Example sentences of "be that [pers pn] was [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 What is obscured by this process is that it was through clothing , in both art and life , that Kahlo attempted to redress the wrongs of history .
2 Thus the Cubans identified a new aggression in Eisenhower 's attitude , and my hypothesis is that it was in response to these events that Castro decided to stake the survival of his revolution on enlisting the total support of the Soviet Union .
3 The only meaning to that part was that he was on top of — i.e. , surpassing — her in public .
4 ‘ All he said was that he was in trouble and that he needed some money to get out of the country .
5 when we got the letters back from the Secretary of State one of his excuses if you like , for imposing such a savage tax was that it was save fuel and help the environment .
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