Example sentences of "[be] that [pron] have [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | May I start by saying how pleased I am that you have recognised Michael Buerk , Alistair Cooke and the Today programme team . |
| 2 | And I I think some of the lessons from Eastern Europe are that they have tried to go from one old system to a new system at an incredibly swift pace . |
| 3 | For example , there was a chap I knew who was in Simon House and the rules of the house are that you 've got to stay off the drink , and unfortunately he had a slip and went back on it . |
| 4 | If you ca n't find these three files then the chances are that someone has deleted then to save space . |
| 5 | She said : ‘ The strength of my country in recent years has been that we have had no coalition , just clear leadership , a clear majority and clear decisions . |
| 6 | One of the major criticisms of these previous theories has been that they have tended to see their subject matter ( that is , rule-breaking ) as straightforward and easily identifiable — crime being behaviour that breaks certain of the rules of society . |
| 7 | So single-minded had she been that she 'd forgotten the presence of Mike and this man . |
| 8 | Once he had hit her so hard when she would n't tell him where she 'd been that she had had concussion . |
| 9 | Or , perhaps , it may have been that she had married him . |
| 10 | The attraction of Lucas Simmonds had been that he had appeared to be confidently , unusually , happily " normal " , good friend , good sport , reliable leader , bright chap , blazer , flannels and smiling face . |
| 11 | One of these had been that he had suggested going to the Isle of Wight on holiday with the same friends , every year , self-catering . |
| 12 | Since then he has been seen by the right-wing as Maggie 's prince-in-waiting , but his skill has been that he has remained very much in favour with the Major Government where his ability and amiability won him respect . |
| 13 | So successful has the state system been that it has lost only about 1 per cent of its operations to a private competitor under the system of tendering for the provision of local passenger services that was also introduced by the 1988 rail reforms . |
| 14 | According to Carl Chilley , principal business services consultant , the problem with distributed computing has been that it has encouraged the development of technology for technology 's sake , without real thought as to how to implement it effectively in a business environment . |
| 15 | Their crime seemed to be that they had sung the song ‘ Hernando 's Hideaway ’ too loudly . |
| 16 | It could equally be that they had spotted my men following them and were attempting to shake them off . ’ |
| 17 | It may be that they have developed new sensitivities to foods , or that they are becoming chemical-sensitive . |
| 18 | It may be that they have discussed the matter with other witnesses , or even the opposition , and reconsidered their evidence . |
| 19 | It may be that they have been healed ; it may be that they have known the manifest presence of God as the church has drawn near to him in worship . |
| 20 | It may be that they have found a way to train humans . |
| 21 | So again perhaps tied in our prices , it might be that we 've assumed that we 'd do more , perhaps than the other groups . |
| 22 | It may not be that we have become too sophisticated but that we are so confused we seek salvation even from out there . |
| 23 | The hypothesis appears to be that we have inherited from our animal ancestors the habit of discrimination , but have added an additional criterion , namely the conscious calculation of relatedness , to the criteria of propinquity , and perhaps physical and biochemical similarity , used by animals . |
| 24 | It may be that we have upset someone and a rift exists . |
| 25 | And somewhere in there it may be that something 's got to give perhaps . |
| 26 | He had watched until the night nurse had left the office and now he was as sure as he could be that she had gone below for a meal . |
| 27 | Could it be that she had retraced her steps , worked out that the house was Littlecote and the perpetrator of this heinous crime was Darrel ? |
| 28 | Could n't it be that she had needed to loathe him so that she could smother the awakening of her real feelings for him ? |
| 29 | And best of all the pictures that flew through her mind so happily as she jolted onwards was Michael Swinton 's gratitude and delight , how touched he would be that she had thought of him , how she would seem to him like some sort of Christmas spirit , glittering in a thousand jewels , her arms laden with bounty … |
| 30 | Mm , it might be that she 's got |