Example sentences of "it [be] that [pers pn] [verb] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could it be that they do not have the stomach for the hard grind which seems to be necessary to pick up those all important computer points ? |
| 2 | ‘ Can it be that you do not remember me , Mikhail ? ’ he pleaded . |
| 3 | I 'm just asking Professor for my own clarification at this stage , and it is that he does not agree to accept Mr 's addendum . |
| 4 | If it is that I do not , on the grounds that had I heard about the invitation my justification would have been defeated , you have a duty to give some account of why the ( unknown to me ) truth that my wife has refused the invitation does not somehow redress the balance . |
| 5 | The main reason that he was carrying it rather than wearing it was that it did not belong to him . |
| 6 | Or perhaps it was that he had not wanted to turn Bertha 's disappointment with her daughters into bitterness by seeing him show too much interest in his son . |
| 7 | A very famous Yoga teacher from India came to England and , after observing many Yoga classes , asked the instructor why it was that he did not first teach his students to sit , stand and walk with balance and coordination before teaching them the more complicated postures . |
| 8 | The reason Bohm could get away with it was that he did not submit his theory to this superfluous requirement . |