Example sentences of "be that [art] whole [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In retrospect , indeed , the only criticism was to be that the whole Supergrid had not been designed for conversion to even higher voltages . |
| 2 | The danger with accepting that cats have a hundred different sounds is that the whole subject becomes too complicated to make much sense . |
| 3 | What is alarming , however , is that the whole system appears to be getting out of balance . |
| 4 | Marie-Claire Valle-Bloaise , a campaigner , says : ‘ What is really odd is that the whole city wants to save these remains of our past . |
| 5 | The bitter irony was that the whole plan had been her idea right from the start . |
| 6 | Source C " The impression left on the minds of those who heard the speech , after the first sensations of surprise had passed , was that the whole thing had been arranged long before and that , while in the Cabinet and committee they had been making panic stricken efforts to balance the budget , the whole business had been a humbug and make-believe . " |
| 7 | The problem was that the whole thing had become so complex — it was n't only what he was going to do now but there was the stuff back at the club , there was Ashdown and what he knew , there was the whole sorry business of his suspension and the charges against him … taken one piece at a time it seemed bad enough , but taken all together it was far too much for his mind to handle . |