Example sentences of "[be] [adj] be that [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose the reason I got down to an effort to be objective is that I did n't like the interpretations of my other things — so here I am with an array of alligator pears — about ten of them — calla lilies — four or six — leaves — summer green ones — ranging through yellow to the dark sombre blackish purplish red — eight or ten — horrid yellow sunflowers — two new red cannas — some white birches with yellow leaves — only two that I have no name for and I do n't know where they come from . |
| 2 | One of the other things about those two that were wrong was that they rambled , they were all over the place , there was no conciseness , no clarity to them . |
| 3 | Final evidence that rhynchosaurs were herbivorous is that they occurred in large numbers ; in general we expect the herbivores to outnumber carnivores . |
| 4 | Perhaps the best proof that the previous figures were flawed is that they suggested that Asia 's weight in world output had fallen from 7.9% in 1985 to 7.2% in 1990 , although it was by far the fastest growing region . |
| 5 | One of the reasons why the better shipyards and coachbuilders were expensive was that they kept large stocks of valuable timber seasoned and seasoning . |
| 6 | What is clear is that it evolved out of the neolithic Cretan religion and that the religion of the classical Greeks at least in part grew out of it . |
| 7 | What is interesting is that you had a kind of real intellectual respect for intellectual content and expertise and professionalism in a way that previous programmers perhaps have n't . |
| 8 | Much remains to be learned of their activities , but what is certain is that they had converts in high places — notably Edward Wood ( of whom more anon ) , Leo Amery , and Lord Hailey of African Survey fame and immense Colonial Office influence — and that through their publication of a journal widely respected for its seriousness they kept before the eyes of the political establishment the idea of a new kind of empire . |
| 9 | What is certain is that they discovered that electrical stimulation of some parts of the cortex caused movements in the limbs on the opposite side of the body from the part of the brain that had been stimulated . |
| 10 | There is a local story that Queen Elizabeth spent a night here ; what is certain is that she passed on this road on her way from Burderop to Cirencester . |
| 11 | What is certain is that he made his way there , ignoring all warning from mortal and immortal alike . |
| 12 | What is certain is that he quoted approvingly words he attributed to Nehru : ‘ Even if the Indian people do not agree with Nazism and Fascism , even if the Indian people recognise the evil of Nazism and Fascism … they will surely part company with the British . |
| 13 | What is certain is that he carried the legend of a king or emperor waiting to be reborn for several centuries , just as the British King Arthur has done . |
| 14 | Whether he attended the Academy or not , what is certain is that he wanted to live with a practising painter as a working apprentice . |
| 15 | But you see , as I I said to her I said , no Angela it 's alright is that I said , but I said |
| 16 | But seems to me that 's silly is that we did n't keep with that correspondence a copy of the enquiry form , which , the original is gone to the central record . |
| 17 | What was different was that there had been something else mixed in with the raw hunger blazing in his eyes . |
| 18 | What was unforgivable was that he had systematically lied to me — and I had let him do it . |
| 19 | What was evident was that they had all expected Comrade Andrew to join them , even Alice , who knew he disapproved . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , what was important was that it occurred because Leeds were caught out ( again ) at the back and Jones was thundering in . |