Example sentences of "[verb] be that [pron] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the major criticisms of these previous theories has been that they have tended to see their subject matter ( that is , rule-breaking ) as straightforward and easily identifiable — crime being behaviour that breaks certain of the rules of society . |
| 2 | She said : ‘ The strength of my country in recent years has been that we have had no coalition , just clear leadership , a clear majority and clear decisions . |
| 3 | Since then he has been seen by the right-wing as Maggie 's prince-in-waiting , but his skill has been that he has remained very much in favour with the Major Government where his ability and amiability won him respect . |
| 4 | According to Carl Chilley , principal business services consultant , the problem with distributed computing has been that it has encouraged the development of technology for technology 's sake , without real thought as to how to implement it effectively in a business environment . |
| 5 | ‘ What matters is that she has given us the most glorious production we have ever had at Hochhauser . |
| 6 | ‘ What matters is that I have signed a class international player who can score goals , a player who could become a giant at Old Trafford . |
| 7 | What you do know is that it has caused you considerable hurt and pain . |
| 8 | The worst thing Lagerfeld can find to say of those who transgress is that they have behaved in an ‘ uneducated ’ manner . |
| 9 | Once he had hit her so hard when she would n't tell him where she 'd been that she had had concussion . |
| 10 | The only sense in which the legislature can be properly said to have authorised these things to be done is that it has enabled the Poor Law Board to order , and the managers to do them , if , and when , and where , they can obtain by free bargain and contract the means of doing so . |
| 11 | When Cain made his feelings known , the only explanation he received was that he had to master his sin before God would be impressed with him . |
| 12 | The suggestion I 've had is that we have got held in the budgets erm land acquisition , I mean it may be that we actually pool this the , the new land acquisition after the centenary , which might be erm a way of recognizing the centenary of the , of the parish council . |
| 13 | Then the other argument as I can see is that they 've led me to believe , I don I know you said that it 's automatic twelve month ban , but we just accepted that because I was led to believe that my job was safe . |
| 14 | So I , I , I think that er one of the , the comforting things which er I c I can see is that she has grown in self confidence , not cockiness , self confidence . |
| 15 | The only thing I want to hear is that they 've called it off . |
| 16 | Now , erm , the situation there was that my vicar came to see me and , erm , what happened was that we 've got three churches well luckily , one of them only has about twelve in it another has eighty and another sixty and he said well what did he do about Rushdie ? |
| 17 | What really happened was that he had to climb a length of rope which had mattresses underneath it so that at the end of each take he could simply drop to the ground in safety . |
| 18 | Let me tell you the word there spreading is that you have vowed to kill all everybody . |
| 19 | He said : ‘ All I know is that we 've signed him on a playing contract for four years and we 're delighted to have him back . |
| 20 | All I know is that I 've felt a mite sadder every time an indie distributor like Making Waves or Red Rhino have hit the dust . |
| 21 | you know was that they 'd got results which they could n't sort of like apply |
| 22 | The last they heard was that he had gone over the wall for two years . |
| 23 | ‘ The last thing I heard was that she 'd gone to America and married some newspaper magnate twice her age . |
| 24 | Or , perhaps , it may have been that she had married him . |
| 25 | So that when you introduce yourself , you are seen as a haulier , was the phrase you used , er , and we , we 'd all need to spend an awful lot of time and an awful lot of effort into raising ourselves above that image , I mean there 's nothing wrong with being a haulier , all I 'm saying is that we have to raise ourselves above that image . |
| 26 | No they 're not the realities , because what we 're saying is that we have to modernize the policies of the Labour Party , but the policies are absolutely based in our traditional concerns , I mean , let me give you an example , when Beveridge was talking about unemployment , and the life long need for people to work , he was talking about a male workforce , where it was a man supported by a non-working wife , now we still have at the absolute heart of our concerns in the Labour Party peoples need to work , but we 're now talking about a situation , where women are sharing with their husbands the role of bed breadwinner , and in many families the woman is the sole breadwinner , and therefore our policies about employment and the economy recognize that the world has changed , our principles are the same , but the world to which we 're applying it is very different , and , again , on that you see there would be no distinction between the so-called traditionalists and the so-called modernizers . |
| 27 | What the doctor is saying is that he had to continue treatment , because it was right to do so as a matter of public policy . |
| 28 | I mean , what I 'm saying is that I 've come across many of dem who try to speak the Jamaican language , er , the Jamaican Patois , but how they speak it is totally different , becau' they 've got the English accent , and um , dey , becau' they 've got the English accent they try to speak the Jamaican local Patois the same way and in doin' so it sounds really terrible you know it sort of sounds you know it 's really funny . |
| 29 | In fac I , from what I understand is that you 've got a problem with shortage of workload . |
| 30 | What it does mean is that he had made it plain that he intended a legal relationship to exist between two persons ( soon to become trustee and beneficiary ) . |