Example sentences of "[be] [conj] [pron] [vb past] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 768 Alhred married Osgifu , daughter of King Oswulf ( 758–9 ) , presumably an attempt to strengthen the dynastic aspirations of both families by a judicious alliance , and the indications are that he made an effort to behave in a way appropriate to his new position . |
| 2 | ‘ For the railway monopolies , it has always been that they wanted the data network modernised . |
| 3 | Gaily 's quiet defence had always been that he liked a certain monotony . |
| 4 | The Irish Times quoted Craig as claiming that a reason for banning the march had been that it posed a threat to the United States military base in Derry : |
| 5 | Up to this point the only political significance of racism had been that it provided a divided work force for employers . |
| 6 | A disadvantage of team teaching , of course , has been that it required the teacher , normally an individualistic person accustomed to complete authority within the four walls of his classroom , to sink his authority and his subject speciality within a group . |
| 7 | The second could have been that whoever ordered the manuscript took seriously Rameau 's silly claim that the keyboard part was self-sufficient and that no one hearing a solo performance of this music would guess that anything was missing . |
| 8 | It was n't entirely true but it could very well have been and he showed no surprise . |
| 9 | It was not without its problems — co-operation between the individual producers was not always as effective as it might have been and it lacked a satisfactory system of ensuring that the quality of productions was kept uniformly high — but it was an influential scheme , and the bias towards the tape-slide medium amongst audio-visual teaching aids in the UK remains to this day . |
| 10 | Old-fashioned they may have been but they proved a point , which today 's deregulated TV stations would do well to heed , that what the public actually want to see is characterization , plot , and relationships . |
| 11 | It may be that they left the gate open when they went , and Joe just trotted out . ’ |
| 12 | In this case it would possibly be that they had the name of the subscriber but … |
| 13 | But may be that we had a description , want to get the description out to as many people as possible , to see if anybody recognizes the person described , er then we 'd come to you there , give you the description of the |
| 14 | You know it seemed to be that we had a working rule that had functioned reasonably well over the years and all of a sudden he was tearing up various paragraphs that did n't suit him , and altering bits you know and changing them round just to suit the company , and all to our disadvantage . |
| 15 | It may be that she commissioned the piece under the influence of the Norman history written for her brother Duke Richard II by Dudo of St Quentin , while some have thought it political propaganda intended to influence events after Cnut 's death . |
| 16 | It may well be that he took the place of Thomas Hitchcock who had been apprenticed to the same master nine years previously . |
| 17 | gentleman came to this house it seemed to be that he challenged the establishment and many of us welcomes that view it seemed to give a breath of fresh air , but now it seems to me that he 's become entirely institutionalised , can he explain that to the house ? |
| 18 | Secondly , he was a glaciologist and it may well be that he persuaded the pilot to swin' away to the east . |
| 19 | His problem seemed to be that he believed a Government could do exactly as it liked without taking public opinion into account . |
| 20 | An appropriate valedictory comment on W. C. T. might be that he underwent a dramatic rags-to-riches transformation , conveniently abandoning the Dissenting zeal of his ancestors in the process . |
| 21 | Could it be that someone had an interest in keeping it alive ? |
| 22 | The only possible explanation of this radiation , which corresponds to a temperature of about 3K ( 3 C° above the absolute zero of cold ) , seemed to be that it represented the residual energy left over from the Big Bang . |
| 23 | It can of course be no more than speculation to consider whether this total concern with instalment size makes people less likely to keep up conscientiously with the payments than they would be if they had a clear idea of their total commitment . |
| 24 | Or rather they would be if they had a side of slightly more than average demeanour . |
| 25 | ‘ And how would it be if we offered a slight reduction for buying the two tickets together ? |
| 26 | Just think how much of a better place school would be if EVERYONE loved the Jesus way ! |
| 27 | An obvious example would be if it reached a decision in flagrant breach of the rules of natural justice . |
| 28 | What would my attitude be if I had a difficult or long journey to work ? |
| 29 | The UK government measures the lead in tapwater that has been running for several minutes , as it would be if you had a bath in it , and not the first few pints or cupfuls , as you would use for cooking or making a cup of tea . |
| 30 | I mean , the only way you could do that would be if you had a till at one end and people bought whatever they wanted and were given a voucher and you walked down the other end and exchanged |