Example sentences of "it be that [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Could it be that crime has become too easy , that violence has become too much a theme of television and videos , that respect for other people has gone too much out of fashion and too many young people see no stake for themselves in this society and see more of a future in crime and the black economy ? ’ he asked . |
| 2 | eh , it were that lady come quick and he |
| 3 | Oh , no no it 's alright , it 's that man 's gone now . |
| 4 | If there is something to be said for the project , it 's that Waggoner has been doing his homework . |
| 5 | IF THERE 'S ONE thing for sure it 's that backpacking makes you ravenous . |
| 6 | It 's that human feel … ’ |
| 7 | It 's that flimsy frock you 're wearing , and now I come to look at you , Alice , you 're much too thin . |
| 8 | Oh come on Christopher come and sometimes it in the right panel , that 's the right panel there and then it goes in the left hand and then it goes to the right hand and then it goes to the left then right , the left , the right , left , right , left , confusing , but it 's that hand to start with |
| 9 | In this and in future legislation , it seems that the public interest almost becomes whatever it is that competition promotes . |
| 10 | If there is a lesson to be learnt it is that success has been related to demonstrated achievement in a core of subjects … a qualification requiring a minimum level of achievement and minimum level of performance being set against specified standards . |
| 11 | With Kiesling he argues that it is that femininity signifies inferiority to Thomas , and not femininity as such , which makes a woman unsuitable . |
| 12 | ‘ I think you do not appreciate what it is that space contains . ’ |
| 13 | It is that disablement means impairment and impairment means flaw . |
| 14 | This school of writing allows the pluralistic nature of polities and the control of the state by the representatives of the working class to be explained , while at the same time outlining why it is that capitalism persists . |
| 15 | 1991 , 27 1148 ) , I at once came to appreciate why it is that chemistry has so largely lost its appeal to the young : it is because its teaching has lost all discipline , degrading the science from a pursuit of excellence to ‘ fiddling the results ’ . |
| 16 | But as his fans at the College agree , it was that determination to give 110% of himself to his audience that made Frankie Howerd , one of the greats of British Comedy . |
| 17 | A panel of medical and scientific experts based them on how likely it was that cancer had been caused by the victim 's working conditions . |
| 18 | He reiterated , with immense care and deliberation , why it was that Sien had come to mean so much to him . |
| 19 | It was that angel put me right . |
| 20 | And thus it was that glamour had arrived for our heroine . |
| 21 | So he ought , thought Sally-Anne , and so he is , and , desperate to change the conversation , to steer it away from dangerous ground , she said , as brightly as she could , through numb lips , ‘ Sha n't we miss the last horse bus home if we do n't leave soon ? ’ thinking how fortunate it was that Stair had not told Dr Neil the other heiress 's identity — Sally-Anne Tunstall might have been a dead give-away ; she really ought to have changed her Christian name . |
| 22 | When it became clear by the end of the month that the EEC would not be able to concur on the financial arrangements for the common agricultural policy , the French Foreign Minister , Maurice Couve de Murville , whose turn it was that month to chair the Council of Ministers , abruptly terminated the session despite the objections of the other ministers . |
| 23 | And , whatever it was that drahá meant , she liked that too . |