Example sentences of "for [adj] be that [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | he said in spite of the fact that I 've been in parliament for longer than he has , which surprised me cos I would n't have thought so this is the young Winston Churchill of course so the Chinese man said to him erm oh well the reason for that was that he had a famous grandfather |
| 2 | However , Mill was against a secret ballot , Mill thought votes ought to be cast publicly and the reason for this is that he thought people ought to be voting on their view of what is right and so therefore they ought to be publicly accountable . |
| 3 | The reason for this was that they had a different view of tradition from the locals and this caused them to turn to ‘ progressivist ’ ideas and to new ventures put forward by planners in order to effect an entry upon the local political scene . |
| 4 | We now know that the reason for this was that they did not dwell or traffic within the walls ; that Lundenwic like Hamwih lay outside , along the Strand or foreshore of the Thames . |
| 5 | The reason for this was that he followed the methods of the scholastics ( medieval theologians ) whom he admired very much . |
| 6 | The justification for this was that it saved the skyline of the Granite City . |
| 7 | The reason she gave for this was that she felt that experiencing repeated failure was bad for pupils . |
| 8 | She later achieved her Financial Planning Certificate — the incentive for this was that she needed a new tumble drier , so the bonus for completing the qualification was perfectly timed ! |
| 9 | The reason for this was that she did n't like Mr. Gordon . |
| 10 | All I do know for sure is that I woke up loving him . |
| 11 | All we can say for sure is that it entered the microscope , perhaps on one side , perhaps on the other , perhaps in the middle . |