Example sentences of "be [that] [adv] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may then be that today situations where men alone are priests , or equally the fact that Christ is a male symbol and God is conceptualized using male metaphors , may make God appear to be ‘ male ’ in a way in which this was not earlier the case . |
| 2 | The implication is that either households move as circumstances change , or local communities consist of individual households whose needs change simultaneously . |
| 3 | The first point is that both ministers and officials involved in the review stress the lack of drama , tantrum-throwing and brinkmanship . |
| 4 | The fact is that even infants can influence their upbringing by means of inborn qualities such as temperament . |
| 5 | ‘ What you must understand is that even convicts have a twisted code of ethics that they live by . |
| 6 | So it is that even events from the distant past " were written down for our instruction " in order that in the present and for the future " by encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope " . |
| 7 | Another factor is that neither definitions of a positive family history of left handedness , nor methods of enquiry ( e.g. self-report by family members versus questionnaire responses by subject ) have been consistent across studies . |
| 8 | The result is that often illnesses are considered to be purely physical when in fact they have an emotional trigger , as in the case of the lady who developed rheumatoid arthritis after her visit to Flanders , or a mental or possibly even spiritual precipitating factor . |
| 9 | But er one of the paradoxical things that happened was that immediately men are faced with , for example , someone standing beside them with a stopwatch , |
| 10 | The result was that sometimes members of the family or others who went to her for help came away empty-handed , however great their needs or deserts might be ; Addy never used need as a yardstick But on the other side of the medal were the occasions , such as this one , when she volunteered something you 'd never have dreamed of asking for , and you were free to accept it because you knew she 'd be disappointed , not relieved , if you refused . |