Example sentences of "it be that [pers pn] [vb base] " in BNC.

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1 who else could it be that we know , you know ?
2 Could it be that we encourage more of the public to buy books ?
3 Could it be that they do not have the stomach for the hard grind which seems to be necessary to pick up those all important computer points ?
4 ‘ Might it be , I 'm only hazarding a guess , you realize that , but might it be that they want you to get them out here again ? ’
5 At the time of her conversion , she was sometimes ecstatic with love ; on one occasion she returned home , and was so on fire with love which God had manifested to her that all she could utter was : ‘ O Love , can it be that thou hast called me with so much love , and revealed to me , at one view , what no tongue can describe ? ’ — Von Hugel .
6 Can it be that you condone his actions ?
7 ‘ Can it be that you do not remember me , Mikhail ? ’ he pleaded .
8 Can it be that you have no idea of the power a young , nubile girl can exercise over a young , impressionable male ? ’
9 I do n't know whether it 's that we want much , too much
10 If we go to an exhibition together we find that we like the same paintings ; so I think it 's that we have an empathy in our way of painting , in the whole attitude to painting .
11 Mostly it 's that they do n't travel well , whatever flightcases you use .
12 It 's that they have equal decisions , really so you ca n't say .
13 It 's not so much that , it 's that I prefer my cooking to your cooking .
14 I think you 're , you 're often asked to do reactive tasks when I 've done all my tasks , you know I 've got all my staff doing this , and then I 've got to help down on the shopfloor , and it 's not that I 'm doing something that I 'm , you know , I should be doing as a manager , it 's that I 've done all of mine , and I 'm going out to give them a hand .
15 It 's that I do n't want it .
16 It 's that I think you 're gay !
17 It 's that you 've got to put on , so
18 So a lot of , a lot of the problems with some of the areas of the work is because you do it so infrequent it 's not that you ca n't do it , it 's that you feel
19 You , you ha you establish a rapport of listening for a little while to whatever it is that they 've got to say , and their troubles and their anxieties and I was n't happy that
20 Today we were close enough to the front of the plane to have a newspaper in English , and not have to settle for one printed in a strange dialect of Latvian ( or whatever it is that they use for those that are always left at the end ) .
21 The only really naff thing about it is that they serve John Smith 's bitter , but their Guinness was great , so no probs .
22 I mean we can Toyota can produce , you know , sufficient Corollas or whatever it is that they make at Derby erm , to sat to satisfy the whole of the world market for that particular car , just from one plant .
23 However desirable it is that they receive training , many do not see it as a practical proposition .
24 But whatever it is that they seek , this Chinese martial art will , somewhere along the road of disciplined training , provide it .
25 It is not that people need to change or be ‘ cured ’ ; it is that they need to pursue their thoughts to their logical conclusion and from there make decisions on the basis of what they have discovered about themselves .
26 But the main thing that came out of it is that they need from us er the client reports .
27 Yeah find out , I mean exactly sort of trying to find out exactly what it is that they want to think about , suggest , you know
28 Er the goods that what , not goods that we want to give them like junk food and ludicrous fashions , to find out what it is that they want this of equipment and no , and do n't forget the know-how , I mean we are , we have a hell of a Know-how in this country which is not being used .
29 It is not that academic critics make a conscious effort to imitate their colleagues in the sciences , it is that they have come to adopt their concept of knowledge , and its professional servicing and supportive structures .
30 Equally , the discomfort associated with gonorrhoea is usually of a greater order , and men who have suffered repeated attacks of both infections can usually tell which infection it is that they have on any given occasion .
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