Example sentences of "be that [pers pn] [verb] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , how glad I am that I did n't die . |
| 2 | Advantages of fructosamine are that it does not depend on the haemoglobin level and it will probably be considerably cheaper . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , the strategy is placing renewed pressure on LAG : ‘ Lignite Action 's position has always been that they do not want to allow any form of boreholing or test-drilling by the company because this will give them a foothold into the area and once in , it will prove more difficult for them to be ousted again ’ . |
| 4 | As I shall seek to argue , the opportunity was there ; and the Home Secretary 's failure has been that he did not grasp it . |
| 5 | No my philosophy with customer relations has always been that you do n't give somebody a refund , you give them some tickets to fly again so it 's keeps them flying |
| 6 | It may also be that they did not want to listen to difficult questions we wanted to put . ’ |
| 7 | Taking into account the fact that they made fewer comments about individual types of credit than men , women 's comments were more likely to be that they did not know how a type of credit worked than men 's ; and less likely to say that it was easy to understand and use . |
| 8 | The final reason for ignoring human actors can only be that they do not matter . |
| 9 | Could it be that they do not have the stomach for the hard grind which seems to be necessary to pick up those all important computer points ? |
| 10 | But I 'll I 'll have to find out from them , it may be that they do n't want me to send anybody else to it because I made the initial contact with them . |
| 11 | Er I mean it could just be that they do n't like it , so anything which they do n't like is grating or |
| 12 | Well it may be that they do n't know how to , or that they set out such patterns of relating together that they have n't got the means of coping with it . |
| 13 | One reason why we find it so hard to understand the development of form may be that we do not make machines that develop : often , we understand biological phenomena only when we have invented machines with similar properties . |
| 14 | I doubt very much whether we 'll have a score on that because it tends to be that we do n't find out what happens in Italy until er the following morning . |
| 15 | So it might well be that we do n't get the S I S people that we previously thought we might do . |
| 16 | It may be that we do n't have to use all of that . |
| 17 | His main concern appeared to be that he did not want too many parents to be able to read it because they would find it attractive . |
| 18 | ‘ I forgot the hour , ’ he added , and when Fabia , glancing at her watch , saw that , incredibly , it was getting on for three , she realised that when Ven was working it must be that he did n't give thought to food . |
| 19 | ‘ I imagine so ; there was certainly a big turnover … perhaps the answer to that question ought to be that I do not know . |
| 20 | Your only defence would be that you did not publish the slander , which in this case would be very difficult , I feel . |
| 21 | ‘ Can it be that you do not remember me , Mikhail ? ’ he pleaded . |
| 22 | Can it really be that you do not remember ? ’ |
| 23 | It may be that you do not recognise the deep-seated reasons why you hold some animals in higher esteem than others . |
| 24 | Or it might be that you do n't want to talk about her because there is something to hide ? |
| 25 | It 's any ancient domestic breed , one of many in eastern Asia , and it main attributes seem to be that it does n't eat much , it grows up quickly , and it 's almost pure lard . |
| 26 | The difference would be that it does not offer a critique by positioning itself outside ‘ the West ’ , but rather uses its own alterity and duplicity in order to effect its deconstruction . |
| 27 | Mostly it 's that they do n't travel well , whatever flightcases you use . |
| 28 | It 's that I do n't want it . |
| 29 | Thus we have Macdonald reporting on the " almost unanimous chorus of opinion that women 's work as compositors is so inferior to men 's that it does not pay in the long run " ( the chorus in question being from employers ) But the testimony of individual employers is far from unanimous or even consistent . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's that it does n't suit you . |