Example sentences of "be that [indef pn] [vb -s] " in BNC.

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1 Does my right hon. Friend agree that the two essential components for a policy of nuclear deterrence are that one possesses the capability and that a potential enemy does not doubt one 's willingness to use it in order to defend oneself ?
2 Feelings within the BBC are that somebody has to go and that the 69-year-old Mr Hussey is likely to be the one .
3 If you ca n't find these three files then the chances are that someone has deleted then to save space .
4 If there is no improvement , discuss the situation with the doctor , and consider trying another type of ‘ milk-free ’ formula — it may be that one works for your baby while another does not .
5 And somewhere in there it may be that something 's got to give perhaps .
6 It could well be that someone has tried to make this look like murder followed by suicide . ’
7 In any other situation the worst thing that can occur is that nothing happens at all .
8 One familiar view is that nothing qualifies as a genuine proper name unless it singles out its object in an unambiguous fashion , and that this task can be accomplished only by a logically simple symbol .
9 ‘ The only indication we have is that somebody seems to have drawn the bolt on the yard door between Gerald failing to get in at 11.15 , and the mystery woman succeeding at 11.30 .
10 My attitude is that somebody has to do the job and if I get bumped off , I have experienced much more than the average bloke .
11 ‘ The only thing that can be said is that somebody has just snuffed out a very special person who was going to achieve an incredible amount in life .
12 The bad news is that everyone plays victim at times .
13 The other requirement of an information-based organization is that everyone takes information responsibility .
14 The key to such a system is that everyone asks : Who in this organization depends on me for what information ?
15 One of the impressive things about all this is that everyone agrees about his modesty , his lack of show .
16 The lasting impression of these accounts is that everyone agrees that there was a ‘ permissive age ’ , or a process of change that can be described as ‘ permissive ’ , but that no-one can actually agree what constituted ‘ permissiveness ’ .
17 A R. What you are saying is that everyone seems to miss the work of Litz Pisk [ a legendary movement teacher at Central School ] who had such movement sense .
18 But if as a Westerner you can not read the abacus , or the scales , it is bad luck , because the assumption is that everyone shares the skills that enable them to do this .
19 A problem with diagnosing lipid disorders is that everyone has been obsessed with examining fasting specimens , a requirement which presents two obstacles for diabetics .
20 ‘ The important thing is that everyone has a blinding time , ’ says Dermot with the quiet confidence of a promoter who never promises attractions he ca n't deliver .
21 The first is that everyone has work but no one really works .
22 What does stand out is that everyone believes that the profession , its standards and its aims , matter , and they all feel an excitement about the job of acting .
23 For instance , part of the trouble in the clean-air example is that nobody owns the air ; if somebody did , polluters would not be able to dirty it with impunity .
24 The trouble is that nobody knows where the road leads .
25 The only thing I 'm bent out of shape about is that nobody knows it 's a different pickup ; everyone thinks it 's a regular Trembucker !
26 The short answer to that question is that nobody knows .
27 The truth is that nobody knows — and in so far as there will be an extra cost , that cost shows an unfulfilled need .
28 Essentially the message is that nobody knows how far community care can be made to stretch without snapping under the strain .
29 What makes it worse is that nobody seems to know what happened . ’
30 ‘ The trouble is that nobody seems able to tell me when I 'm likely to get any money !
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