Example sentences of "be [pers pn] [adv] that " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | Are they twice that ? |
2 | By 1918 there were many Labour Party parliamentarians and trade unionists who would willingly have excluded the ILP from the party , were it not that opposition to the war had spread quite widely and had partly justified the ILP position . |
3 | Of course it 's Yours Truly that 's got to dust the whole kit and caboodle ! |
4 | Did you see the where 's she where that girl stabbed er her what was that girl in ? |
5 | ‘ Is she certainly that child ? ’ |
6 | ‘ I expect you 're thinking : is she really that desperate for fifty thousand pounds ? |
7 | That 's it so that 's what a sixth looks like . |
8 | That 's it okay that 's finished . |
9 | and that 's it basically that 's the |
10 | Do you agree and therefore is it best that it goes in the research one ? |
11 | It brings us quite close to what is essential in some kinds of abstract art : when we look at the work of Rothko or Barnett Newman or maybe Brancusi , what is it exactly that makes us feel these works are so important ? |
12 | Is it simply that age and authority structures in the professions tend to reinforce stability , whereas in research authority has a dual and sometimes conflicting basis , in publications and seniority , e.g. the brilliant young physicist ? |
13 | Is it simply that new knowledge keeps being added to professional fields without old knowledge being taken away ? |
14 | Is it merely that evidence of probability provides reassurance that the ‘ meaning ’ account is correct ? |