Example sentences of "[noun] be that it was " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most likely explanation of the episode is that it was a pre-emptive strike , designed to smooth Gloucester 's way to the throne . |
| 2 | The most likely explanation of the episode is that it was a pre-emptive strike , designed to smooth Gloucester 's way to the throne . |
| 3 | The disadvantage is that it was very expensive , low in fibre , and not well balanced for use in the long term . |
| 4 | The only comment from Tek Pokharel of the Nepal Mountaineering Association was that it was a question of managing numbers , not limiting them : ‘ Everest is a big mountain ’ , he said . |
| 5 | The spirit of papal statements throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was that it was the duty of the state to oppose freedom of conscience in matters of religion and freedom of worship and to celebrate openly the worship of God ‘ in that way which he has shown to be his will ’ , namely Roman catholicism ( Leo XIII 1903 : 111–12 ) . |
| 6 | committee did draw distinction between the two different kinds of schemes , erm perhaps if I could just ask you what do you think of the committee the Good reports er conclusion on training for trustees where they er the recommendation was that it was a laudable objective , but should not be made compulsory ? |
| 7 | The discussion that Richard and I had , my recommendation was that it was not a big enough thing to cover a separate procedure for . |
| 8 | The significance of that result was that it was only Wales 's third win in five seasons in the competition . |
| 9 | South African captain Kepler Wessels 's verdict on his side 's 107-run defeat was that it was difficult to go straight into an international match without a warm-up game . |
| 10 | The irony was that it was the British Labour Party which now responded more sympathetically towards Europe , since the social charter of the Community , drafted by its French socialist president , Jacques Delors , was in most respects highly congenial to the British left . |
| 11 | The final irony was that it was unnecessary , anyway . |
| 12 | Its only real fault was that it was ahead of its time . |
| 13 | One of the advantages of scheduling one 's own bereavement was that it was far easier to respond in a mature , caring way to one 's partner 's decease . |
| 14 | He defended himself vigorously in a series of letters , protesting — in this case to the journalist William Archer — that ‘ The very last charges I expected them to bring against a book concerned merely with the doom of hereditary temperament & unsuitable mating in marriage were that it was an attack on marriage in general , that it was immoral , & that characters who recant their opinions & come to a sad end were puppets invented to express my personal views in their talk . ’ |
| 15 | Our only solace is that it was just as dire on all the other formats . |
| 16 | The interesting twist to this issue is that it was Japan , clearly now a First World country , and in the opinion of many now the most dynamic economic power , that was often identified in the United States and in Europe , as the worst offender , with the four East Asian NICs not far behind . |
| 17 | Further , since he is only one of a significant group of bishops who came from court in the early seventh century , if there was any general transfer of secular authority to bishops in this period , and the evidence is far from clear on this , the likelihood is that it was condoned by the king . |
| 18 | Some writers have held that the essential thing about medieval law was that it was discovered , not made ; in so far as it was valid and sound , it was a reflection of divine law ; it partook of the nature of what in more recent times has been called ‘ fundamental law ’ . |
| 19 | What was perhaps so satisfying about the sermon was that it was able to turn an apparently negative quality into a positive asset . |
| 20 | What is curious about Carnot 's work was that it was done using the obsolescent theory that heat was a weightless fluid , driving a steam-engine like water driving a water-wheel . |
| 21 | In a wider sense , however , the real significance of what had happened at Bleiburg on 15 May was that it was the last major surrender of the European war . |
| 22 | The lesson to be learned from the recent history of England and Normandy was that it was virtually impossible for a daughter to keep a hold on her inheritance . |
| 23 | The League of Nations appeared to have washed its hands of the city , and the general attitude was that it was a matter for Poles and Germans to decide between themselves . |
| 24 | I should have taken the set back and demanded that the shop or manufacturer replace it , but in those days the attitude was that it was a privilege to buy something , and it was just your bad luck if it turned out to be faulty . |
| 25 | The intimation that Venables did not want Hughes at Tottenham was that it was a misjudgment by him . |
| 26 | His only regret was that it was not his old friend the female golden eagle who had escaped . |
| 27 | When we gave it a tightfisted 52% in Issue 79 , our main bone of contention was that it was ridiculously overpriced . |
| 28 | My view was obscured by a pillar and I have n't seen replays yet but the wisdom of the surrounding scousers was that it was a foul . |
| 29 | My recollection was that it was £250 for a great deal of work and endless consultations with courteous BBC representatives who were terrified by my refusal to produce a total text ( since I can only give plausibility to anything I say when there is at least an element extemporised ) and refused to accept my positive assurances that I was as unlikely to dry up as the Thames . |
| 30 | Its corresponding defects were that it was almost insignificant in Europe , retained out-of-date weapons adequate only for colonial use , and paid little attention to training its senior officers for large-scale operations . |