Example sentences of "we [adv] [verb] be that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , when we say horrifying car crash what we really mean is that one of the two cars got a puncture and the other vehicle bashed into the back of them but you never know , it could have been worse . |
| 2 | When we have a hunch that somebody is telling lies , for instance , ‘ what we really mean is that their body language and their spoken words do not agree . ’ |
| 3 | A decision which has never had any legal effect can not be deprived of legal effect , and so when we say that certiorari quashes a decision which the decision-maker had no jurisdiction to make , what we really mean is that the order formally declares that from the moment it was purportedly made ( ‘ ab initio ’ ) the decision had no effect in law . |
| 4 | All we really claim is that such models may be useful in helping managers assess how much the value of the firm might be increased through investment in alternative locations on the portfolio grid . |
| 5 | It may be , of course , that what we really want is that some losses so caused should be compensated for if they result from illegal action , and some other losses compensated for regardless of whether they result from illegal action or not . |
| 6 | What we then see is that the hierarchy of use and need is itself directly related to the character of the organizing productive relations . |
| 7 | The answer we readily give is that it is significant because it sums up the gospel . |