Example sentences of "it [be] that this " in BNC.

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1 Could it be that this underlying sense of obligation has weakened over time ?
2 Could it be that this was what he could not get from Bella ?
3 In early ethnic models of settlement origin it was assumed that this was a Celtic pattern of settlement , but could it be that this pattern in fact represents the oldest arrangements in the landscape ?
4 How could it be that this one man made her feel like this ?
5 The pity of it is that this happens to be as beautiful a cat as the Sphynx is ugly .
6 And the worst of it is that this disturbing new trend has extended beyond the mall and into the magazine .
7 How refreshing it is that this year 's number one is Whitney Houston 's I Will Always Love You .
8 M my view about this is that it 's it it is it is that this exercise is that it is er something which has been done very quickly and to my mind is not capable of providing the level of assessment that would be required .
9 And I as I understand the County Council 's justification , it is that this was what the Secretary of State changed it to in nineteen eighty seven .
10 Well , another way of putting it is that this might be an additional er policy that that would help us as well as er
11 But so it was that this Hungarian son of a would-be inventor moved towards his abiding preoccupation with scientific ideas .
12 In any case , the more Western defence planners began to think in terms of genuine forward defence in Europe against a Soviet attack , the more obvious it was that this could never be a realistic policy without a West German contribution .
13 Scotland were found sadly lacking in the attacking department , and so it was that this was again highlighted against the English back line .
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