Example sentences of "it be [adv] that [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | It 's simply that on even the sunniest days you are unlikely to meet other walkers in the sorts of numbers typical elsewhere . |
2 | It 's just that at the time it all seemed so beautiful and important , it was like some kind of historical event . |
3 | No , I did n't mean that , it 's just that on the telly you look so … so … ’ |
4 | It 's just that after four long , very long , years , a little light seems at last to be discernible through the gloom . |
5 | It 's just that until now , their efforts have been pretty much restricted to the dreary business of pointing out female ‘ sexism ’ . |
6 | ‘ It 's just that in life we believe in doing what you want to do . |
7 | It 's just that in these times … ’ |
8 | It is simply that at one time the ooze covering the sea floor contained shells of animals — and before that did not . |
9 | It is right that in the negotiations , which must remain confidential , they should seek to prevent us from going too far too soon . |
10 | It is just that in that particular situation he had to act as he did , and to have acted differently would have meant that he would have been in the wrong though not for the same reason . |
11 | It is just that in Scotland it is far more obvious . ’ |
12 | ‘ It is just that after much brainwork in Rome I have thought to give myself a little holiday on this famous Capri Island . ’ |
13 | If God had so wished , he most certainly could have created duplicate worlds ; it is only that in so doing God would have acted without a sufficient reason , and this would be contrary to his nature . |
14 | It is only that by doing so , the accounts are reflecting the economic reality more closely . |
15 | It was here that in 1846 a revised version of Catherine 's largely unsuccessful Charter to the Towns ( 1785 ) created the first urban institutions capable of significantly improving local amenities . |
16 | It was just that at Summerhill the ‘ kids ’ knew what to do with it . |
17 | It was just that at the moment of climax when the escape had to be attempted or abandoned , it became if attempted something quite different from what it had been in the planning . |
18 | It was just that in camp the link between sex and behaviour was often cruder and more obvious than in ordinary life . |
19 | It was just that in the intervening period she had changed her thinking a little . |
20 | It was just that in the end would have been so far the other side of six weeks as to be out of sight , and she could n't stand any more writs , summonses or legal documents in long brown envelopes . |
21 | It was just that after a weekend of weeping over Cameron , and two absolutely hectic days at the office with Helena now also down with chicken-pox , she felt like a bit of glamour . |
22 | It was then that with Nicky Fairbairn , Meehan 's solicitors ( including the latest , David Burnside ) and an MP Frank McElhone , I formed the Patrick Meehan Committee , committed to campaigning on his behalf until justice was done . |
23 | it was there that in 1973 the first taekwondo world championships took place . |