Example sentences of "being [adv] that " in BNC.

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1 Now , strangely , Spalding have come up with a ball which measures 1.717 but which they call simply a 1.72 — the legal requirement regarding size , as stipulated in Clause ( b ) of Appendix III of the Rules of Golf , being only that the diameter of the ball shall be not less than 1.680 inches ( 42.67mm ) .
2 She realizes that she is as yet too selfish to be truly creative and puts off her artistic endeavours for the time being so that she can first learn the more humble task of interpretation .
3 This conclusion was based on the premises that ( 1 ) it is the duty of the national court to ensure the legal protection which persons derive from the direct effect of a provision of Community law ; ( 2 ) article 30 was such a provision ; ( 3 ) if Wickes is right that section 47 of the Act of 1950 is incompatible with article 30 , it has a current right to open its stores for Sunday trading , and it is the duty of the national court to protect that right ; ( 4 ) in the absence of an undertaking in damages , Wickes will have been restrained from opening on Sundays , without any right to compensation ; ( 5 ) there is no need for this purpose to assess the strength of Wickes ' challenge to section 47 on the basis of article 30 , it being enough that the challenge is not without foundation : see [ 1991 ] 3 W.L.R. 985 , 993 , per Dillon L.J. , and pp. 999–1000 , per Mann L.J .
4 At the same time , criticisms which underlay le français fondamental have been made to illustrate the fact that such vocabulary selection , far from being all that linguists can contribute to the preparation of teaching materials , is still in a stage of development .
5 When my edication was finished , as they do say , I was took hum , seven months larning being all that my poor parents cud afford me , but I shall have to bless God to aull etarnity for that edication .
6 The definition of camp is as elusive as the sensibility itself , one reason being simply that there are different kinds of camp .
7 Ltd. v. Conservators of the River Thames ( 1899 ) 15 T.L.R. 474 Phillimore J. held that the steamship company was entitled to recover a charge for making use of the conservators ' pier facilities which was greater than that authorised by statute , the ground being simply that there was no consideration for the payment without any further reasoning .
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