Example sentences of "[vb infin] [be] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What we do know is that I M R O asked for this information in June nineteen eighty-eight and not long afterwards I M R O granted recognition to B I M and other Maxwell Companies , all the more surprising perhaps having raised the questions whether the question must come about , did they continue with their investigation , or did they let the matter drop and perhaps you might to comment in that context . |
| 2 | ‘ All I do know is that others who approached me were warned off . |
| 3 | What we do know is that Lloyd George , despite his public stance of support for the National Government , thought , in private , that it had been a mistake for the Liberals to join it . |
| 4 | The origins of HIV are uncertain yet one thing we do know is that HIV has the potential to affect everybody worldwide . |
| 5 | WHAT I do know is that people like Havel have been getting a little impatient with those relishing pieces appearing lately in the American press that say , roughly : ‘ Right , you guys over there have had your romantic Ruritanian fun and games with revolution and dancing in the streets . |
| 6 | What we and Holyfield do know is that Bowe offers a safer route , if not to heavyweight immortality then to respectful acceptance by his peers for his efforts inside the ring , in line with the respect his quiet dignity commands outside it . |
| 7 | What Mickey did not know was that Mrs Moon was so concerned about the loss of her pension book that she had offered £1,000,000 to anyone who found it ! |
| 8 | What Geraci still did n't know was that Zen had no recent operational experience in Rome or anywhere else . |
| 9 | What he did n't know was that Myeloski wanted to share his knowledge with the Englishman . |
| 10 | What I did know was that Shadwell was involved . |
| 11 | What I did not know was that Vivien Eliot was in the audience . |
| 12 | What outsiders did n't know was that Bowyer 's remarks had been based on his own fruitless attempts to sign a big name Catholic — Jim McFadden of Cliftonville . |
| 13 | She did n't know but what she did know was that Fernando would n't do anything to hurt anyone … only herself , as he had threatened when she had first arrived here at the lovely Casa Pinar . |
| 14 | What she did not know was that Freddie had two children by his other woman . |
| 15 | What she did not know was that Moran , with his good looks and military fame , had once been king of these barn dances and now that he had neither youth nor fame would not take a lesser place . |
| 16 | One thing William did know was that Uncle Titch had once worked in a circus . |
| 17 | What he did know was that Joe liked to be surrounded by young men . |
| 18 | It does n't matter a whole lot , I mean because the er , all it would show is that metaphors need n't take the form of constituents in sentences . |
| 19 | What DID matter was that Kylie , little sweet innocent Charlene was TOPLESS . |
| 20 | But what I do n't like is that Hilary Frome seems to spend a lot of time with him . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ What I ca n't understand is that Helen told me the same thing . |
| 22 | And what we can see is that Mr Williamson 's interpretation of strictly controlled means not normally be permitted . |
| 23 | All he could remember was that TOWs were shipped at some point ; that ‘ the price asked for the military was twelve million two ’ ; that the aircraft could turn round and abort the delivery if the hostages were not released , which he thought was ‘ a most unusual thing ’ ; and that it was definitely not ‘ the Khomeini ’ with whom he had been doing business . |
| 24 | The only bright spot on the horizon as far as she could see was that Barney must have turned the corner and be getting better . |
| 25 | What they did n't realize was that granules of radioactive material left in the bottom of the dissolving vessel had evaporated the residual liquid and heated up the base . |
| 26 | Therefore , all we must hope is that Tendulkar hears the right voices in the crowd when he has edged a few seaming balls at Headingley into the gloves of the ‘ keeper and when the tiny bundle of sweaters frozen in the outfield at Middlesbrough drops a catch . |
| 27 | But all he could discover was that Gustav 's roadname had been Schickert , and the marriage certificate at Sangerhausen . ’ |
| 28 | It may have been that Morse had smiled a little at the question . |
| 29 | The conclusion might have been that Ealhfrith abdicated in a voluntary acceptance of the religious life were it not for Bede 's silence on the matter and his statement that Oswiu was attacked in the course of his reign by the Mercians , his nephew , Oethelwald , and by his own son , Ealhfrith ( HE III , 14 ) . |
| 30 | It may have been that Harvey enjoyed such seniority in the Church that in his case such deviation was permitted , but given that two or three other committed Free Presbyterians have been active in the Official Unionist Party ( in 1985 there were two Free Presbyterians in local government as Official Unionist councillors ) , it is more likely that the Church leadership was genuinely able to maintain some distance from Paisley 's politics . |