Example sentences of "[pers pn] be that they are " in BNC.

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1 They are that they are that , because I tell you what it is , I do n't know
2 I think they 're under a great pressure and you know th I think it 's erm you know , quite amazing really , that people survive as well as they do , given the pressures they 're that they are under .
3 Could it be that they are discriminating unfairly against a gipsy family ?
4 It is that they are not talking because they see no way to settle their differences .
5 ‘ If there is a fault at the moment , it is that they are a bit too élite and cliquey .
6 The more comparable writers we study , the less likely it is that they are out of step with the norm of the language rather than Swift .
7 It is that they are so flexible , so accommodating , especially in some of the newer forms .
8 Or stood in despair as your children big or little , carry on ignoring your repeated demands that they stop whatever undesirable thing it is that they are doing ?
9 The reason they do not like it is that they are so sensitive about it .
10 But part of their argument as I see it is that they are trying to seek to minimize the impact er in terms of unemployment levels by shifting the structure er and trying to well possibly counter the effects of a fallout in the primary sector .
11 One of the nice things about them is that they are situated in one of the quieter areas between Palma Nova and Magalluf , but it is only a short walk to the beaches and nightlife of both resorts .
12 There are good habits and bad habits but the main point about them is that they are all behaviour patterns which have been so thoroughly learned that they are done automatically without any conscious effort .
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