Example sentences of "be that [pron] had [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A limitation of our study is that we had baseline data on smoking for only a few of the subjects and could not completely control for the potentially confounding effects of cigarette smoking . |
| 2 | Much remains to be learned of their activities , but what is certain is that they had converts in high places — notably Edward Wood ( of whom more anon ) , Leo Amery , and Lord Hailey of African Survey fame and immense Colonial Office influence — and that through their publication of a journal widely respected for its seriousness they kept before the eyes of the political establishment the idea of a new kind of empire . |
| 3 | Sentencing Ward to two-years ' probation , the judge said : ‘ A lot of the excuse for your behaviour is that you had problems with a woman . |
| 4 | What we were told about that your criminal record is that you had convictions for armed robbery and aggravated assault , is that out of the record that you were aware of is that correct ? |
| 5 | The argument is that he had power to enjoy so much of the income of Attleborough [ the overseas company ] as was spent in expenses , etc , so that by this route one arrives at a taxable amount of net income . |
| 6 | One slight advantage of all this was that nobody had time to consider the fate of L Detachment . |
| 7 | What is perhaps unusual for a family business was that we had members of the family at very different levels in the company . |
| 8 | But some of the astonishment was that we had Clark here resident in Edinburgh to show us in magnificent playing , the possibilities of this music . |
| 9 | I seem to remember that the first information I ever had about Ben was that he had measles ! |
| 10 | The device worked exactly as DeVore had said , but the truth was that he had access only to Tongjiang , and that only because Hans Ebert had been daring enough to take the thing in , risking the possibility that an over-zealous officer might search him , Tolonen 's favourite or no . |
| 11 | So tt and of course , the other thing I learnt there was that you had dinner the wrong way round , you did n't have your pudding first , to fill you up . . |
| 12 | What was unique about the BBC governors in the eighties was that you had Rees-Mogg as vice-chairman and Stuart Young as chairman — two open , committed supporters of the present Government . |