Example sentences of "be [adv] that [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Now why I mean do you think it matters that these things are so that these things are so , that these things which we thought were in , you know private to you , and not available to other people so easily , why do you think it matters that they actually are apparently in return for mo payment , are available to anyone ?
2 If part of the deep ecologist 's rationale for saving wilderness is so that future generations of humans can savour the orgiastic blood of the hunt ( as Ortega y Gasset describes the recreational slaughter of wild animals ) , animal liberationists can and should unashamedly applaud the efforts to preserve , but not the reasons for doing so .
3 Well , I certainly will take it up if I get a copy letter , I mean it is obviously that some departments act differently , and I understand that in any case this is only a letter from the secretary , it 's not him , so I mean , I 'm quite happy to take it up if I get the copy of that , and explain that this department act , does rather differently from some of the others .
4 It is just that some days , and at some times , often in the early hours of the morning , sometimes this is what it feels like ; sometimes it gets me too .
5 It 's just that most offices put them in the open near the coffee machine or the Ladies loo and anybody can see what 's coming over .
6 The reason is largely that younger researchers are unwilling or unable to embark on a career in this kind of research .
7 At present , the most plausible interpretation is probably that these forts were centres of royal power intended to enable Harald to control the areas which the Jelling rune stone suggests he had won for himself .
8 The ULS Study showed that smaller farms were more labour intensive per unit of land area and the NCC 's concern is mainly that larger units ( especially if bought up by large investors ) are run as ranches with little if any regard to conservation interests or features .
9 A much more likely explanation of Libet 's findings is simply that all experiences are delayed relative to the stimulus causing them , so that synchronous external events produce synchronous experiences .
10 The underlying idea is simply that some forms are ‘ genuine ’ and some are not .
11 It is simply that these conflicts , which once would have been more or less wholly contained within the personality , are now becoming externalized and , indeed , are transforming society .
12 An editorial in The Times , a firm supporter of Thatcherite policies , could ask on 3 May 1985 : ‘ If these obstructions to a society , based on enterprise and shorn of its collectivist illusions , can not be dismantled in six years , what evidence is there that twelve years will be any better ? ’
13 The fundamental argument is again that human beings are still very ‘ basic ’ beings ; that is , they have evolved over millions of years and that what we call civilisation or culture represents only a fraction of human history .
14 It was enough that both men understood the facts of the situation , and each other .
15 I was just that some nights I waken up and you know you can actually hear your heart .
16 It was just that some days could be rather less fine than others .
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