Example sentences of "and be [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some such areas the shops the Boards inherited were known as ‘ showrooms ’ and were precisely that : places where electrical appliances could be shown , but not sold . |
| 2 | He starts the day with these vices — the quiet glass of red wine , the thoughtful cigar — and is n't that meant to be especially bad ? |
| 3 | ‘ To be sure you did , ’ said his colleagues , ‘ and is n't that the way of Druids to be so squashing . |
| 4 | It is compatible with Windows , but if you 've got Windows would you need another system of file management ? and is n't that where I came in ! |
| 5 | Erm , under number one erm , is the Chairman aware that the er current talk in Whitehall which has given out the contracts for er new secure accommodation units in various counties that the current talk in Whitehall is that because Leicestershire does n't know its own mind because of the recent votes over secure accommodation that it 's unlikely to get one in the present er round and is n't that a damning indictment erm of the Liberal and Labour parties in this county . |
| 6 | Because he had the right attitude , he did n't quibble , he did n't moan he did n't criticize , he just got on with the job , and is n't that a little area that we can all work on somewhere , it comes down to that little bit of territory even , does n't it , if we 're given in the ministry and we say oh not there again , I worked that last time , I know that person in that house they 're all working , called on them and when they , I just do n't get , I just do n't get on with them , they 're not me at all , you see , we , we can go on and on in all kinds of areas ca n't we in the truth , but what an attitude to have and I thought this was a lovely expression here , look , erm , on page twenty seven , just about a third of the way down on the right hand side , he says as I have opportunity , I encourage new ones at that , that would take advantage of all privileged service , they 're given , and to learn to be content , and happy with it and just in the next paragraph at the end he says be happy and content in your present circumstances and blossom in a spiritual way in the soil where you are planted is n't that a lo a lovely expression , does n't that show a man who is spiritually alive and alert and awake , and is n't that how we should be , would n't the congregation flow and move along forward , so much better and more unitedly if we all have that lovely attitude that Jehovah service , no matter what it is , we ca n't all be public speakers , we ca n't all be giving a public talk at the district assembly can we ? |
| 7 | Thus the interaction between these stimuli is just what would be expected from considerations of generalization decrement and is not that predicted by conditioned attention theory . |
| 8 | IT WAS the middle of the week when the Marui Pipeline Masters should have been on and was n't that I ran into Pottz in D'Amicos . |
| 9 | and was n't that the highest jet ever |
| 10 | That would n't help her thinking at all , and was n't that why she was here ? |