Example sentences of "thing be [conj] [pron] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Look at the implications looking back over it when when Fire and Public Protection had produced their report , but certainly the things are and it 's quite clear that we all know this case in my particular the river has been constricted by some thoroughly bad planning decisions and development control districts and they 're paying them that the owners are paying the penalty for that erm reducing the ditches and er building over them and okay we 've got problems erm so er there are structure plan implications erm which I do n't I think we should miss and if we say that really building on a is a principle well then we should try it right into the structure plan or looking at local plans for approval that we actually look at this a little bit more carefully . |
| 2 | Yeah why Why was it that it was towards the end when things were that there was finally a play centre set up ra rather than actually erm in the earlier days ? |
| 3 | Now it may well be that the whole balance of things is that we 're generally okay for the moment but it seems to me that as time goes on and there 's a need to review plans and there 's a need to make further provision that it would be very very difficult indeed against a blanket policy as opposed to individual justifications around ind er individual settlements . |
| 4 | Be bec , the appalling thing is that they 're quite , they 're quite happy to spread this pain on those who are in the least position to burden it and they believe quite rightly and this , this is the I think , that exists between socialism and and and the Conservatism in that sense that whereas erm , you know opinion surveys bear out the fact that people are quite happy , those who can afford it to pay a little bit extra in terms of direct taxation for those service provisions , which are absolutely vital and these surveys have been conducted in public and they have been made quite er er open to the press , er , just before the last election particularly for the health authority and so forth . |
| 5 | The important thing is that they 're very arbitrary . |
| 6 | The sad thing is that there 's probably little we can do about it now . |
| 7 | It 's really , to say that you , the very obvious thing is that there 's only a sort of a certain amount of quality hours in a day whereby selling is perhaps better . |
| 8 | But the sad thing is that there was absolutely no return . |
| 9 | The infuriating thing is that he is always right . ’ |
| 10 | The upsetting thing is that I am not going to get any real Sheffield Shield cricket to get back into enough form to earn a Test before this summer is over . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ The great thing is that I 'm not feeling any pressure with my bowling any more . |
| 12 | ‘ The ridiculous thing is that I was n't remotely attracted to Karen . |
| 13 | The important thing is that you 're here — with me . ’ |
| 14 | The important thing is that you 're here . |
| 15 | but I think the other thing is that it 's just a question of the people in our business supposed to be being professional communicators |
| 16 | The thing is that it 's obviously genuine sentiment and that 's why I like The Smiths . |
| 17 | ‘ The silly thing is that it was n't painful , not at all . |
| 18 | thing is but I 'm pretty sure I can identify it |
| 19 | Anyway , the important thing is not whether people believe in something or not — the important thing is whether it 's actually true or not . |
| 20 | Yes , I mean the other thing is if we are absolutely honest , which we should n't be with a microphone in front of us but , if we 're absolutely honest , you know this , this is a bit of work that we 're trying to make simple |
| 21 | No I , the other thing is if we 're out here , I do n't know what to do about this lamp for the bedside , I mean I do n't know that I need it and it 's another ten pounds is n't it ? |
| 22 | The thing is if they 're still in it it 's even better is n't it ? |
| 23 | It 's easier , it 's the easiest thing is when there is n't a number in sight , when it 's all letters . |
| 24 | In B Division , the discipline was about the worst in the force — the thing was that it was not a bad pay-packet plus there was the pension at the end — a big item . |
| 25 | The only thing was that it was n't Noreen . |
| 26 | The only surprising thing was that it was all less irksome than he had imagined . |
| 27 | You know , I think the thing was that he was out of date , and by the time he wrote the second book he knew it . |
| 28 | ‘ The great thing was that there was hardly any money in contemporary art in those days . |