Example sentences of "be [adj] [be] [that] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Patten said later : ‘ The important thing as far as I am concerned is that it looks as if we are going to have a Conservative government . |
| 2 | An argument frequently advanced for being consistent is that it is fairer on other people , they know what to expect and ‘ where they stand ’ . |
| 3 | Part of being selective is that it is also necessary to simplify the world in order to try to see more clearly just what a discipline can say about aspects of the world . |
| 4 | Where the Good Housekeeping diet is different is that it is more than just a diet . |
| 5 | The reason why Excel is different is that it distinguishes between a making an investment and borrowing money . |
| 6 | What is clear is that it is social activities — such as the provision of kindergartens , youth clubs and advice centres — which would be hit first by any change to the levy . |
| 7 | What is clear is that it evolved out of the neolithic Cretan religion and that the religion of the classical Greeks at least in part grew out of it . |
| 8 | In our view , although the Code extends beyond the treatment of those in detention , what is clear is that it was intended to protect suspects who are vulnerable to abuse or pressure from police officers or who may believe themselves to be so . |
| 9 | What is clear is that it was by looking at these eastern arts , whose strict conventions embodied far more of nature than the near-abstract Geometric , that Greek artists were able to break from that and establish a comparable style of their own . |
| 10 | It is unlikely that any of us could remember the first time we saw our own reflection ( mirrors often form part of toys aimed at very small babies , such as activity mats or cot toys , and there are , of course , lakes , kettles and other possibilities for reflection ) ; what is likely is that it was a member of our family ( probably our mother ) who told us : ‘ That 's you , that 's what you look like ’ . |
| 11 | The reason why a search of premises which is not authorised by law is illegal is that it involves the tort of trespass to those premises : and any trespass , whether to land or goods or the person , that is made without legal authority is prima facie illegal . |
| 12 | One way in which modern history is distinctive is that it deals with societies which are increasingly aware of such facts as these , and therefore try to come to terms with them . |
| 13 | What is extraordinary is that it is taking off in England — the land of the Stiff Upper Lip , where the primary emotion often seems to be fear of embarrassment . |
| 14 | What is disturbing is that it is typical of a new intolerance against whistle-blowers that raises serious questions about free speech . |
| 15 | A further and very different way in which Figure 9 is incomplete is that it deals only with the processing of words and has nothing to say about the processing of non-words . |
| 16 | What 's certain is that it will cost some promoter a lot of money . |
| 17 | What is significant is that it was universally believed , because , like a fairy tale , it embodies a profound truth . |
| 18 | What was crucial here as far as Chicago was concerned was that it could now boast a movie theatre as good as anything in New York and that the movies had been decisively disassociated from ‘ immoral ’ ragtime music by now being coupled with the Symphony . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , what was important was that it occurred because Leeds were caught out ( again ) at the back and Jones was thundering in . |