Example sentences of "that [be] [that] it [is] " in BNC.

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1 However , the predicate displays at least one of the characteristics of a semantic dependant , and that is that it is expected to bring to the construction semantic traits not encapsulated in the subject ; furthermore , in cases of pleonasm , it is the predicate whose specificity must be increased to achieve normality :
2 and that is that it is
3 never , no , and that is that it is constrained by a very tight village envelope which has actually just been defined and statutorily approved as an alteration to the rural areas local plan erm , and th the effect of that village envelope is to limit the possible amount of development to I would say no more than three or four hundred house .
4 The reason for that is that it is we are operating in a in an environment of planning policy restraint .
5 The only problem with that is that it 's not necessarily going to be accepted .
6 ( All you can say about that is that it 's a change from bagpipes . )
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