Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] be [that] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , er I 'll I 'll close it at two , but perhaps I could ask the the applicants erm , I mean I appreciate that obviously erm it er it economy in in in obviously in what you 're doing , but I think it it it would be fairly obviously to , I mean it 's been stated that that that that residents nearby would prefer either two bungalows or a house and a bungalow , and I think er that certainly erm new developments adjacent to where you are proposing these are in fact all bungalows , er with the exception of the mill , which of course has been there a long time , er all those on that side of the road , both those two built and those two proposed are a bungalow or a semi bungalow , er and so erm you can see that obviously it is that the height of these buildings , it is erm causing the offence , largely , erm I I think , I mean obviously you will want to main you know , optimize your er development , but whether er a scheme with two bungalows that they would n't be four bedroomed bungalows , because there would n't be room for two of the four two four bedroomed bungalows , erm |
| 2 | So it is that the crossing is made without further ado , ‘ opposite Jericho ’ ( 3.16 ) . |
| 3 | So it is that the fetish of masculinity is fashioned in men-only milieus — we look to footballers , boxers , soldiers and miners to find our real men . |
| 4 | Sometimes the newcomers have settled in without doing the original inhabitants any great harm — and so it is that the rabbit and the fallow deer have become accepted additions to Britain 's fauna . |
| 5 | So it is that the prospects for four political-reform bills are suddenly looking good . |
| 6 | So it was that the affairs of Bedford 's House of Industry came under scrutiny by a Mr. Adey who wrote to the then mayor , Dr. George Witt , saying that he ‘ would certainly recommend that that nearly useless building , at present , should be taken advantage of to form an extensive union of parishes for workhouse purposes ’ . |
| 7 | So it was that the companies gradually came to terms with the increasing traffic and provided it with a further impetus . |
| 8 | So it was that the Cohens ' life was very largely circumscribed by the Montreal riding , which had as its most prestigious centre Westmount , where they lived . |
| 9 | And so it was that the guilds and fraternities melted away and commerce took the lead , as will shortly be seen . |
| 10 | So it was that the agreement on which the first National Government was formed was ignored by the King , who granted a dissolution under conditions which broke both the letter and the spirit of the agreement . |
| 11 | So it was that the trade emulated this sliding scale system for the populace at large . |
| 12 | So it was that the Vancouver 27 — the forerunner of the Vancouver 28 — was born . |
| 13 | Thus it is that the Masters and Augusta are always spoken of in reverential tones , each contestant being made to feel that he is walking on hallowed ground in close communion with the saints of the game . |
| 14 | Thus it is that the company is halving its prices , making it clear that the competition with NT will be serious . |
| 15 | Thus it is that the extraction of the origin of the first fragment of ‘ goodness ’ and the indelibly labelling of it as such , led to the creation of an entity with a presumed existence and endowed by mankind with the power to hold inviolate the human decisions on ‘ goodness ’ — which will continue to be taken for as long as life continues . |
| 16 | Thus it is that the Tamar , beautiful as the nymph whose name she bears , winds her way from the rugged north coast between the hills , to be joined by the Tavy , flowing from Dartmoor to join her for the last few miles to the sea , while the luckless Torridge flows ever northward in vain pursuit of Tamara 's beauty . |
| 17 | Thus it was that the idea of pictures as mere contributions to the decor was happily turned on its head the minute this visitor entered the darkened room and was greeted by a series of large colour photos of what could be described as ‘ Still-life with Penis ’ . |
| 18 | Thus it was that the country which , reflecting the convictions of an invincible alliance of the middle and working classes , chose parliamentary reform , limited and partial but irreversibly directed towards full political democracy , and avoided revolution . |
| 19 | Thus it was that the world took such note of Fleischmann and Pons ' claim to have found a novel approach . |
| 20 | Thus it was that the dinosaurs were astonishingly successful for 140 million years — a period of dominance in which the mammals of the day ( and there were plenty of mammals about ) were pushed into the background , or at least into holes in the ground and in trees . |
| 21 | These days the deal is often struck at the time of divorce ; and usually it 's that the house goes to your wife , for good . |
| 22 | Useless for Boswell to point out that notwithstanding the title ‘ Doctor ’ , physick did not belong in Johnson 's otherwise comprehensive repertoire , and here it was that the landlord made a distinction which so pleased Johnson : ‘ They say he is the greatest man in England , except Lord Mansfield . ’ |
| 23 | Surely here it was that the idea for the famous murder by Lady Dedlock of the villainous Tulkinghorn was born ? ’ |
| 24 | Or maybe it was that the defiance had turned . |
| 25 | Then it was that the carpenters , masons , tailors and shoemakers would await the cry from the ‘ huer ’ on the cliff , ‘ The mackerel are up ’ . |
| 26 | Thank you for secondly I was that the decision now is left to the the District Council er have you not discuss some parts of elements er could be addressed in the short term . |
| 27 | And whereas a womb that has been occupied by a Future Buddha is like the shrine of a temple , and can never be occupied or used again , therefore it was that the mother of the Future Buddha died when he was seven days old , and was reborn in the Tusita heaven . |