Example sentences of "[subord] [that] it be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's a wonderful goal , except that it is not going to be reached overnight . |
| 2 | One can only speculate about the line the UK legislature would take , should it address itself to this problem , except that it is not too difficult to predict that the present administration would change the law so as to minimise the protections afforded to the worker . |
| 3 | This kind of chauvinism is , of course , perfectly normal coming from sections of today 's Conservative Party , except that it is normally directed at the ‘ Anti-British Broadcasting Corporation ’ . |
| 4 | It is not too unlike a match rod , in action that is , except that it is slightly more powerful throughout . |
| 5 | ’ Nothing wrong with that , you may think — except that it is completely lifeless . |
| 6 | The Friendship Store is in the downtown area , and so we had a chance to stop on the way at the Tien An Men Gate ( the famous gate providing an entrance to the forbidden city ) , and Tien An Men Square , Peking 's equivalent of Trafalgar Square , except that it is about 20 times as big , and contains about one-twentieth of the traffic . |
| 7 | A good proportion of Rousettus 's clicks are clearly audible to us ( which by definition makes them sound rather than ultrasound : ultrasound is just the same as sound except that it is too high for humans to hear ) . |
| 8 | I first heard and reviewed a pair of SD Ribbons several years ago ; to look at , the design has scarcely changed in that time , except that it is now obviously more professionally engineered and finished . |
| 9 | What they all tell you is that doing business and controlling credit overseas is much the same as it is at home except that it is more complicated and expensive . |
| 10 | That 's what I 'm doing , except that it 's not gon na look like that any more |
| 11 | Except that it 's more likely the man , because , you know , the child talked about him dying , but in a funny way , as if dying was another name for something else . |
| 12 | I was n't annoyed except that it was bitterly cold , freezing . |
| 13 | In Lithuania , a similar sequence of events occurred , except that it was not the British who eliminated the independent Soviet government but a Polish invasion ( in April 1919 ) . |
| 14 | Except that it was not really a decision , more an unthought-out reaction . |
| 15 | After all that , they did n't tell me what I had , except that it was not multiple sclerosis and that I was an atypical case . |
| 16 | This strange , remote , eagle creature , whose body was bathed in incandescence from the fire , except that it was not quite the fire ; whose eyes were dark with passion , and whose arms , strong and safe , were enveloping her , and laying her down on the thick fur rugs before the fire … |
| 17 | Alida almost laughed aloud at the picture this presented to her mind , except that it was scarcely an occasion for laughter . |
| 18 | Except that it was nearly twice as large , its social structure closely resembled that of Coventry . |
| 19 | I spent a day with her family at Eastbourne — except that it was n't with her family , for I hardly met them . |
| 20 | [ Except that it was n't snowing , because this has to have been November . |
| 21 | When he was a child of about ten or eleven , William used to play a kind of game with his shadow , except that it was n't a game , really , it was deadly serious . |
| 22 | Except that it was n't a restaurant , not quite . |
| 23 | Except that it was n't her name that she carved into the yielding stone , but her sister 's . |
| 24 | Except that it was n't Jeff . |
| 25 | No one knew much about it except that it was always there and so accepted . |
| 26 | I thought it was a cloud , except that it was too grey , the wrong colour , and then I thought : there are no clouds anywhere else . |
| 27 | Except that it was only the wealthy that did their two years . |
| 28 | In Grace Abounding nothing is said about his life as a soldier except that it was once preserved by the mercy of God when another man took his place as sentinel during a siege and was killed by a musket bullet . |
| 29 | The Ministry of Defence was a typical government ministry in the Soviet Union , except that it was much larger than most . |
| 30 | Yes Chairman i it relates to the the body of the policies in the structure plan and if Aida 's plan generally conforms then we must er issue a statement of general conformity er however if there is a , a problem that we 've had for example about the wording of the reference to the erm East Worthing access road , then although that it 's quite proper for this committee to be concerned about that wording and ultimately possibly even to object to the plan on the basis of the wording , it does n't affect the extent to which the plan conforms or does n't conform with the structure plan overall . |