Example sentences of "[pers pn] be that [pron] are " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I 'm saying to you is that you are |
| 2 | It says dear Mr and Mrs due to turnover of stocks we regret that we are that there are no mini hi-fis . |
| 3 | for me and I think it might be rather than just record an apology for her absence , I think we should just put in something , just to say that we 're that we are very sad |
| 4 | They are that they are that , because I tell you what it is , I do n't know |
| 5 | I think they 're under a great pressure and you know th I think it 's erm you know , quite amazing really , that people survive as well as they do , given the pressures they 're that they are under . |
| 6 | Similarly , in the case of the universe , could it be that we are living in a region that just happens by chance to be smooth and uniform ? |
| 7 | Could it be that they are discriminating unfairly against a gipsy family ? |
| 8 | Could it be that there are many doctors not working because even in general practice part time opportunities are sparse ? |
| 9 | So how can it be that there are such enormous variations between different parts of Kent ? |
| 10 | Could it be that you are just a little bit jealous of The Great White North — a society , after all , rather less divisive and certainly more prosperous than decaying , decadent Britain ? |
| 11 | Or could it be that you are deft and capable in practical ways ( needed by a care assistant in social service , or as a nursing aide ) ? |
| 12 | Or could it be that you are too frightened to own up to your own emotional weaknesses ? ’ |
| 13 | It is that they are not talking because they see no way to settle their differences . |
| 14 | ‘ If there is a fault at the moment , it is that they are a bit too élite and cliquey . |
| 15 | The more comparable writers we study , the less likely it is that they are out of step with the norm of the language rather than Swift . |
| 16 | It is that they are so flexible , so accommodating , especially in some of the newer forms . |
| 17 | Or stood in despair as your children big or little , carry on ignoring your repeated demands that they stop whatever undesirable thing it is that they are doing ? |
| 18 | The reason they do not like it is that they are so sensitive about it . |
| 19 | But part of their argument as I see it is that they are trying to seek to minimize the impact er in terms of unemployment levels by shifting the structure er and trying to well possibly counter the effects of a fallout in the primary sector . |
| 20 | The method concerns itself both with what the underlying unit actually is , and also with how likely it is that we are observing a real effect rather than some random one . |
| 21 | In verses three to five the psalmist reminds us who it is that we are coming to . |
| 22 | Our eyes do not wander randomly around the page when we are reading , but certain sorts of words are fixated more often than others ( O'Regan , 1979 ) , and this means that we must know in advance of a fixation where it is that we are going to look next . |
| 23 | ‘ It is that we are closely linked , you and I , my love . ’ |
| 24 | Friday twenty eighth of June passes without incident apart from a quick visit from the local constabulary asking us to consider what a dangerous stunt it is that we are trying to pull . |
| 25 | ‘ We have to ask ourselves what it is that we are really trying to do with the $66.8 billion we spend on health care ? |
| 26 | If there is any criticism of this super volume it is that there are not enough explanatory captions . |
| 27 | It is that there are no unambiguous criteria with which to judge the contribution that different administrative activities make to some final goal or set of values . |
| 28 | You must describe to yourself precisely what behaviour it is that you are going to observe . |
| 29 | Each causes you to observe what it is that you are trying to remember . |
| 30 | " The important thing is to know what it is that you are dying for " , noted Nizan in 1935 . |