Example sentences of "[be] that [pos pn] [noun sg] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under Edward IV and Henry VII there were , as we have seen , developments in national administration which brought the Treasurer of the Chamber and the Keeper of the Jewel House into great prominence , and it may well be that their importance overshadowed the officers of the Lord Steward 's department . |
| 2 | Basically this calls for an identification of present requirements and an assessment of likely requirements over the next 5 years , subject to review/upgrading in year 6 ; it may be that our letter conveyed the impression that we were asking for a ‘ 12-year plan ’ , this is not the case . |
| 3 | Supporters of the third principle may claim that the reason rape is prohibited is that its perpetration deprives the raped of their chances to live according to their conception of the good . |
| 4 | Another , less likely , possibility is that your cat hates the place in which it is given its food dish . |
| 5 | What I did n't realise was that her holiday started the day after she 'd had dinner with me , she was going to Italy to look at churches with her beloved son . |
| 6 | What the ILP leaders failed to realise was that their party lacked the internal discipline of the Communist Party and would inevitably succumb to organized attempts by the Communists to disrupt the larger organization . |