Example sentences of "be [det] that [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his first , Lucky Jim , there had been an offensive character called Bertrand , a painter and a pacifist who preferred his name to be pronounced in the French manner : clearly a late derivative of Bloomsbury and a poseur of the worst water ; and even if he were not a rival-in-love of the hero , that ( one feels ) would be all that needed to be said about him . |
| 2 | Thus Sir Archibald Geikie ( of the Geological Survey ) in an address at Birmingham in 1898 deplored the idea of splitting schools into two sides or sections ; but the trend towards specialization proved hard to control , and to some the sciences did seem to be all that needed to be known . |
| 3 | Her foolhardy Aries courage might be all that stood between her and a lifetime of misery . |
| 4 | In the centre of the carbonaceous ball I could discern a small whitish marble which seemed to be all that remained of the original vegetable . |
| 5 | The second is that the rules may be those that apply to formal , written language but they may then be prescribed for all circumstances . |