Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] be [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | My point is simply that once an ‘ emic ’ definition is attempted , we must go beyond looking for an ‘ essential ’ definition of an isolated concept , and discuss the whole structure of moral categories . |
| 2 | My point is simply that the decision to put something in other words is a decision about style , which like all decisions about style , is constrained by the search for relevance . |
| 3 | My point is merely that even if this is so , the fact remains that narrow neutrality is often all that is meant by ‘ neutrality ’ . |
| 4 | As Institute president Ian Plaistowe said very wisely in his letter to the Financial Times , we should work towards recording similar events in similar ways ; my point was simply that we do not want to record different things in similar ways , and that is where judgment will come in : for example , some securitisations are valid , others not . |
| 5 | My husband was right that nothing could exist on this planet . |
| 6 | My answer is immediately that we submit to our leaders , the bishops , and value highly their pastoral care . |
| 7 | After the Glasgow meeting , Mr Wallace said of the Convention 's prospects : ‘ My view is still that when this group tries to examine what is a realistic possibility , realistically we will not be able to embark on any major schemes . ’ |
| 8 | If they had been advised as to the necessity for clear offers in writing with terms set out from the bank , their case is that they would have taken that advice , they would have waited for the bank offer and if and when it had not been suitable for them they would not have exchanged and their case is also that er once things had gone er very badly wrong and they wanted to get out of the contract if they had been advised as to the way out er then er they would have been er of that , they would have served notice and they would have got out of the contract . |
| 9 | So where , as in Morgan , defendants claim that they believed the woman was consenting , because her husband ( who was present ) had told them that she enjoyed a struggle , their case is simply that they lacked the fault element required for the crime . |
| 10 | I ca n't believe knowing er some of the people who do hunt , that their motive is actually that they want to see a fox torn to pieces . |
| 11 | Their problem is often that there is nothing to explore except a bare concrete cell , and this frustrates them intensely . |
| 12 | For a moment Robert thought she might have had her feet bound , and then he realized that her problem was simply that her face-mask was now so in line with Islamic law that her field of vision was only about six inches to the left and right of her . |
| 13 | He does n't actually use the words but his philosophy is clearly that the New Zealand sojourn may have been the darkest hour but that the darkest hours comes before the dawning of a new day . |
| 14 | But if you have a reasonable cross section of the country and your result was still that Birmingham was looked down upon as a low status accent , then at least you can your results so . . |
| 15 | The critical hypotheses to be tested in our study were rather that there are no differences between groups than that there are differences . |
| 16 | Well , certainly we believe that there can be all sorts of erm techniques that can be very useful , like communications skills and assertiveness , but our understanding is also that it is not only about the skills that people have it 's also about the understanding behind those skills . |
| 17 | The cause of your problem is firstly that WordPerfect 5.1 does n't fit well with Windows 3.1 — to be honest it 's a bit primitive . |