice should be located in child care practice . |
| 10 | But when Strawberry reached under the seat and produced the first bottle of an apparently endless supply of Star Tiger rice spirit we realised it was not going to be that kind of adventure . |
| 11 | In the short story there does n't seem to be that kind of time — for the characters to digest and integrate the surprise into their lives . |
| 12 | The sun was growing very hot , and the pool was the only place to be that day . |
| 13 | When I look at a picture of a naked man , I can think like Richard Dyer : ‘ I 'd like to feel that man and I 'd like to be that man . ’ |
| 14 | I mean to be that man . ’ |
| 15 | Once Nour had said to me , ‘ Margaret , would you like to be that man , burning all your life , or would you rather marry me ? ’ |
| 16 | Michael Banks actually seemed to be that man . |
| 17 | The true explanation of title by [ adverse possession ] … seems to me to be that man , like a tree in a cleft rock , gradually shapes his roots to his surroundings , and when the roots have grown to a certain size , ca n't be displaced without cutting at his life . |
| 18 | The result of attention focusing is assumed to be that memory for situations in which a driver experienced risk will be concentrated on central information . |
| 19 | The importance of these statutory provisions appears to me to be that Parliament has considered at various times and in various contexts the need for recovery of imposts paid but not due and has legislated in a manner which suggests that no such general principle as the Woolwich contends for was thought to be in existence . |
| 20 | But it does n't have to be that way . |
| 21 | Now I was beginning to see that it did n't necessarily have to be that way . |
| 22 | It does not have to be that way . |
| 23 | I did some shows with Ritchie Blackmore and Ritchie himself was really nice to me , but some of his team were real jerks , and we really did n't give them any reason to be that way . |
| 24 | It had to be that way . |
| 25 | Immediate matters arising from the appointment of Louis Gerstner as the next chairman and chief executive of IBM Corp : Gerstner says he made three IBM executive decisions — all of them undisclosed — during the five-block walk from the Midtown Manhattan Hilton where the announcement of his appointment was made and IBM 's Madison Avenue offices ; and while many say that it has looked to be that way for most of this year , it seems that for a couple of days , IBM really will be leaderless , because John Akers says he will resign at today 's board meeting , and Gerstner is not due to take up his posts until Thursday . |
| 26 | Okay , so there you are you see , you 're , you 're a first aider and you come up to the person and you hold it the way you did last time and you think ah , now that 's the wrong way round of course , there 's my elbow point , there 's my injured elbow , so I have to be that way round , mm , so you turn it round the other way , right , your elbow shape goes to the injured elbow and your long line goes straight up and down the line of the body , you arrange it so that you only just covering the forearm there , with just enough above the hand to tie your reef knot that would be too little and that would be too much just enough above the hands to tie your reef knot , the first thing you do is to tuck nice , big bit of material right under the hand and anchor it into position , just keep that resting there and all the rest of this goes under the arm up between the shoulder blades there and you tie your first half of the reef knot just above the fingers in the hollow of the neck here , now that 's important because round the back here if you press on that bit of muscle there , there 's a big band of muscle , if you 've got a knot on that it gives a great deal of discomfort very quickly so you want to get the knots round in the hollow here that does n't hurt your casualty , there , draw it up half the knot , is that tight enough ? |
| 27 | It 's meant to be that way . |
| 28 | One explained , ‘ It 's his choice to be that way . |
| 29 | ‘ But does it have to be that way ? ’ |
| 30 | all the way round , that 's about three times across and it 's got to be that way round , the all the way round , over how far across . |