Example sentences of "[noun] be that [pron] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frequently recurring criticisms of the contracts are that they are of up to nine years ' duration , they contain hidden annual increases , that the costs of settling old agreements are added to the undisclosed capital value of new equipment , and that the total cost of a contract is not disclosed . |
| 2 | As originally conceived in the White Paper , the main characteristics of the polytechnics were that they were to be large , comprehensive , have an applied philosophy , be primarily teaching institutions with a brief to develop courses in new areas , and their courses were to be validated by the CNAA . |
| 3 | My one real consolation in the face of almost any betrayal or grief is that I am without doubt an extremely talented writer , come danger or candle stump . |
| 4 | The most evident fact to note about the Ring is that it is in conception strikingly anachronistic , totally modern . |
| 5 | The major problem with legislation concerning animals is that it is from a human perspective . |
| 6 | The horrible irony is that it is in that very surrender that community itself is founded . |
| 7 | As Ogden Nash put it , ‘ Another good thing about gossip is that it is within everybody 's reach/And it is much more interesting than any other form of speech … ’ |
| 8 | The format of the interview was that I was in a single chair placed to the side of a panel of six sitting in two rows . |
| 9 | professional advice about Elizabeth 's unhappiness was that she was in a state of ‘ mourning ’ and that time would improve matters . |
| 10 | Darling 's points were credible in the circumstances ; the only plausible explanation of Shill 's actions after the crime was that he was in a drunken stupor . |
| 11 | My one solace is that I was at your side . |
| 12 | Briefly , what needs to be shown if the anti-monist argument is going to work is that it is in principle impossible to remove such predicates from the relevant contexts and substitute for them some other predicates without any loss of truth . |
| 13 | Subject , however , to the help of the court in these various ways , the basic principle underlying the preparation and presentation of a party 's case in the High Court in England is that it is for that party to obtain and present the evidence which he needs by his own means , provided always that such means are lawful in the country in which they are used . |
| 14 | B : Well , the milkman has come All that we can reasonably expect a semantic theory to tell us about this minimal exchange is that there is at least one reading that we might paraphrase as follows : ( 2 ) A : Do you have the ability to tell me the time ? |
| 15 | Moreover , what is particularly regrettable about this requirement is that it is for largely financial accounting facilities to address such issues as : |
| 16 | The advantage to the developer is that he is under no obligation to exercise the option and proceed with the purchase , whereas the landowner must sell the land to the developer if the terms of the option are met . |
| 17 | Last word from the local council was that they were in favour of providing some form of skateboard facility . |
| 18 | Part of the fantasy about adolescent heroes is that they are in perfect command of their situation and can control the events and people around them . |
| 19 | ‘ All I can tell you at the moment is that she is on the danger list . |
| 20 | News on Ronny is that he is in fact at Tottenham for the second week now . |
| 21 | For most of his career Tolkien was a most extreme example of a man with this second urge strongly developed : he was fascinated by names , to give only one example , part of whose nature is that they are for one thing and one thing alone , very hard to reduce to system ! |
| 22 | The plain inference is that it is through the operation of the Spirit that these Gentiles have come to repentance . |
| 23 | Critical to an understanding of Jacques le Romain 's music and pedagogical writings is that they were in essence an extension of the artistic milieu of his father 's generation . |
| 24 | What is obscured by this process is that it was through clothing , in both art and life , that Kahlo attempted to redress the wrongs of history . |
| 25 | The truth is that it is in a dreadful state of disrepair and would have been difficult to sell unless it went to a builder who would demolish it and redevelop the site . |
| 26 | But I did use and re-invent the world of the Barracks I grew up in , yet the point is that I was in my 20s when I wrote that book and it was viewed through the persona of a dying woman . |
| 27 | In any case , my point is that it was during the course of this interview , when I raised the question of the difficulty of recruiting suitable staff in these times , that Mr Farraday , after a moment 's reflection , made his request of me ; that I do my best to draw up a staff plan — ‘ some sort of servants ' rota ’ as he put it — by which this house might be run on the present staff of four — that is to say , Mrs Clements , the two young girls , and myself . |
| 28 | His point is that he is in effect running the equivalent of a small assessment unit but he is not actually getting paid for running the equivalent of a small assessment unit . |
| 29 | And the general run of hosiery is that there is of course that there 's a lot more females than males but in our side pretty equal . |
| 30 | The history of pet names is a long one , there appearing to be evidence confirming their existence before the Conquest , but in those instances where pet names survive as surnames the appearance is that they are of post-Conquest foundation , and some are difficult to identify . |