Example sentences of "be [vb pp] that this was " in BNC.
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| 1 | All that might be allowed for in this context was that individual cases might be considered if I particularly pressed " , and it has to be added that this was in full accordance with the AFHQ instruction of 7 March which stated that " it is not the policy of she British Government to encourage any of those persons who become a British responsibility to put forward claims that they are NOT Soviet Citizens " . |
| 2 | Easily Accessible : If you are not keen on Shakespeare , Stratford may not be the place for you — nearly everywhere you go you will be reminded that this was his birthplace . |
| 3 | Of course , it could be claimed that this was the same thing as : but it has been pointed out that the two versions are different in several ways . |
| 4 | It can be seen that this was essentially the plan put forward by Stirling in his original submission for the attack . |
| 5 | It can be seen that this was a way of ‘ blaming the victim ’ : it seems as though the young person had failed to find a job because they had not filled in the application form properly or were too untidy , rather than because there were not enough jobs . |
| 6 | It might be said that this was , in part , because the elected government of President Salvador Allende did not command sufficient support for its radical programme . |
| 7 | For those who missed his performance in They Came And Ate Us it must be said that this was n't a very nice demon at all . |
| 8 | It may be argued that this was not a new concept of the basic function of monarchy ; perhaps so . |
| 9 | It could be argued that this was a violation of the satyāgrahi 's moral duty not to coerce his opponent or to take advantage of his weakness and vulnerability . |
| 10 | It could be argued that this was hastened in London by the Great Plague of 1665 when the familiar sight of cartloads of corpses contrasted with the decency and sanitary advantage of encoffining the dead . |
| 11 | Taken in conjunction with the tax benefits owner occupiers receive ( see Chapter 13 ) it can be argued that this was a major economic distortion . |
| 12 | It could be argued that this was so because the individualist Hobbesian anarchism which formed the theoretical model of the bourgeois economy provided no basis for any form of social organisation , including that of the family . |
| 13 | It might be thought that this was a natural consequence of the popularity of great artists , but in fact the economics of publishing result in some bizarre decisions about art books . |
| 14 | It may be thought that this was a remarkably small price to pay for the opening up of our democratic processes to the public . |
| 15 | It used to be thought that this was temporary diabetes resulting from the stress of infarction , but present data suggest that these patients have undiagnosed diabetes before infarction ( Husband et al , 1983 ; Oswald et al , 1984 ) . |
| 16 | It might be thought that this was an essential part of the cuckoo 's deception — that by leaving the same number of eggs in the nest , the cuckoo might fool the host bird into thinking that nothing had happened . |
| 17 | It might be thought that this was essentially a matter for the internal law of State A , the forum State . |
| 18 | However , I would net wish it to be thought that this was necessarily a unique example . |
| 19 | No doubt we shall be told that this was exactly what General Schwarzkopf planned . |
| 20 | She did n't need to be told that this was Claudine because the newcomer swept up to Alain and bent to kiss his cheek with an air of one who was quite accustomed to his undivided attention . |
| 21 | So it began to be asserted that this was a social service , and that there was something inherently reasonable and even laudable about subsidising the price of rented house-room — though how it could be reasonable or laudable to reduce by arbitrary and locally varying amounts the rents of an arbitrarily selected minority of families who have no common economic or other characteristic , is something which no one to this day has attempted to explain . |
| 22 | On the other hand though , it must be noted that this was an important phase of feminist film-making because it established a foothold in Britain for avant-garde work , extending an already existing interest in ( and audience for ) the films of continental women directors such as Agnes Varda and Marguerite Duras . |
| 23 | In fact , said Mr Liley , some companies in the field had tried this , but the customers had let it be known that this was not what was wanted . |
| 24 | She let it be known that this was a cause she would wish to be supported and therefore we intend to open a Fund for a period of six months from 1st March — 1st September at the end of which time the Society will donate the money to the hospital in Molly 's name . |
| 25 | It has to be admitted that this was observed from long range , an unsatisfactory two-dimensional experience but nevertheless valuable as a guide to England 's immediate potential . |
| 26 | ‘ But given the nature of his activities it can not be excluded that this was a political attack . ’ |
| 27 | The Queen , he said , should not be put off by any oddity of manner but could be assured that this was a man of great learning , deep human sympathy , and outstanding pastoral gifts . |