Example sentences of "['s] [noun pl] be [that] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rationale behind Laura 's views was that her heart was in Wales , or , more specifically , in the factory in Wales , and this obliged her to do everything within her power to maintain that factory at full capacity . |
| 2 | But one of this chapter 's implications is that their preoccupations may not have been so misplaced after all . |
| 3 | What is striking about the Information Workstation Group 's efforts is that their actual study of multimedia is far better than their attempt to define it . |
| 4 | The interpretation which perhaps makes most sense of people 's answers is that their decisions seem to be based first on a desire to pay off quickly , and second ( in modification of this ) on how high an instalment they can afford — rather than on interest rates or total cost . |
| 5 | Osburn 's points were that his fellow Englishmen in India , whose heartless behaviour towards Indians he described in some detail , failed to ‘ realize that the British Empire depends for its existence on obtaining the consent and the friendly co-operation of the races governed ’ , and that the demand for independence ‘ need never have arisen but for the arrogance and want of tact of a large percentage of Englishmen who , in one capacity or another , are resident in India ’ . |