Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [that] they be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was just that they were all in profile and virtually identical . |
| 2 | It was n't Lloyds fault , it was just that they were complying with the original P E P regulations about reporting and , and er so on , so they had to charge more . |
| 3 | The traditional justification for lower wages for women was always that they were not responsible for the livelihood of a household . |
| 4 | The bottom line argument against heritage languages was always that they were bad for the children . |
| 5 | It was here that they were found , over 30,000 of them , stored in boxes and covered in dust , some of them in a poor condition . |
| 6 | It was here that they were confronted on March 4 by a party sent to effect Aguinaldo 's arrest . |
| 7 | The consensus that emerged about the teachers who had mattered to them was neither that they were strict nor that they were liberal , but simply that they were interested in them as people . |