Example sentences of "it be that [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Could it be that we just select randomly , in free variation , perhaps to add a little variety for its own sake ?
2 And my beloved mother — can it be that she ever existed ?
3 ‘ W-who … ? ’ she stammered , while some part of her intelligence prodded away that — could it be that he somehow knew that she was not the person she was pretending to be ?
4 Er and then to contrast this you 've got like the feminist view er well it 's a just reconstruct a lot of these ideas instead of saying that women 's talk was diffident they said it was more considerate , and so the idea that quite often A lot of the features that are in this conversation are n't because women want to be deferential to the men they 're talking to , it 's that they actually want to show some consideration to the turn-taking or the conversational style that 's going on .
5 It 's not that they passively resist you , it 's that they actively sabotage you , because the change is so graphic .
6 But it 's that It Well not not entirely
7 Anyone familiar with five- and six-year-olds would be puzzled to learn that they do not ask questions when they do not understand something : if five-year-olds have a failing it is that they never stop asking questions !
8 The notion of an avant-garde sensibility here functions simply as the ‘ other ’ of existing television ( just as much of the most interesting experimental video refunctions existing television as its other ) , a point outside the discourse of actually existing television from which we can argue about what it is that we actually want .
9 Whatever it 's called , though , one of the most gloomy facts about it is that it now spends more on weapons than on health and education put together
10 If there has been a criticism , it is that he often lured artists into singing roles beyond their immediate range or capacity .
11 That talent was presumably the main reason for his appointment , and that 's only right and proper because if there 's one thing England can learn from Bob Dwyer , it is that you sometimes have to be prepared to let a young side lose in the short-term to gain in the long-term .
12 how likely it is that you personally will be affected by the cutbacks ;
13 There it was that I really began to read .
14 If there was one ( albeit very small ) consolation about the sale of Dave Batty , it was that it finally did away with an important inferiority complex of mine — was I the only person in West Yorkshire not to be best mates with the man ? ?
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