Example sentences of "[conj] be [pron] [adv] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Are you regretting making love to me , ’ he grated , ‘ or are you only regretting that you made love to me instead of saving yourself for André ? ’ |
| 2 | It is not entirely clear whether these were improved native stock or were imported , nor is it conclusively proven that the Saxons brought the large type of red cattle to southern England , establishing the ancestors of the heavy modern red breeds now found in Devon , Sussex and Lincolnshire . |
| 3 | There is , so far as I know , no solid evidence for any of these beliefs ; nor is there much to show that the family is , in fact , changing in its significance within society or in its psychological implications for child upbringing , albeit that pressures upon it are increasing just as they are upon individuals by reason of the increasing complication and tempo of life in Western society . |
| 4 | Nor was it generally known that some newspapers had declined to accept such advertising on ethical grounds . |
| 5 | From Otto 's time on the ambition to be crowned emperor by the pope was an inevitable ambition for all German kings until long after the end of our period ; nor was it ever forgotten that this was in imitation of Charles . |
| 6 | There 's a lot of emphasis these days about individuals growing as individuals , but are you really saying that because women are obviously individuals they ought to be given the opportunity of growing in a way that they could only do if they had jobs ? |
| 7 | But is it enough to say that periods of structural change are marked by crises ? |