Example sentences of "it [be] that [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could it be that McNab was actually smiling ? |
| 2 | How can it be that Jesus could become sin for you and me ? |
| 3 | People ask how can it be that Scotland 's relatively small , relatively low-key club set-up can produce teams that will fearlessly take on the best and nurture expectations of victory over them all until the final whistle . |
| 4 | Could it be that Albert 's eyes dulled a little ? |
| 5 | But why should it be that Peggy gets a lift from knowing that she has ‘ beaten ’ Boris ? |
| 6 | Could it be that Ianthe knew this good-looking young Italian ? she wondered enviously . |
| 7 | There is one astounding omission from this list — could it be that Glyndebourne forgot the anniversary ? |
| 8 | Could it be that Octel 's handsomely presented claim that without lead alkyls the roads of ‘ most of the world would be very empty ’ has had the intended effect on one of our more propaganda resistant MPs ? |
| 9 | How could it be that Liz , so young , had known her way out of the maze ? |
| 10 | So how can it be that Johnson and Boswell passed this woeful and apocalyptic place , faces averted ? |
| 11 | Could it be that Mr Young and Alicia Padstow , his companion of 15 years , have finally married ? |
| 12 | Could it be that John Akers and the IBM Corp board have a malicious sense of humour after all ? |
| 13 | Could it be that Sweezy and Rosdolsky were correct ? |
| 14 | but you see they reckon it were that Sandra do n't they ? |
| 15 | On the other hand , it 's that L.A. sound , and that 's what the Utopia is all about . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's that SAS training ’ the duty officer went on . |
| 17 | It 's that Dee who 's having the party . |
| 18 | It 's that Angela is it ? |
| 19 | ‘ I wonder if it 's that Jack the Ripper , ’ she laughed , and followed Dad out to the shed , leaving me with Liza who had just come in . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's that Jack Dollop again . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ And if it is n't that , ’ said the soldier , who was a man of fixed purpose , ‘ if it is n't that , it 's that Cathbad forever trying to get his hands on your- ’ |
| 22 | The idea behind it is that Arnie has to move along an ever-scrolling backdrop , punching and headbutting all and sundry while ducking underneath projectiles hurled by his assailants . |
| 23 | ‘ The pity of it is that Araminta will get the Lodge after all . |
| 24 | It is that Lady Susan Hussey , the Queen 's senior lady-in-waiting , rang me to give directions to find the fateful villa , 12 miles from St Tropez . |
| 25 | What does emerge from it is that Norris 's way of reading Derrida is likely to make considerable demands on the reader . |
| 26 | ‘ It is that Fincara will send me and my sisters into the last battle between the light and the dark ; and that we will conquer . |
| 27 | There it is that Morag lives . |
| 28 | The recovery is slow and patchy , but the policy is sound — Labour Members who laugh and snigger at such remarks ought to ask themselves why it is that Britain of all the countries in Europe has the most inward investment from overseas investors . |
| 29 | They 'll want to know why it is that Britain 's second busiest airport has once again come perilously close to disaster . |
| 30 | It is that Russia will pay too high an economic price for winning it . |