Example sentences of "[adv] [be] that [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the suggestions for improvement had been adequately implemented so the conclusion could only be that neither party had grasped the size and nature of the problem . |
| 2 | The difficulty many pupils experience with the scale illustrated below is that each division represents 0.2 of a centimetre and not 0.1 . |
| 3 | We all know that a full moon is not normally conducive to good fishing , so was that half moon enough to make the difference ? |
| 4 | Half those questioned had not heard of SERPS — which might not have been surprising had it not been that most were members of it . |
| 5 | So it could It might just be that that 's causing the problem . |
| 6 | So it could It might just be that that 's causing the problem . |
| 7 | It could just be that some of us get married to creatures that fit that description , so perhaps there 's a mysterious kind of genetic memory involved here . |
| 8 | In a third part , the objection must be that with respect to confirmed hypotheses as to condition-sets , it can not be that those condition-sets are causal circumstances as conceived . |
| 9 | Just just to show that erm well they just were that those sort of people you know . |
| 10 | What is striking about the refusals in the two extracts above is that both are given immediately , without any pause , and both are met with following laughter . |
| 11 | A particular feature of such a view of what is just is that any attempt to translate it into practice must begin by favouring the weakest and the least advantaged , since these are the people least likely to have the opportunity to enjoy an equal share of what we have , and are thus most in need of help . |
| 12 | Perhaps the reason why more do not is that most people are protected by their lifestyles from the uncomfortable logic of the deficiency in their faith . |
| 13 | My own experience , even before I was directly concerned in sexual therapy , has always been that few marital problems arise in which there is not some sexual content . |
| 14 | Our view has always been that any taxation system must be based on the ability to pay . |
| 15 | MPs are in the unique position of being able to vote themselves unlimited money from public funds : the dominant view among MPs has always been that this power must be exercised with restraint . |
| 16 | It may also be that such service would be regarded as valid on the ground that it amounted to service on the defendant in accordance with the law of the country in which service is effected . |
| 17 | It may also be that such employers were , at least in the early 1970s , less prepared to make the organizational adjustments which make it feasible for mothers to combine paid work with responsibility for young children . |
| 18 | It could also be that those who remain to resume operations in London are lying low because of the fear of target surveillance by increased security service activity and resources . |
| 19 | Another very important principle also is that these erm the relationship between the ultimate good — G I call it — and these subordinate ones is non-linear as a mathematician would say , that is that nearly every virtue becomes a vice if you have too much of it , you see . |
| 20 | The point also is that some , more than others , remember the sins they have been forgiven and are therefore more consciously grateful . |
| 21 | And what I see clearly is that those things are n't right . |
| 22 | What the rhetorical approach points out is that such dialogue expresses the contrary themes of cultural and ideological life . |
| 23 | All I 'm pointing out is that those steps are a hazard , and one which any sane architect would have omitted from his plan from the start . ’ |
| 24 | What Derrida points out is that this view can creep back into the definition of the sign itself once it has been broken down into a signifier and a signified . |
| 25 | Their only problem right now is that this tour is too short for them , their inexperience is a weakness and only more games will reduce that factor . |
| 26 | and what I concern myself with now is that this sort of thing is becoming too obvious in the area , this kind of development , this kind of an infringement in villages , looking for , somebody 's got to make a stand against it , er and I hope that we shall in this Parish Council |
| 27 | ‘ Now is that any way for a nicely brought-up young lady to talk to her host ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ All you 've said so far is that some kid thinks he 's seen the man we want . |
| 29 | But what is of crucial importance in the account thus far is that these action types are syntactically and semantically unstructured . |
| 30 | What particularly worried me about the whole issue of opting out was that some of the services that the Local Education Authority provide are minority services , and I feared they would go by the board . |