Example sentences of "the [noun sg] that it be [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The oil sheikhs at least have the excuse that it is their countries ' natural wealth that they are frittering away , not the fruits of the toil of their peoples . |
| 2 | " It took us a couple of years to persuade the council that it was their fault not ours . |
| 3 | Yanto and Billy heard the blonde tell the landlord that it was her birthday as she ordered the drinks . |
| 4 | The Times recorded that this was their sixth partnership of over 150 ; the Telegraph that it was their seventh century stand ; while the Guardian made it the eighth . |
| 5 | So , politely and reasonably explain to the supplier that it is his/her responsibility , not the manufacturer 's . |
| 6 | That one conception is somehow better than a second , supposing that that can be made out , is of course not the proposition that it is our conception or one of them . |
| 7 | Something about the way he approached the Saab 900 Carlsson suggested that he still likes to put his foot down : perhaps it was the way his right elbow automatically felt for a resting place against the window , perhaps it was just the fact that it was his birthday ( 42 ) . |
| 8 | Sir Charles Webb-Bowen offered his ear to the urgent promptings of a party apparatchik ; the fact that it was his ‘ bad ’ ear , lent a certain comedy to the proceedings . |
| 9 | Would n't you take the view that it 's your job to broaden … ? |
| 10 | If someone starts to give the impression that it is our home and the residents are just people who come and live in it , then they usually do n't stay in the job , it 's as easy as that . |
| 11 | If care assistants give the impression that it is our home and that the residents are just people who come and live in it , then they usually do n't stay in the job , it 's as easy as that . ’ |