Example sentences of "[noun] be [adv] that [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My point is simply that once an ‘ emic ’ definition is attempted , we must go beyond looking for an ‘ essential ’ definition of an isolated concept , and discuss the whole structure of moral categories . |
| 2 | The minor claim is simply that if you it 's an empirical claim it says if you look at the fossil record , and you look in detail at the changes in the fossils , what you observe is not continuous steady change , but you see what they call stasis — that is nothing much happening for long periods of time , perhaps for millions of years , and then rather suddenly changes taking place . |
| 3 | ‘ When I bought this house and insisted she move in with me she took the path of least resistance and agreed , although even then if I 'd had the wits to see them all the signs were there that although she relished my role as provider she cared very little for me as a person . ’ |
| 4 | The reason is simply that since its meaning is more abstract than that of see , hear , watch , etc. , it lends itself more easily to the inference-type sense than do the latter . |
| 5 | The suggestion is almost that since right is right , left ( being the opposite of right ) is wrong . |
| 6 | ‘ The situation is now that if he works hard and shows the right attitude and I think it is right , then last week will be forgotten and he will go in the side . ’ |
| 7 | As an astute contemporary observed , " the strange thing is that de Gaulle did not , at any time , suggest that he could save [ the French people ] from [ war ] ; the suggestion was rather that if war was to come … it would be better for France if he were in charge " . |
| 8 | The point of doing all this pre-planning is so that when you come to align columns across the page or to set text next to pictures everything snaps together neatly . |
| 9 | I think the problem is perhaps that when we love that we no , we never love the same degree , the two people do n't li , love exactly the same way that in every relationship there is one who loves and one who is loved , one who kisses and one who is kissed and I think perhaps this balance if the relationship is weak , this kind of works it out that , that then they eventually split up , that one goes the other way and the ca n't stay together . |
| 10 | After the Glasgow meeting , Mr Wallace said of the Convention 's prospects : ‘ My view is still that when this group tries to examine what is a realistic possibility , realistically we will not be able to embark on any major schemes . ’ |