Example sentences of "be that what [pron] " in BNC.

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1 It may be that what we are protecting children from is not so much the awful consequences of their ignorant decisions but of the burden of responsibility for those decisions which children are not yet ready to bear and which , for entirely non-political reasons , we can not choose to impose upon them .
2 But it may be that what we do is is as you say that we Does that guidance thing give general broad headings ?
3 And it might be that what we 've got to do is t is to change that to perhaps include P Way .
4 Of course you w of course you would Of course you would and it may be that what you will have to say is , Well look , erm I gave you the four per cent on the on the precision types and that that really has to stay , but by the time we by the time we 've done all the analysis on the er on the popular metrics , it will work out that it is is is only two per cent .
5 The riposte must be that what it is coming to is that it is now technically possible to perform that operation , and naturally a huge demand for it has developed .
6 Could it be that what he was feeling was a kind of envy , in the sense that he 'd brought her here , to a place that he felt he 'd made his own , and in a matter of weeks she 'd already grown closer to it than he could ever hope to be ?
7 It may be that what he 's said in court is purely something to get back at you and he does n't really mean it .
8 Erm it may be that what he said in court was purely bluff .
9 Laying the neeps is that what they called it ?
10 My feeling is that what we ought to do is preserve areas of countryside without having to have this excuse for doing it .
11 The implication is that what we really need is a properly enforced SSAP 6 approach .
12 The point is that what we have in the life business is a cash flow statement , and no p&l account .
13 The thing is that what we need and what 's missing from this is in fact the balance that was available at the time we started this period .
14 No no and we even if we were offered them we would n't take them because the logic of the thing is that what we 're trying to show is a medieval house as it looked when it was nearly new .
15 The worst thing for my son is that what he would like to do more than anything else in all the world is to be able to read like other people .
16 The stock objection to Locke 's identification of the ‘ idea ’ that is the meaning of the word ‘ pain' with the ‘ idea ’ , the feeling or sensation , that is caused in us when we eat too much manna is that what someone needs , in order to be able to use the word ‘ pain' meaningfully , is not pain , but the concept ‘ pain' .
17 The fact is that what you pay for is instant accuracy — but not really convenience .
18 You 're wanting to produce a certificate for the kids is that what you 're talking about ?
19 Hello well my own name 's Elizabeth of Dalvaine Glen Ayloch is that what you mean ?
20 ROBBIE Is that what you think of me ?
21 Files is that what you said ?
22 They wo n't be all for it , Amy is that what you want ?
23 Yes it 's such a disgrace , is that what you 're saying ?
24 Keith is that what you 'd , yes , got him , yes
25 It 's steamed up between the layers is that what you 're looking at .
26 One long conversation , you can use different parts of that one long conversation is that what you say ?
27 That 's actually a times , multiply , so what you do is that N times that bracket times N times that bracket and then the whole lot is square rooted I 'll come on to that shortly Another way of thinking about erm the product moment correlation is that what it 's doing , it 's putting the line of best bet through the data .
28 Do you smell another little dog is that what it is ?
29 An irony of the Budget was that what it gave with one hand it took away with the other .
30 I will because Mr Mayor I think that councillor started off his response to this by talking about ghettos and a lot of differences between the better off and the worst off and I , the feeling I got from his speech was that what he was actually driving at was he was attempting to perpetuate the class distinction that the Labour party have been so bound up with over the years .
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