Example sentences of "be the [noun sg] [that] it be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er it was ne it 's never been the road that it was prior to that . |
| 2 | Most significant of all has been the fact that it is now possible for banks to engage in a full range of securities related business along the same lines as the German universal banks , a practice which had hitherto been avoided in the UK through the imposition of self-imposed constraints . |
| 3 | Ironically , the Great War would not have been the war that it was if it were not for the machine . |
| 4 | Well , erm , what kinds of changes can be performed on me and still it would be the case that it 's me ? |
| 5 | Now it will not always be the case that it is optimal for the less risk-averse party to take on all the risk . |
| 6 | As that subsection gives the court a discretion to stay or suspend execution of the order , it can not be the position that it was intended that the landlord could take the matter into his own hands . |
| 7 | If you produce a lovely little item which fits perfectly on a particular radio programme , or newspaper , and that happens to be the week that it 's the county show , or an earthquake , or something like that , there 's no way you 're going to get it in , because there 's too much competition , and the next week it 's dead . |
| 8 | Well his 'll be a thousand pound for the operation , being a major operation , it will be the fact that it 's skull . |
| 9 | Thallium was an Alfa Romeo among poisons , its charm being the fact that it was almost impossible to detect . |
| 10 | Again , does " If it were raining the balcony would be wet " mean something about other ways that the world would be different , over and above the balcony 's being wet , if there were the difference that it was raining ? |
| 11 | Is the problem that it is too much like a repetition of other areas of the glass ? |
| 12 | When the Iran operation was blown , North was struck by Secord suddenly remarking , in his terse way , ‘ I do n't know why this is the problem that it is . |
| 13 | The reason that it 's able to hide that fact is the idea that it 's a creative industry . |
| 14 | Equally flawed is the idea that it is possible to legitimate the power of corporate managers by structuring the internal division of power in the company so that the managers are prevented from deviating from the narrow path of profit-maximization . |
| 15 | Against rigorism , is the sense that it is rather absurd to lump all who are not utilitarian saints with actual wrongdoers . |
| 16 | The crux of this argument is the contention that it is impossible to attribute consciousness of its interests to a class ( even to the revolutionary proletariat ) , without interpreting this notion in terms of the intentional properties of its members . |
| 17 | This is the thesis that it is social or cultural factors that determine a person 's moral view-factors such as environment , upbringing and social context . |
| 18 | The second example , a frequent concomitant of the first , is the notion that it is good primary practice to have the different groups pursuing different areas of the curriculum at any one time , because only thus can the goals of ‘ seamlessness ’ and ‘ flexibility ’ in curriculum and learning be achieved . |
| 19 | Equally unavoidable is the conviction that it is not in the public interest for any profession to become the subject of so much unwarranted regulation and criticism ( not to mention claims ) that it is unable to retain or recruit individuals of the required calibre . |
| 20 | He asked about Lloyds , he is quite right that that is not covered er by these orders but it is the case that it is a condition of the appointment of ordered , er of auditors into syndicates er that they shall report , they have a duty er to report er where these situations arise . |
| 21 | ( An example is the suggestion that It is I is the only correct form whereas , in fact , most educated speakers of English generally say It 's me . ) |
| 22 | Common to the passages quoted above is the assumption that it is possible to denounce ‘ academicism ’ or ‘ professionalism ’ whilst being a member of the academic profession . |
| 23 | Now there is a wide open structural trap here for all the participants , including teacher , for inherent in this scene is the assumption that it is leading to a decision — and decision-making , as every chess player and bridge player knows , is an important element of the game . |
| 24 | First , there is the assumption that it is fair and safe to con fine policy decisions to institutions other than the courts . |
| 25 | Perhaps the most damaging aspect of the Van Uden model of language-learning is the assumption that it is permissible to concentrate on language structure at the cost of language function . |
| 26 | Implicit in some definitions for differentiated learning is the assumption that it is the child who has the ‘ problem ’ when there is a breakdown in learning . |
| 27 | Next there is the instinct that it is contrary to fair play to put the accused in a position where he is exposed to punishment whatever he does . |
| 28 | Month after month , as the British economy has languished in a deep and damaging recession , the only reaction from a puzzled and beleaguered Government is the claim that it is not as bad as it seems and that good times are round the corner . |
| 29 | One of the features that worry people about modern society is the fear that it is becoming more violent . |
| 30 | The erm what we 've not erm what has not been er challenged is the argument that it is a good thing for North Yorkshire and for the region and for the United Kingdom and possibly for the European Union , that footloose inward investment , sorry footloose investment , of erm strategic importance should erm be capable of being attracted to this county . |