Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] that [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever this strange apparition was that held them in its awe , reality would return when the bangs announced a train that belonged to this world . |
| 2 | On the one hand generality is built into the account : the normal justification of authority is that following it will enable its subjects better to conform with reason . |
| 3 | Er indeed the directive was promulgated as the minister said but I do n't think it was a bolt out of the blue , it was of course something that we around for some considerable time before that and of course that excuse hardly applies to the delay in establishing the European parliamentary constituency committees , er as the minister er will know very well , it was merely a matter of seven weeks , er the excuse being that had they had another seven weeks they could have had the public inquiry stage , the reality of course was that there was plenty of time to do this in good time and in good order and without the confusion that exists now er around the candidatures and the boundaries of the existing European boundaries . |
| 4 | In this situation it is obviously easier to find the fish than understand what the feature is that keeps them coming back to that swim . |
| 5 | The essential reason for obeying the sovereign power was that keeping it in power was inevitably better for the security of each than the chaos of civil war , or a society without government . |