Example sentences of "it be [conj] we [am/are] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , in the case of the universe , could it be that we are living in a region that just happens by chance to be smooth and uniform ? |
| 2 | Myers continues : ‘ Hopefully , it 's not that we 're stupid , it 's that we 're naive and uninitiated . |
| 3 | So in that sense , it 's that we 're incestuous . |
| 4 | It 's that we 're struggling on . |
| 5 | It 's because we are not flying in just one direction . |
| 6 | ‘ I imagine , Professor Summerfield , ’ his voice floated back to them , ‘ that it 's because we are under surveillance , and in any case we can only go in one direction — oh . ’ |
| 7 | But to get why when er why we want to pay your commission and er it it 's because we are looking for three pieces of paper |
| 8 | ‘ It could develop that way , and if it does it 's because we 're not treating the parents properly . ’ |
| 9 | It 's because we 're investing a lot of capital expenditure to put right some years of neglect I might say . |
| 10 | Perhaps you think it 's because we 're saddled with a corrupt and inefficient police force directed by politically biased career judges lacking any practical training whatsoever . |
| 11 | And yet does n't Shetland does n't seem so difficult to un maybe it 's because we 're Orcadian but Shetland does n't seem to be so difficult to understand for somebody outside than Orcadian is I wonder why ? |
| 12 | ‘ It 's because we 're about to declare a state of emergency , ’ Charity responded drily . |
| 13 | It 's because we 're like this — because of our people — that Courtaulds is successful . |
| 14 | It 's because we 're at loggerheads , Rosie . |
| 15 | It 's when we 're going to take it in the kitchen and put it away when we 've finished . |
| 16 | The method concerns itself both with what the underlying unit actually is , and also with how likely it is that we are observing a real effect rather than some random one . |
| 17 | In verses three to five the psalmist reminds us who it is that we are coming to . |
| 18 | Our eyes do not wander randomly around the page when we are reading , but certain sorts of words are fixated more often than others ( O'Regan , 1979 ) , and this means that we must know in advance of a fixation where it is that we are going to look next . |
| 19 | ‘ It is that we are closely linked , you and I , my love . ’ |
| 20 | Friday twenty eighth of June passes without incident apart from a quick visit from the local constabulary asking us to consider what a dangerous stunt it is that we are trying to pull . |
| 21 | ‘ We have to ask ourselves what it is that we are really trying to do with the $66.8 billion we spend on health care ? |
| 22 | Right , so if it gives of If you heat it in er and it gives of carbon dioxide , have a guess at what it is that we 're heating ? |
| 23 | Make a comment on stage even , for Christ 's sake , about how sad it is that we 're staring down the barrel of a gun at a fuck of a lot of young corpses , widowed wives and fatherless children ? |
| 24 | Couple of points though about this erm , how the parish council is recognized within the organization because it 's important and that did our day as well and , I suppose in a way it 's the one , one or so positive things out of this that we kind of latch on to , that the communication part is important and erm there may be others that feel the same way that we 're not actually communicating what it is that we 're doing , so , so maybe |
| 25 | Make a comment on stage even , for Christ 's sake , about how sad it is that we 're staring down the barrel of a gun at a fuck of a lot of young corpses , widowed wives and fatherless children ? |
| 26 | Erm , what we 'd like to know for for all of our sake 's really , is who we are , and where we 're from , what we 're doing here , how long have we been doing whatever it is that we 're doing here , erm where we come from , a little bit abo about our history , and any details , usual points , that you just Er , my name 's David . |
| 27 | It is whether we are prepared to destroy the tripartite system that has been developed in this country since the passing of the Municipal Corporations Act of eighteen thirty five and the Local Government Act of eighteen eighty eight , for make no mistake about it Clause two of this Bill effectively destroys the careful balance that has been developed over more than a century between chief officers , local police authorities and the Home Secretary . |
| 28 | twelfth I think it is and we 're gon na get such a bomb ! |
| 29 | And the the reasons for it is because we 're it 's the sort of by far the most solid concentration of our our actual members and likely supporters . |
| 30 | Perhaps it is because we are so aware of the unsatisfactory nature of so much of contemporary church life that we are so reluctant to define our evangelistic goal in terms of disciples made . |