Example sentences of "it be that [noun] [vb -s] " 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 | Oh , no no it 's alright , it 's that man 's gone now . |
| 3 | If there is something to be said for the project , it 's that Waggoner has been doing his homework . |
| 4 | IF THERE 'S ONE thing for sure it 's that backpacking makes you ravenous . |
| 5 | In this and in future legislation , it seems that the public interest almost becomes whatever it is that competition promotes . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | With Kiesling he argues that it is that femininity signifies inferiority to Thomas , and not femininity as such , which makes a woman unsuitable . |
| 8 | ‘ I think you do not appreciate what it is that space contains . ’ |
| 9 | It is that disablement means impairment and impairment means flaw . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ’ . |