Example sentences of "[be] that this [vb mod] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reagan confirmed that he had approved efforts to help the contras between 1984 and 1986 ( when US aid to the rebels had been prohibited by Congress ) , but had insisted that his instructions were that this must be done " within the law " . |
| 2 | He asks " How are such propositions possible ? " , and his answer is that this can be explained only by assuming that space and time are a priori features of our cognitive constitution , not properties of things in themselves . |
| 3 | Erm and what er I would argue and certainly do argue internally in Whitbread is that this should be seen as an investment . |
| 4 | The suggestion was that this should be paraphrased as " A says that p , and p " . |
| 5 | The National Coal Board wanted to close some uneconomic pits and their advice was that this could be achieved by local talks . |