Example sentences of "[vb pp] be [adv] that " in BNC.

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1 The reason the process of telling the truth seems less complicated than I 've said is simply that we are n't conscious of most of the mental processes I 've been describing .
2 The reason that an extremely lenient criterion was adopted was simply that subjects generally gave very little detail about the situations they actually recalled correctly .
3 All of this should be easily understood when it is realised that the effect of the contract being avoided or frustrated is generally that the parties are no longer required to carry out the contract ; they are excused .
4 What is meant is really that it is not possible to learn to sign like a deaf person , i.e. without an ‘ accent ’ .
5 The other guideline which was issued was namely that of capital , where the a accepted the general guidelines which appeared in the county papers and as far as this Committee was concerned , would mean the general acceptance of all those items which appear in that the first year of that capital programme , subject to the proviso that the revenue contemplated and the benefits of the capital programme will be considered by Policy Panel in its forthcoming meeting .
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