Example sentences of "it be that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can it be that without the accompanying ‘ form ’ of the lessons of the past , of which memory is a vital part , ‘ freedom ’ can never be more than a fragile short-lived luxury ? |
| 2 | The authority of their voice is gained by it being that of another , almost always that of God , whose voice is more powerful than those of the social institutions they see ranged against them . |
| 3 | If there is one danger facing Armani , it 's that of becoming trapped in his own stereotype ; when the day finally comes that he tires of the simple suit and sensational jacket , the world may just insist that he keeps on making them . |
| 4 | But if there 's one job we all know we could handle , given a double-breasted suit and a few handy clichés , it 's that of football manager . |
| 5 | So it 's that per foot . |
| 6 | It 's that in the period April ninety one to September ninety one there has been under recovery of VAT of nearly half a million pounds , will wait until they recover it of which two er twenty six thousand is the true result of the South West Region of twenty six thousand pounds just over twenty one and a half thousand pounds related to job club fees , with all staff responsible for organising rosters even sure they are around the content of appendix one , section four , and that that correctly identified in cages , Margaret Cornwall . |
| 7 | And it 's that in itself has been er er an issue faced by Ministers on the M twenty five . |
| 8 | Otherwise the tt building will have deemed to not comply to B one of the building regulations which I do n't want to go into too much detail but basically what it is that with effect from nineteen ninety one the smoke alarm smoke detector bill came into er operation and it was brought in into the nineteen ninety two building regulations when they were amended from the nineteen eighty five regulations that states now any new build homes shall have and be fitted with a mains operated , with battery backup , smoke detection system . |
| 9 | It is not just the attraction of European union that encourages France and Germany , in particular , to push for a common European defence : it is that of America-distancing . |
| 10 | It is that of ‘ a thinking , intelligent being , that has reason and reflection , and can consider itself as itself , the same thinking thing in different times and places ’ . |
| 11 | … the complete Union of the two countries is stamped and sealed in the most satisfactory and solid manner for it is not only a union of the two governments — the two sovereigns — it is that of the two nations ! |
| 12 | If there is one position in which Crystal Palace have always been well-served it is that of goalkeeper . |
| 13 | If there is one image which biographical criticism has projected powerfully , it is that of Tolkien the philistine , hater of literary mainstreams . |
| 14 | It is that of whether Christianity is ethical . |
| 15 | Except for a name that ought to look familiar to readers of Alexandre Dumas , because as Aramis it is that of one of the Three Musketeers . |
| 16 | In some , however , it is that of adult child and elderly parent . |
| 17 | It is that of marriage with some person that you can make happy in your approbation . |
| 18 | It should have the same meaning for each person , whatever his contribution to the world , whether it be that of a labourer or that of the highly qualified expert in , for example , quantum mechanics or any other of those disciplines for the erudite which , to the laity border on unreality . |
| 19 | For each of us ( it is said ) our lives are given sense by certain projects , whether it be that of being a certain sort of person , or of achieving something in such fields as the political , or cultural , or in our personal relations . |
| 20 | It was that through which he must pass next . |
| 21 | It was that for the first time something illogical had crept into her world . |
| 22 | So it was that with high spirits I packed Baedekers and prejudices , boots and a bootload of assumptions and set out for Dover . |
| 23 | Crabb 's ex-wife saw the body at Bognor mortuary but was unable to confirm that it was that of her husband . |
| 24 | It was that of sex allocation : what resources should an individual put into male and female reproductive functions either directly or by determining the sex of its offspring ? |
| 25 | The eyes of the captain turned dark , and if there was any emotion left in his voice , it was that of distaste . |
| 26 | It was that of an articulate minority within the party which had a complex relationship with the class upon which it depended and which it claimed to represent . |
| 27 | She could hardly credit his appearance ; it was that of an old man . |
| 28 | A man of immense physical vigour , intellectual confidence and moral force , as naturally extrovert as was Paul painfully introvert , his decisive experience was not that of the Council ( which he did attend ) , nor of the Western Christian 's attempt to reshape the gospel when faced with the blandishments of agnostic affluence , still less was it any deep experience of the struggles of the third world ; instead , it was that of the Church 's singularly successful , no-nonsense resistance to communism in Poland : a combination of old-fashioned pieties , unquestioned doctrinal certainties , down-to-earth preoccupation with basic human rights , and a dose of sheer populism . |
| 29 | I was n't at all sure it was that of an inevitably high-profile presenter . |
| 30 | If one name was synonymous with motor racing in Britain in the 1950s , it was that of Stirling Moss . |