Example sentences of "[be] that they do [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , the strategy is placing renewed pressure on LAG : ‘ Lignite Action 's position has always been that they do not want to allow any form of boreholing or test-drilling by the company because this will give them a foothold into the area and once in , it will prove more difficult for them to be ousted again ’ . |
| 2 | The final reason for ignoring human actors can only be that they do not matter . |
| 3 | Could it be that they do not have the stomach for the hard grind which seems to be necessary to pick up those all important computer points ? |
| 4 | But I 'll I 'll have to find out from them , it may be that they do n't want me to send anybody else to it because I made the initial contact with them . |
| 5 | Er I mean it could just be that they do n't like it , so anything which they do n't like is grating or |
| 6 | Well it may be that they do n't know how to , or that they set out such patterns of relating together that they have n't got the means of coping with it . |
| 7 | Mostly it 's that they do n't travel well , whatever flightcases you use . |
| 8 | The particular problem with many ageing people is that they do not recognize that they are capable , and have the energy to deal with their own problems and feelings . |
| 9 | The main advantage is that they do not intrude on floor space in the same way as a normal hinged door — they simply fold back on themselves to half width . |
| 10 | Their only problem is that they do not convey the feeling and atmosphere of a site and often appear less authentic than a skilful reconstruction drawing . |
| 11 | The problem with such lists is that they do not specify any order . |
| 12 | The only problem with them is that they do not tell you how . |
| 13 | What their words really imply is that they do not want to think about why they are out of breath on stairs . |
| 14 | One major criticism of many of the major schemes is that they do not subdivide subjects according to consistent characteristics . |
| 15 | A major advantage of the above examples is that they do not require participants to give up their jobs or move away from their homes and families to undertake training . |
| 16 | The problem is that they do not agree on the facts surrounding this event . |
| 17 | The basic problem with these killed virus flu vaccines is that they do not provide either complete protection or retain their effectiveness for very long . |
| 18 | The principal weakness of the rescission remedy and the statutory alternative of damages in lieu of rescission , is that they do not provide for consequential loss , for example , profits on resale . |
| 19 | The reason that Scotton Parish Council are opposed to a road of the type shown in the key diagram , is that they do not consider and I do not consider that a road in that position , going to the north of Knaresborough , could effectively meet that need to relieve the A fifty nine . |
| 20 | But the trouble is that they do not account for anything like all the shares of most firms . |
| 21 | One advantage of Chinese celebrations is that they do not linger on , as everyone knocks off and goes home to bed at about 9 p.m . |
| 22 | The trouble is that they do not fluctuate around the ‘ right ’ average if ‘ right ’ is to be measured by purchasing power . |
| 23 | What is wrong with the Greens is that they do not acknowledge the profound economic difficulties , and all their attendant national and international jealousies and suspicions , which obstruct the path to an environmentally safer world . |
| 24 | One of the most commonly used arguments against the use of probabilistic grammars is that they do not take semantic information into account . |
| 25 | Its main criticism is that they do not take into account the effects of the war on the region 's ecosystem . |
| 26 | Of course , in such cases , rulers tend to have different life-styles from their subjects , but what is at issue is that they do not have a privileged access to property , especially to the means of production , an essential element of Marx 's and Engels 's definition of a class . |
| 27 | ONE advantage for small countries in large empires is that they do not have to think up a defence policy : their armies do what they are told . |
| 28 | One major difficulty for insects is that they do not have a circulatory blood system . |
| 29 | As we noted before , one of the prime concerns of teachers is that they do not have enough time to carry out the day-to-day tasks and responsibilities of their jobs to their own satisfaction , let alone to invest in enhancing their own skills , or reflecting on their roles and priorities , to anything like the extent which they would like . |
| 30 | However , the plea continually made to us by senior police officers and members of the Police Federation and other organisations representing the police is that they do not have sufficient people . |