Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] that it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're simply saying that it 's not been demonstrated that regeneration of West Yorkshire 's been taken into account . |
| 2 | There is an item about this joint staffing watch at item ten , which suggests that the government are also finding that it 's got limited use , and are suggesting that these returns should be completed on a different basis , and rather than quarterly , annually . |
| 3 | Whether the life sentence is regarded as a sufficient denunciation in society depends on the public 's perception of what life imprisonment means : if it is widely believed that it results in an average of nine years ' imprisonment , the effect will be somewhat blunted . |
| 4 | ( iv ) Differently , it seems difficult to accept that consciousness is tolerably conceived when it is so conceived that it follows that anything that can be regarded as passing through certain sequences of causal or logical states is conscious . |
| 5 | However , Brenda 's turn is so constructed that it starts in London English with a statement about what happened , and switches to Creole at " cause " ( which could be London English or Creole ) — precisely the point where she begins her explanation of why she acted in this way . |
| 6 | But if the entire building is so damaged that it has to be torn down and rebuilt , the landlord collects from his insurer to rebuild . |
| 7 | After Mrs Wordingham 's death later in 1989 , Mr Wordingham applied to the High Court for rectification of the will under s 20(1) ( a ) of the Administration of Justice Act 1982 , which states that ‘ if the court is satisfied that a will is so expressed that it fails to carry out the testator 's intentions , in consequence — ( a ) of a clerical error … it may order that the will shall be rectified so as to carry out his intentions … ‘ . |
| 8 | Filigree Street crosses its turnwise end in the manner of the crosspiece of a T , and the Broken Drum is so placed that it looks down the full length of the street . |
| 9 | If , however , a society is so divided that it contains within itself one or more permanent minorities , who know that on the issues that matter most to them they can never hope to get their way , precisely because of the operation of the majority principle , then that principle ceases to be adequate . |
| 10 | I think he 's finally admitting that it 's all had an effect on him . |
| 11 | Sir , the pond in D thirty nine has been shown to be a breeding place for the Great Crested Newt , but it is also known that it migrates to other ponds , several others , but does not necessarily breed there , but chooses at Skelton . |
| 12 | Though the Report could be interpreted as advocating an exchange rate union , it is now accepted that it recommends a currency union . |
| 13 | If a British multinational invests in plant abroad , it is often argued that it weakens British industry because the resources could have been used to invest in new production in the UK . |
| 14 | It is popularly assumed that it has medicinal benefits , but there is no evidence whatever to support this , and much evidence to the contrary . |
| 15 | It is sometimes thought that it does . |
| 16 | Whatever criticisms may be made of the STV there is no denying that it has proved viable in its own fashion in twenty-two general elections in the Republic of Ireland . |
| 17 | The need for war , then , was fairly generally accepted , although it was widely recognized that it brought destruction and death . |
| 18 | No organization claimed responsibility and it was widely speculated that it had been a mistake by ETA . |
| 19 | To uncouple , the tug drew away and the leg was so balanced that it dropped to earth by gravity : if this leg was , through any reason tight , and it failed to function , the trailer fell to the ground , and so cast its load . |
| 20 | By the end of the nineteenth-century , the biological model of sexuality was so constructed that it had become perfectly coherent to argue that excessive sexual desire in a woman was pathological . |
| 21 | It was so scarring that it dominated perceptions in Moscow for years to come . |
| 22 | In the textile industry a number of technical inventions produced an increase in output ; a way had been found of using coal , in the form of coke , to smelt iron ; and the steam engine was so improved that it provided a new source of power . |
| 23 | The Ethiopian Parliament was so exasperated that it passed a unanimous resolution in 1968 begging Emperor Hailé Sellassié not to visit Italy until the monument 's return . |
| 24 | It was only because it was repeatedly interrupted that it did not become all-pervasive , and ultimately intolerable . |