Example sentences of "it be that [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's that relentlessly upbeat approach that really grates with me ’ |
| 2 | It 's that really dangerous |
| 3 | The point being that the more detailed the categorization of the restrictions becomes , the more likely it is that qualitatively different kinds of restrictions will emerge . |
| 4 | Crimes of violence , for example , are by and large one poor person hitting another poor person — and in almost half these instances it is a man hitting his wife or lover … the more vulnerable a person is economically and socially the more likely it is that both working class and white-collar crime will occur against them ( Matthews and Young , 1986 , p. 23 ) . |
| 5 | But when you bear in mind the background points ( catalysis , the interaction with radiation , the notion of turnover ) you see how it is that very small amounts of pollution really could have far reaching effects . |
| 6 | Ultimately the most memorable lines in this volume must be those penned by Bonnard to Matisse in January 1940 : ‘ When I think of you , I think of a mind cleansed of every old aesthetic convention , and it is that alone that permits a direct view of nature , the greatest joy that can befall a painter . |
| 7 | IT is seldom remarked how curious it is that so many people need to find a meaning to life . |
| 8 | I have heard of considerably larger numbers being taken by other people but when I hear such tales I am inclined to wonder how it is that so many can become so jammed together without suffocating in such a small hole . |
| 9 | We can now see clearly why it is that once great state dominations appear which have the means to minutely command and control the lives of their citizens , those citizens can relieve themselves of the discomfiting need to exercise personal self-restraint or economic forethought for the simple and adequate reason that the state now exercises these ungratifying functions for them . |
| 10 | So it was that about half an hour later the telephone rang again at the vicarage . |
| 11 | It is difficult for us now to understand how it was that so many serious thinkers in those days were prophetically-minded . |