Example sentences of "be [adv] [that] they " in BNC.

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1 And although you 're right that they 've been selling flowers for a long time , they underwent a massive re-fit recently .
2 It was declared the best policy was for the ‘ sent down ’ youth to remain where they were so that they could make their valuable contribution to the motherland on the ‘ agricultural front ’ , as in previous decades .
3 the great bulk of community care is provided by friends , family and neighbours … it is right that they should be able to play their part in looking after those close to them … service providers should make practical support for carers a high priority .
4 It is right that they should be dealt with in a humane and honourable manner .
5 It is right that they should be given a place of honour in the history of ancient art .
6 Press hostility to this idea was scarcely free of self-interest , but there were bigger issues at stake and it is right that they prevailed .
7 It is merely that they wish to question me , for I had responsibility for the food last night .
8 This is so that they are easy to find on the large boxes .
9 What Hamilton could see was that the talents of Warner Bros had combined to produce a film that was not so much about the Legion as ‘ about the kind of short-sighted , uninformed and well-enough-meaning men who have to be given an understanding of what democracy really is so that they will not go on and on providing tools for such legions ’ .
10 The idea of the tour is so that they can actually er listen to it , but they can turn it off whenever they want and they can use their guide book to see what is in each room and if you look at the guidebook as we go round , you will find that that the things are illustrated , you know the pot .
11 As their letter informed me , it 's enough that they know they 're being watched . ’
12 It is just that they show a very late timing of their sleep/wake rhythm with respect to normal time-cues .
13 It is just that they have both been at it too often recently .
14 Those making the decisions have become in a precise sense semi-literate : they can read and write , it is just that they seldom do .
15 ‘ It is n't to say The Wedding Present just treat it like a job , it is just that they have natural courtesy and manners .
16 The first problem here is that the brevity of Scaevola 's response ( even by his standards three words is modest ) leaves it unclear whether he means that the debtors are not freed from any liability , or whether it is just that they are not freed from liabilities contracted after the first will was made .
17 It is just that they have no other choice .
18 Once again these hidden costs have been part of the investment-need right from the beginning — it is just that they have not been looked at closely enough .
19 It 's just that they were not inclined to help him out .
20 And often it 's not that they never had anywhere to live , it 's just that they could n't cope with the responsibilities and the isolation of living on their own .
21 It 's just that they 'll make such a fuss .
22 I did n't want to quarrel in front of Flora — it seemed humiliating over something so small — so I said , ‘ Well , it 's just that they seemed so happy and fond of each other .
23 ‘ And also , when you meet them , they 're exactly the same people — it 's just that they 've got different accents .
24 The second , does anyone want to say any about that ? it 's just that they probably sent it to the appropriate people .
25 It 's not that they 're his nappies and he wets them — it 's nothing to do with that — it 's just that they 're endless .
26 It 's not that the expressions are n't spontaneous or genuine , Bernice said to herself , it 's just that they 're edited .
27 It 's just that they say if you 're doing physics sometimes you know this might help you
28 It 's just that they 've probably got so tired of putting petrol in each year
29 After all , some dot matrix printers can actually produce a greater number of dots per inch than a page printer , it 's just that they are bigger dots and tend to overlap .
30 It 's just that they should call that part of their work journalism .
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