Example sentences of "be [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 31 | The drawbacks of this style used alone are that it can be slow and you have less control over your objective . |
| 32 | The disadvantages , however , are that it would be much more expensive to construct , requiring the construction of several bridges , and the fact that while it straddles two council areas , there will be no possibility of support from Ards Borough Council as their Tourist Officer has an agreement with Down District Council not to support a tourist railway in the Ards area as there is already one under way in the Down District area at Downpatrick . |
| 33 | On the other hand , rumours are that it may launch a computing supplement under the Budapest Week name . |
| 34 | A reply from the Ministry is expected within days , and all the signs are that it will be positive . |
| 35 | The advantages are that it can be bought at any time , changed without penalty and fully refunded . |
| 36 | If the colours are lighter near the surface , the chances are that it is either old or has genuinely been bleached by the sun . |
| 37 | Provided that your material is newsworthy and you ensure that it lands on the right person 's desk at the right time , the chances are that it will be published . |
| 38 | If the introduction of skeleton arguments works well , and the indications are that it does , then the case against fuller written briefs becomes less easy to answer . |
| 39 | ( Among the virtues of reparation are that it could be of great value in assisting the ‘ reintegration ’ of offenders , as we discuss shortly . ) |
| 40 | The chances are that it will be " seen and not seen " . |
| 41 | The alternatives are that it should promote competition , per se , or that it should operate with fairly broadly defined public interest criteria . |
| 42 | Its two main features are that it lifts cooperative R&D ventures from the suspicion that they are illegal per se and puts them under the rule of reason , and it provides a registration system which protects firms from treble damages in the event that they are subsequently deemed to have violated the antitrust statutes . |
| 43 | The benefits of this method are that it can be easily understood and it gives total control over every element at all times . |
| 44 | Much political research still relies on this approach to explain how government is maintained , but immediate problems that present themselves are that it can not be assumed either that the institutions or organisations themselves do really exercise power or that their nominal members are all equally active in such exercise of power as there is . |
| 45 | The main advantages of a shower are that it 's more hygienic and uses less water than a bath — typically , 70 to 80 per cent less , 30 to 40 per cent less for a power shower . |
| 46 | The advantages of the PP3 are that it is small , compact and light . |
| 47 | Disadvantages said to be attendant upon a duty to provide reasons are that it can stifle the exercise of discretion and overburden the administration . |
| 48 | Other criteria for a suitable tax are that it is easy to collect , the yield is predictable , it is cheap to collect , and that it is fair . |
| 49 | The disadvantage are that it is necessary to set a maximum value for the number of different tags are allowed in any one position . |
| 50 | If you have not used something for literally years the chances are that it wo n't come in useful for a rainy day ( the hoarder 's excuse ) and that you probably wo n't ever use it . |
| 51 | But these days , with space at a premium , a room kept solely for dining is rare ; the chances are that it has to double as a work room , say for hobbies like model making , or as a quiet place where the family can get on with homework , studying or other paperwork . |
| 52 | The great advantages of copper pipe over the old-fashioned lead piping are that it is light in weight , relatively cheap and easy to work with . |
| 53 | A hacksaw may be the only possible tool to cut existing pipe which is installed against a wall ; however , the disadvantages of a hacksaw are that it produces fine copper filings ( and care must be taken not to get these into the pipes ) and that it will tend to flatten the pipe slightly — particularly if this is held in a vice . |
| 54 | The advantages of using this measure are that it is independent of the subfield , and of the year of citation . |
| 55 | The chances are that it was a bar , somewhere not too far away . |
| 56 | The advantages in determining serum 7α-hydroxy-4-cholesten-3-one concentration are that it is an even simpler method , that only a serum sample is needed , that no radioactivity needs to be used , and that it is less time consuming . |
| 57 | The required user attributes of the software management system are that it is efficient in operation and supportive of the needs of software producers . |
| 58 | If successful , its advantages are that it is cheaper , avoids the stigma of admission and the danger of being influenced by the behaviours of other patients , and causes less disruption to the patient 's life . |
| 59 | The guiding principles in using drama alongside other curriculum areas are that it should : give greater purpose and meaning to work both in drama and in the associated curriculum areas |
| 60 | The drawbacks are that it is significantly slower than the mainframe version , and the user is limited to the amount of data which can be fitted on to a PC ( a typical county takes up about 20 MB ) . |