Example sentences of "[pron] be [adv] [adv] [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | we 're so far out that we 're not anywhere near , you ca n't |
| 2 | There 's so much more that I could say about the development of Switchboard . |
| 3 | In a moment , they were far enough out that they could see miles down the rocky shoreline … and they could see the other boaters scrambling up on to a piece of rock . |
| 4 | It 's just as well that Mum 's 2:7 Group are still on the go or else we would n't know anything . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's just as well that mam 's here with us , is n't it , or I 'd have no honour , at least not in the eyes of the people around World 's End . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Well , then , ’ he said smugly , ‘ it 's just as well that I have worked something out for you , is n't it ? |
| 7 | It 's only just recently that we sort of starting our de we 've had bits of aggro . |
| 8 | I have , I 've been asked a lot in the last twenty odd years and it 's only just recently that I 've seriously considered it , which is why I 've made this new album , Midnight Postcards . |
| 9 | Yes I 'm I 'm not quite sure the regulations are about subsids We , I mean we , it 's only quite recently that we have had a subsidiary , erm , last two or three years , we 've , for many years we did n't have one . |
| 10 | IT IS just as well that Britain 's banks chose 1989 to increase their provisions on third-world loans . |
| 11 | It is just as well that I am not a serious researcher of times past . |
| 12 | Perhaps it is just as well that we are travelling by imagination and not with our physical senses , because many of the towns and cities still carry open sewers in the streets . |
| 13 | Consequently it is just as well that the injection of expert opinion is one of the functions of the contemporary House of Lords . |
| 14 | It is just as well that Plainsong seemed to take to the track on her debut in the Fillies ' Maiden she was aimed at the race because owner Peter Innes was a steward at the meeting . |
| 15 | It is just as well that the tax price index , introduced by Nigel Lawson in an attempt to distract attention away from the inflationary impact of switching taxation from direct to indirect taxes , has never caught on as an indicator . |
| 16 | A second role of coins in the study of portraiture lies in the help that they may give in the identification of other portraits , particularly sculptures , since it is only very rarely that the latter 's accompanying inscriptions have survived to identify them . |
| 17 | Old prejudices die hard and it is only very recently that chapels have been noticed at all in guide books or architectural histories . |
| 18 | Although there has been intermittent interest in this area since that time , it is only more recently that there have been suitable techniques for more effective study . |
| 19 | However , it is only comparatively recently that feminists have begun to raise the issue more generally within the women 's liberation movement . |
| 20 | It is only comparatively recently that they have all been brought together . ’ |
| 21 | This question too has had a long history though it is only quite recently that it has become a precisely defined issue of zoological theory . |
| 22 | It is only relatively recently that the imbalance has been corrected and this has been mainly due to oil from the North Sea , resulting in import savings and export earning . |
| 23 | Perhaps it was just as well that there did n't seem to be any extra business around tonight . |
| 24 | But perhaps it was just as well that she had this shock , for in her relief at finding the injury comparatively slight , she forbore to say very much about the unexpected guest . |
| 25 | It was just as well that he did n't know my long-term aim was to be a pro golfer . |
| 26 | But in spite of everything perhaps it was just as well that none of the things they could see … none of the plump fish or chickens being toasted on skewers , none of the creamy breads , chapatis , nan , and parathas , none of the richly bubbling curries and glistening mounds of rice , which the skeletons ' scarlet rimmed eyes could see in their lenses and at which they glared for hour after hour that none of these things were available , for in their starved and debilitated condition it was very likely that a heavy curry would have killed them as dead as a cannon ball . |
| 27 | And it was just as well that she did so because Harry appeared at that moment , to lead her out for sherry and soda . |
| 28 | It was just as well that he would soon be yoked to Virginia , so that his desire for his headstrong gypsy would never be allowed free rein . |
| 29 | It was just as well that Alan did decide to complete the diet after six weeks , as it turned out that many of his vitamin and mineral levels were sinking fast . |
| 30 | Robbie was terribly tempted to ask how he would describe the glamorous-looking Petula , so perhaps it was just as well that at that moment they came in sight of the first lock . |