Example sentences of "[be] that [pers pn] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The advantages of longitudinal studies are that they make it possible to study change over time , though as a series of snapshots rather than as a continuous process . |
| 2 | Well the theoretical advantages are that it makes it er a , a lot more er predictable for businesses to trade with Europe . |
| 3 | Berowne 's only explanation had been that he felt it was time for his life to take a new direction . |
| 4 | Well , it might be that we regard it as whether everybody else interprets it that way . |
| 5 | He did not say what it was but it may be that we found it in the safe this morning . |
| 6 | I think , I think yes , I think the consensus is that we hold it on Friday the ninth erm and we 're going to apply , the three full time officers will apply for those in their organization that they want to attend , apply for paid release . |
| 7 | I think there 's a third fact that you touched on earlier that I think it 's just worth mentioning and that is that we know it 's also a genetic pre-disposition to anorexia nervosa , in other words , we know that in certain families it is a disorder that will run from one generation to another . |
| 8 | The terrible thing about the modern attitude to death is that we pass it on to our children . |
| 9 | I mean I one of the things that I 've always sort of had in mind is that we put it down in the reception area . |
| 10 | Yes , I mean my view is that we put it out for members we see what the uptake is and then we can always look at the list and ring certain other people |
| 11 | I mean , maybe what I 'm hearing from the committee is that we take it back and look at the criteria and the ground rules . |
| 12 | But of course profit 's one thing , and income 's another thing , and I think the problem with most er forms of income type investment is that we spend it , it 's not a problem it 's just , it just happens . |
| 13 | The short answer is that we assert it on the basis of two things , an independent nomic conditional , and ( C ) a belief about certain conditions , which is a belief that the antecedent of the independent conditional is in a certain part true . |
| 14 | We may do it badly , but the beauty is that we do it at all . |
| 15 | The proof of the pudding is in the eating , and the proof of people skills is that they make it as likely as possible that we achieve our objectives with people . |
| 16 | To the extent that Europeans know of this Oxbridge dominance , my experience is that they regard it with some satisfaction ( they have generally heard of Oxford and Cambridge ) , but that their satisfaction changes to complacency when they reflect upon what they believe to be the uniquely class-ridden structure of English society . |
| 17 | The most likely explanation is that they saw it as a way to keep the Catholic-educated Mary out of Scotland , while maintaining their formal loyalty to her , thereby maximizing their opportunity to advance the Protestant cause while minimizing the need to clash directly with their sovereign ; there was , after all , no sign that Mary was particularly interested in the internal affairs of her kingdom , and although it was a gamble , and a risky one , leaving her to continue to enjoy life in France appeared to be the best chance they had . |
| 18 | The surprise here is that they did it with the best , very purest intentions , poor lambs . |
| 19 | The problem for the media is that they find it very difficult to secure agreement across the political spectrum as to what would be accepted as impartially presented news . |
| 20 | One problem that a lot of knitters have , to start with , is that they find it difficult to free the weaving yarn from the sinker plate when changing it from one side of the sinker plate to the other . |
| 21 | I think the idea is that Sun is that they see it as somebody 's gone poof poof want to be to write quickly and they would argue that a Sun reader has a sharp attention span . |
| 22 | But one thing about our Asian men is that they think it a matter of pride that their women must not go out to work . |
| 23 | I mean the thing that they latch onto all the time is that they think it 's perfectly reasonable that they should compliment a young woman and so on , and I do see , Bill , that this is a problem because these men have been brought up like this and they think of themselves as being polite and courteous and , you know , a little flirtatious and doing all the things that actually they were taught women like and is rather nice . |
| 24 | One hang-up for the profit-motivated British garage is that they feel it is not worth taking on work for less than a tenner . |
| 25 | The only of the government is that they waived it and the only other way is the A A who just see the pound notes coming in . |
| 26 | Our answer is that they bought it for no money down because there were able to . |
| 27 | ‘ The alternative , of course , is that she did it . |
| 28 | My recurring nightmare is that I circle it for ever , never able to get off . |
| 29 | I would say : if you want to talk of my thinking it in such circumstances then the least misleading thing to say is that I think it in saying it . |
| 30 | All I know is that I think it 's a safe distance for me to drive behind that car at any given time . |