Example sentences of "[be] that [det] be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Half those questioned had not heard of SERPS — which might not have been surprising had it not been that most were members of it . |
| 2 | If someone has learned how to operate a word-processor or complete an accurate and intelligible technical drawing then it may be that these are skills he can build upon and will not have to relearn . |
| 3 | The constructivist answer might be that this is behaviour guided by the input systems , with the added assumption that the behavioural expectation of resistance does not entail knowledge of continuing existence — of a continuing object of thought . |
| 4 | It 's that that 's weep . |
| 5 | For some purposes it matters that mice are not cats , while for others what counts is that both are animals . |
| 6 | The reason is that this is cash that banks are likely to need anyway , and which can not therefore be used to meet an increase in demand for cash . ) |
| 7 | This is a belief , however , for which the principal evidence is that this was Gandhi 's stated intention . |
| 8 | But the crucial point about pretence or acting is that these are activities for which there are criteria too . |
| 9 | What all the " finishing " processes had in common , apart from a degree of exertion greater than was needed for hand-setting but not necessarily greater than could be expected from a normal young woman , was that these were tasks an apprentice learned only towards the end of his time . |
| 10 | The judge 's initial view was that these were matters for the trial but he was persuaded otherwise by the arguments of counsel . |
| 11 | My first thought was that this was Dad lying at the foot of the stairs having killed himself . |