Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] be [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was declared the best policy was for the ‘ sent down ’ youth to remain where they were so that they could make their valuable contribution to the motherland on the ‘ agricultural front ’ , as in previous decades . |
| 2 | ‘ At Bulawayo we had 45,000 crowds for club games and I made my international debut at 14 , so I was n't that ‘ wowed ’ to arrive in England . ’ |
| 3 | And although you 're right that they 've been selling flowers for a long time , they underwent a massive re-fit recently . |
| 4 | She smiled then to soften any hint that she was annoyed that her mother thought she should be more home-orientated than she was now that she was married . |
| 5 | In previous generations it was much less likely than it is now that grandparents would have lived to know their grandchildren as adults ( see chapters 2 and 3 ) . |
| 6 | Leeds is now the third largest city in England and the 20th in Europe , so it is right that it should have international ambitions . |
| 7 | ‘ So it is n't that she … objects to ? ’ |
| 8 | America is the closest thing to a financial laboratory for these sorts of questions , so it is there that most of the answers should be sought . |
| 9 | The ancient art of batik , a form of resist dyeing , has been perfected over centuries on the Indonesian island of Java , so it was there that Angela Newport went to learn the technique . |
| 10 | if there 's somewhere that that we can |
| 11 | Everything was very hush-hush , and it was not until it was over that the name of the target was made common knowledge — not that it would have been of any interest to us if we had known beforehand , because none of us had ever heard of it . |
| 12 | Everyone has some quality they like , even if it is just that you are kind to animals . |
| 13 | I wonder if it is here that the pictures are to appear , worrying that the seats are badly arranged , pointing the wrong way , that we wo n't be able to see them properly . |
| 14 | If it is simply that ‘ our heritage is our power ’ , and women gain strength today by looking to their sisters in the past , if what interests her is the vision of an equality between women and men , Schüssler Fiorenza might well be better advised to look to other communities in the ancient Near East . |
| 15 | However , if it is right that a change is as good as a rest , you should now feel rested and ready to cope with anything . |
| 16 | It is generally possible to isolate at least one compelling selling feature even if it is only that your client 's product is the cheapest . |
| 17 | I do n't know if it 's just that I 'm missing you … |
| 18 | I mean , if it 's just that you 're too close to it and you do n't want me to look at it , there are people I know who 're good at that sort of thing ; they can see the wood from the trees ; they could — ’ |
| 19 | The calculations would seem a lunatic fantasy if it was n't that they were produced by an organization which then occupied the centre stage of British energy policy . |
| 20 | If it was n't that we had to develop from an egg in every generation , I do n't think that kind of conservatism would be observed . |
| 21 | He had stopped stealing , or , rather , Emmie thought he had : sometimes she wondered if it was just that she was n't keeping a proper watch on him . |
| 22 | The then Lord Chief Justice in 1980 commented that , If it were not that a high proportion of cases are compromised long before they reach court the administration of justice would soon grind to a halt ; the courts would be overwhelmed by the volume of work . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ If it were simply that it would hardly be convincing , would it ? ’ |
| 24 | If it were n't that a judge has to decide a case , quite a few of Edward 's legal opinions would probably end in a question mark . ’ |
| 25 | Afterwards Jared Tunstall had said to her mama , ‘ It was a question of a little hustler meeting a big one , and if it were n't that he has hurt Sally-Anne so badly I could almost admire the swine for his gall . |
| 26 | He was , as I have said , correct in ignoring article 10 and the submissions based upon it if he was right that the law is certain . |
| 27 | His voice was low , easy , the faint accent she 'd barely noticed before more pronounced now , unless it was just that her senses had been heightened by that devastatingly thorough kiss . |
| 28 | so you can go to them and ask them for advice and they ca n't give it , because there 's not that link back to where you know |
| 29 | After all , just look round any bar and you 'll see that everybody there , myself included ( you too if it 's your kind of bar ) , has in their time been both The Boy and The Older Man , both Banker and Domestic , Ingenue and Other Woman , booted Prince and stirrup-holding Groom — but I do n't mean either that you should have complete license to make him look just how you wish ; I do n't want to think of anyone hearing this story and grinning and thinking of Boy as some permanently , conveniently smiling blue-eyed blonde , because he was not that in any way and that is not what he meant to us . |
| 30 | The West Bank terminal was again the focus of job losses yesterday because it is there that the greatest loss of business has occurred . |