Example sentences of "[pers pn] be that [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am that God to whom you w ill not pray . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's what you are that matters to me , ’ Alice said impulsively . |
| 3 | Could it be that statements about the professional development of teachers are mostly rhetoric , or at least moral rather than empirical argument ? |
| 4 | It is n't that one writer did something bad and somehow called punishment down upon himself ; it 's that writers in Iran , Saudi , Egypt are being persecuted by the forces of fundamentalism . |
| 5 | We 've just seen Manchester United blast five goals past Leicester City , and it 's that sort of form they 'll need next Wednesday if they are to stay in the European Cup . |
| 6 | We 've just seen Manchester United blast five goals past Leicester City , and it 's that sort of form they 'll need next Wednesday if they are to stay in the European Cup . |
| 7 | I said to him it 's all alright , he said oh I thought it would be , it 's that sort of , sort of if you find that temperature 's too hot you just turn it down . |
| 8 | He observes people and places with a wry and uncanny sense of what it is that matters about them . |
| 9 | The recovery is slow and patchy , but the policy is sound — Labour Members who laugh and snigger at such remarks ought to ask themselves why it is that Britain of all the countries in Europe has the most inward investment from overseas investors . |
| 10 | The crucially important aspect of it is that changes in the level of prices which are foreseen , or are expected , have no effect on the level of output . |
| 11 | Perhaps some modest help can be obtained from reconsidering how it is that practitioners of quantum mechanics actually go about their trade . |
| 12 | It is that sort of falling-together that reassures you are on the right lines . |
| 13 | Thus it is that fans of that period recall Mike Deakin and his wholehearted displays with pleasure and affection . |
| 14 | In comparing of the two liberal democratic party systems of Great Britain and the United States , let us first outline what it is that parties in liberal democracies are said to do . |
| 15 | Likewise , it is submitted that no modern court would say as Sir George Jessell MR did in Printing and Numerical Registering Co v Sampson ( 1875 ) LR 19 Eq 462 : … if there is one thing which more than another public policy requires it is that men of full age and competent understanding shall have the utmost liberty of contracting , and that their contracts when entered into freely and voluntarily shall be held sacred and shall be enforced by courts of justice . |
| 16 | And in the meantime , since he had spoken of things she ought to learn , she would see if he could tell her just what it was that women like Marie Moon and Audrey Covington-Pym did to stop themselves from bearing child after child after child . |
| 17 | I put it , put it on , B B C two and it was that Gordon on the , on the box . |
| 18 | Indeed , if you want to find out how it was that Bonn at grew wealthy enough to buy the many works of art that he did , you need only go into the room reserved in the museum , on the ground floor , for his society portraits . |