Example sentences of "[be] that he [is] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pound may be right or wrong about the merits of Binyon 's version , as about the sorts of language that are acceptable in verse translation ; what is certain is that he 's here applying to diction a sort of sliding scale or set of variable standards such as Ford 's principles did n't allow for . |
| 2 | It seems there could n't be anyone better qualified to ride motorbikes than Simon Wigg … the only problem is that he 's not qualified … he 's never passed his motorcycle test . |
| 3 | erm the ostensible subject of this passage is that he 's now finished with hell and heaven as the setting for his poems , and he 's coming down to earth for what is left . |
| 4 | the latest news on Ronny Johnsen is that he is also wanted at tottenham . |
| 5 | The situation with Stephen Marshall is that he is now working his notice , and is no longer Computer Support Officer . |
| 6 | The commonest explanation of King Hussein 's behaviour is that he is only doing what he has always done best : surviving . |