Example sentences of "[be] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Losing his temper , Howard roared , ‘ I am that man . |
| 2 | I wish you and your staff to know how sorry I am that Punch is to be no more . |
| 3 | Guild members are not content with the position in the cooperative world which may be summed up in the saying of the man ‘ My wife and I are one , and I am that one ’ . |
| 4 | If people ca n't accept me as I am that 's tough . |
| 5 | anything in my life and then I am that boy |
| 6 | I am that specialist . ’ |
| 7 | I am that heroic surgeon ! |
| 8 | ‘ Well , I am that , ’ said Ianthe , with the uncomfortable feeling that she was being a little coy . |
| 9 | ‘ No one knows that I am that — rich and of good family , I mean . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I am that . |
| 11 | J E Nicholson ( Points of View , 10 February ) can stop wondering who ‘ the man on the tricycle is and where he is going ’ , as I am that man . |
| 12 | If they do n't love me for what I am that 's just tough shit ! |
| 13 | All the signs are that radio is an exciting prospect — the forthcoming deregulation of the industry with associated changes in costs , and an expected boom in advertising revenues , is finally making the City take notice . |
| 14 | But parents and pupils are suspicious of the new exam , and the early indications are that , in many places , AS-levels are being mis-used as trial-run A-levels . |
| 15 | ‘ It would be nice to know where the greenbacks are that will fulfil the Government 's promises , ’ he said . |
| 16 | Latest estimates are that sea levels could rise by about 20 cm by 2030 and by 65 cm by the end of the 21st century . |
| 17 | Like Bacon and Hobbes , whose forthright reactions are that what is really needed is simply the adoption of a correct method , Locke does not immediately follow this traditional course ; but he advances the more circumspect suggestion that we should first stand back and investigate our capacity for knowledge . |
| 18 | The counter-arguments , which would uphold the principle of correspondence , are that breach of that principle is unnecessary when the amplitude of the crime of manslaughter lies beneath murder , and also that the definition of grievous bodily harm includes a number of injuries which are most unlikely to put the victim 's life at risk . |
| 19 | ‘ You are that , so ! ’ he answered with feeling . |
| 20 | The chances are that , if Mr Major gives way to Mr Kinnock in a hung Parliament , Labour will attempt to govern as a minority administration . |
| 21 | ‘ The chances are that , even in that area , your house will be all right , ’ says Jill . |
| 22 | ‘ We are that , ’ Maggie agreed . |
| 23 | The only conditions are that nature should sometimes set up games of Prisoner 's Dilemma , that the shadow of the future should be long , and that the games should be nonzero sum games . |
| 24 | I do n't think they are that type of band anyway . |
| 25 | Three simple rules of thumb are that information should be : capable of being understood , timely and relevant . |
| 26 | But punishing the child , telling him how naughty he is and how disappointed you are that such a big boy is behaving so stupidly , will not solve the problem . |
| 27 | Estimates are that sea levels could rise by as much as 1.65m ( 4½feet ) by the middle of the next century . |
| 28 | Yet the signs are that industry largely turns a blind eye to what appears to a growing problem |
| 29 | All the signs are that , with the tight time-scale , Britain will reach a compromise decision which could be bad for the nation and bad for the future of information technology . |
| 30 | All the indications are that man 's efforts successfully to modify and refine the product of the evolutionary process by the introduction of civilisation , have been almost destroyed by the tangled mass of religious absurdity and rubbish which he has allowed to enter into it , and reduce it to but a tragic travesty of what it should be . |