Example sentences of "that be [conj] we [vb base] " in BNC.

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1 We made two hundred and forty five pounds on Thriller of the Year one hundred and nineteen pounds on Tea for Two but that is after we 've made the three hundred pounds donation to Whiston Hospital we made a thousand and eighteen pounds on the panto Wuthering Heights we lost four hundred and nine pounds , but that was basically that we do costume plays and have to hire the erm fixtures and set pieces from Wrightsons or wherever we 're always going to be in this position and I think it 's the tradition of the Garrick that we continue to do them , and I think we have to accept that we may have losses in future on those particular erm things .
2 And the reason for that is that we ask you to do three things when you get in front of the advertiser having got his commitment .
3 The consequence of that is that we 've seen a continuation of road-building schemes which have caused considerable damage to the countryside , devastated communities and have no real hope of soaking up the so-called demand for new roads .
4 I think there 's a third fact that you touched on earlier that I think it 's just worth mentioning and that is that we know it 's also a genetic pre-disposition to anorexia nervosa , in other words , we know that in certain families it is a disorder that will run from one generation to another .
5 ‘ I think the reason for that is that we spend about 45 minutes hitting balls on the range and 10 minutes putting before we tee off .
6 The short answer to that is that we do n't know .
7 The reason for that is that we do all our selling on the phone .
8 The reason why we 're less familiar with that is that we have a secret ballot and so there is no way of knowing how someone has cast their vote , and so there 's no way of effectively forcing someone to cast their vote one way or another .
9 You know , you can grow bananas in Scotland if you want , the reason why you can do that is that we have the technological know-how in order to do that .
10 Oh sorry erm we are expect the business this year to break even it broke even last year , erm and the reason for that is that we have expanded business very rapidly , last year we had only thirty five stores this year we 'll have fifty and we will probably have a similar sort of expansion programme for next year .
11 Now he does n't actually make the concession I think it 's consistent of what he says , that he ought to concede that direct democracy might be better at improving the citizens , because after all the citizens have much more to do on in service of the state but his view is that direct democracy has the opposite failure to guardianship , that while it might be better at improving citizens it 's absolutely hopeless in managing the affairs of the state and his reasons for that is that we need experts with experience in order to carry out the affairs of government and although these people ought ultimately to be held responsible to the people , people should n't sit in judgment them in every one of their decisions .
12 But I think there 's something more important than funding that was realised at that Conference between Eastern and Western Local Authorities and that is that we need to be there to assist because we can assist .
13 I have had my own opinion confirmed with the advice from the business convenor and the vice convenor , and that is that we determine that this is in fact a counter motion that you have spoken to because it is against the spirit of the deliverance .
14 Christians usually think that they have nothing to learn from other religions , but that is because we confuse beliefs and practices .
15 That is because we 've given them good service over the past three years .
16 Yes , and that is because we have an approved structure plan which indicates the general extent of the greenbelt , and we 're not talking here about an inner boundary or an outer boundary , we 're concerned with a pre-standing settlement .
17 That is if we get a tail wind , ’ Ian explained .
18 The point is adequately made if we restrict gene values to single figures , that is if we allow them to range from -9 to +9 .
19 That 's before we 've even accepted them .
20 And that 's because we tend to prejudge who will or will not go in .
21 And that 's because we 've got the the balance of the first year 's payment .
22 The effects of rabies are little known in Britain , that 's because we 've been virtually free of the disease since quarantine regulations were introduced in nineteen twenty two .
23 That 's because we 've been playing .
24 He 's a sharp operator , adept at playing the angles , continually bouncing gags off the course of a meandering conversation which takes in flotation tanks ( ’ They told me they wanted to recreate the conditions of the womb , but that 's all I need : some jerk in a white coat stabbing me with an ice-pick for half an hour ’ ) : Panama ( ’ Most American casualties over there were self-inflicted , but that 's because we have a lot of Hispanics in the armed services and some guys get confused ; some Hispanics in the armed services and some guys get confused ; some Hispanics shot themselves , they 're that loyal ’ ) ; even , somehow , the British motorway system ( ’ Driving up the M1 !
25 That 's because we have n't published it yet …
26 Fatty : That 's because we have n't .
27 That 's if we 've got it back !
28 That 's if we get a typewriter I will be gone !
29 That 's if we take any notice of them eh ?
30 That 's if we take any notice of them
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