Example sentences of "[vb infin] be [that] it [verb] " in BNC.

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1 All I do know is that it seems someone here does believe that they still have an influence . ’
2 What you do know is that it has caused you considerable hurt and pain .
3 Alright , logging the data does n't change the nature of the data , what it does do is that it re-scales the data , okay so the only thing that 's , that 's , that 's changed by logging , right , is the scale of the cr is the vertical scale on the graph , right , but essentially we are still trying to model the same series and N T C is essentially the same series as T C.
4 All I can remember is that it had nothing to do with his feet .
5 But what the tār does n't realize is that it makes a perfect target for a gun , stuck up there with its pale fur as clearly visible against the dark rock as the moon is in the sky at night . ’
6 The second reason why playing the numbers game with female and male psychologists does not work is that it involves equating women with feminists .
7 ‘ And if you pick one of these creatures up and place it a little distance away on the surface of the water , all its fellows will see is that it vanished , and reappeared elsewhere .
8 So all she could report was that it seemed dark and cruiser-shaped .
9 What Labour could hardly claim was that it had a magic formula for preserving peace with the unions , although the St Valentine 's Day ‘ concordat ’ with the unions was milked for what it was worth .
10 The best estimate that I can get is that it has a development value of El 5 million .
11 Erm the fourth advantage I would say is that it focuses on the balance between the need to promote rural enterprise and the need to protect the countryside .
12 ‘ All I can say is that it has been tried and tested over many years .
13 All he could say was that it had to be called a great and profound change , and that it had happened , ‘ I have a feeling of being at home when I am with her , as though she gives me my own hearth , a feeling that our lives are interwoven . ’
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