Example sentences of "be [conj] he is " in BNC.
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1 | The signs are that he is prepared to sign up for the emerging versions of both political and monetary union . |
2 | The odds are that he is no longer alive , but I have a silk thread hanging in there with God that he is still alive . |
3 | McClellan feels that the advantages to the librarian of this arrangement are that he is able to exercise constantly all his professional skills and avoid being bogged down by a heavy burden of administrative routine . |
4 | Dr Jim Howe , Tony 's doctor , said : ‘ His parents said how peaceful their son has looked over his last few days and how relieved they are that he is finally at rest . ’ |
5 | The signs are that he is right . |
6 | You perhaps do not realize how long and desperately people have fought to keep Winston Spencer Churchill in the wilderness , and how furiously angry many of them are that he is back where he belongs . |
7 | The most important factors to consider when you employ a food service designer are that he is a professional , has integrity of purpose , is working for the client all the time , and has the client 's immediate financial interest at heart , plus the continued operational interest in the facility when it is opened . |
8 | The seven points relevant to the Godhead are that he is true ; that he is everlasting truth — " stedefast & sothefast " ; that Jesus is God 's Son and equal with his Father ; that the Holy Ghost came from both of them and is equal with them so that in God there are three aspects or powers ; that this Trinity is the source of all creativity : that all believers share in the sacraments and are the Church within which lies salvation ; that at judgement day all will rise up , body and soul together , and go either to hell or heaven depending on whether they have done evil or good . |
9 | Our first impressions of Piggy are that he is anxious to please and is a ‘ wet-blankety ’ adult , Ralph on the other hand is an attractive popular person whom Piggy idolises . |
10 | Provided that the doctor is satisfied that the patient , when forbidding further treatment , was aware of what he was saying , the short answer must be that he is not in breach of his duty . |
11 | If that is so , then the reason Papinian admits the daughter may be that he is inclined to favour the immediate family . |
12 | Kinnock 's weakness , he riposted thoughtfully , may be that he is becoming too autocratic . |
13 | They wear their professionalism as a decent gentleman will wear his suit : he will not let ruffians or circumstance tear it off him in the public gaze ; he will discard it when , and only when , he wills to do so , and this will invariably be when he is entirely alone . |
14 | ‘ Ken Livingstone 's problem is that he is always on the television slagging the party off . ’ |
15 | The real problem is that he is Swiss and not Danish . |
16 | Thus the joke about Boss Mangan , the industrial magnate and political adviser , is that he is frock-coated , careworn and commonplace . |
17 | The artistic reason is that he is old-hat ; Catalans prefer to be known for the airy constructions that are going up for the Olympic Games . |
18 | The commonest explanation of King Hussein 's behaviour is that he is only doing what he has always done best : surviving . |
19 | But I have often asked myself what it is that drew me to Sibelius 's music and I think it is that he is a composer who can not really be compared to anyone else . |
20 | The Washington Post said : ‘ The knock against Clinton is that he is shifty . |
21 | The essence of God is that he is personal . |
22 | ‘ One of the most important things to say about Welton Ambassador is that he is the result of the union of two great eventing families . ’ |
23 | The answer is that he is almost certainly afraid of something . |
24 | His reference to faith may explain how it is that he is able to conceive of the notion of absolute Truth which he calls God . |
25 | The inevitable conclusion which will be jumped to is that he is going because there is about to be some momentous U-turn over Maastricht now that Britain 's presidency of the EC is over . |
26 | ‘ What he is hoping , by blurting out such nonsense , is that he is keeping his finger firmly on the self-destruct button for the British monarchy . ’ |
27 | It is that he is criminally insane — unable to stop himself from sexually abusing women he has lured with his position or his charm , and sometimes overpowered with drugs . |
28 | ‘ One of the things that attracted us to him is that he is someone who is willing to stand up and speak against something that he believes is wrong . ’ |
29 | Another plus for him is that he is no longer surrounded by girls and the English , as he now has Kyle MacDougall at the hostel , so along with Andrew they are beginning to affirm themselves . |
30 | The main fact about Ferrari is that he is old . |