Example sentences of "[noun] that [be] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He added : ‘ England 's powers that be , in conjunction with Alec , must decide a definite policy if they want him to keep wicket . ’ |
| 32 | Corley says the powers that be are assessing the situation to see how many would still be needed . |
| 33 | Corley says the powers that be are assessing the situation to see how many would still be needed . |
| 34 | They outstay , outnumber and invariably outmanoeuvre the elected and less intellectually endowed political elite , should the latter even contemplate acting against the ‘ powers that be ’ . |
| 35 | The powers that be over at Sun Microsystems Computer Corp and SunSoft Inc are starting to collect complaints from cloners and resellers over the way SMCC salesmen are hustling volume accounts , not playing by the rules and nosing compatibles out of upgrade sites . |
| 36 | The powers that be at the Tate tend to be more interested in ‘ the modern ’ than in the British tradition , so many fine or interesting British paintings are rarely if ever displayed , and to get through to those that are one has to wade one 's way through off-putting modernist rubbish , with the risk of tripping over artistic piles of bricks or tearing your clothes on sharp bits of dustbin sculpture . |
| 37 | We all came to the same conclusion — the powers that be were determined to make an example of some poor regional company . |
| 38 | The farsighted and Strong minded PRO will not give in to such pressures and will try to explain the pitfalls of such a course to the powers that be . |
| 39 | Historically one important assumption has been that our ordinary lives serve the interests of the powers that be . |
| 40 | Whether that was down to the powers that be I do n't know ; perhaps they were teaching me a lesson for daring to complain about where I was put . |
| 41 | If you were unfortunate enough to get a bad cook it took a while before the powers that be realised it , so you had to put up with inedible food for weeks . |
| 42 | ‘ The powers that be in MI5 , by the way , believed enough in Mills being a KGB agent to offer him immunity from prosecution in exchange for confession and cooperation . |
| 43 | Perhaps it is time for the powers that be to look again at the slalom rules that allow dipping and sideways presentations . |
| 44 | And I 'll have a word with the powers that be about monitoring the telephone . |
| 45 | Sir Thomas had quarrelled with my husband over some business matter and persuaded the powers that be that my husband was no fit person to hold the position , whatever the quality of his poetry . |
| 46 | In vain she had remonstrated with the powers that be that she had to be on the air in the Docklands by six , and when she finally pitched up , I had been put back on the phones for another session of ‘ And your address is — can you spell that please ? ’ |
| 47 | This is one time when the Powers that Be are not going to pat my head and say all is forgiven — |
| 48 | You assume , in your issue on Underground Work ( NI 173 ) that the relationship of the individual to the state is both natural and inevitable , and that it in some way presupposes fair treatment of the citizen by the powers that be . |
| 49 | We must hope that it will prove sufficiently attractive to tourists , so that , like several of our own rural lines , it is kept open mainly for its summer traffic , allowed by the powers that be to run even out of season , and can continue to serve its area . |
| 50 | Maybe the powers that be have been only interested in cleaning up opponents . |
| 51 | The powers that be would n't want this to come out , not even now . ’ |
| 52 | Could the powers that be , or anyone else who knows , possibly get him on ? |
| 53 | ‘ Wise up ’ the powers that be or else all last year 's good work will be lost forever . |
| 54 | My prophecy is that if the powers that be do n't support the manager and buy players then the best manager Carrick have had since the glory days of Jimmy . |
| 55 | The powers that be just can not be bothered . |
| 56 | However , this season he has been nothing like as unequivocal in the tackle and , dating from his display for the Barbarians versus the Wallabies , he was patently losing ground with the powers that be . |
| 57 | The power of the bee , and the powers that be |
| 58 | Newman in one of the Tracts for the Times drew up a form of service , to be used on the anniversary of Ken 's funeral , whose central message was ‘ He gave to Caesar the things that be Caesar 's and to God the things that be God 's . ’ |
| 59 | Newman in one of the Tracts for the Times drew up a form of service , to be used on the anniversary of Ken 's funeral , whose central message was ‘ He gave to Caesar the things that be Caesar 's and to God the things that be God 's . ’ |
| 60 | They found out next morning that be had in fact , hit an aeroplane ; but not seriously . |