Example sentences of "that [noun pl] be [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plants lumped together under the umbrella name of herbs do not appear at first glance to be essential to maintain life , but it is now becoming apparent that this concept could be wrong , and that herbs are as necessary as oxygen , though the ingredients they contribute , such as minerals and vitamins , may only be found in minute quantities . |
| 2 | In the first programme , we visited Egypt , Pompeii , the Tivoli , glimpsed Central Park ( are muggers seeking Adam ? ) , and our own Kew en route to establishing that gardens were and are a universal obsession . |
| 3 | All that matters is that we know and they do n't know that we do . ’ |
| 4 | Whilst it is no doubt true that the heaviness of early Soviet ICBMs and the ‘ dirtiness ’ of their warheads stemmed from crude propulsion and guidance systems , all that matters is that they accomplished what they were designed to . |
| 5 | All that matters is that they 're both true , which I hope you 'll agree they obviously are . |
| 6 | The natural way to do this is as an N-dimensional rectangular array ; but all that matters is that there is some metric D on the set of nodes , so that we can talk about the distance |
| 7 | There is a sense in which all grieving is for ourselves , so whether or not we loved the lost one can be irrelevant : all that matters is that they played an important part in our lives . |
| 8 | In our electronic technology the discrete , digital locations have only two states , conventionally represented as 0 and 1 although you can think of them as high and low , on and off , up and down : all that matters is that they should be distinct from one another , and that the pattern of their states can be ‘ read out ’ so that it can have some influence on something . |
| 9 | A paraphrase usually substantially changes the language of the original , because all that matters is that the idea is conveyed . |
| 10 | But for some villagers who the remember the Lambourn as it used to be , all that matters is that it flows once again . |
| 11 | For usually they say , rather tentatively , that things are as specified in the wording which follows . |
| 12 | He believes that things are as they seem to Dr Serafin ; that he is putting up proposals which are as sound as his judgement and experience can make them , that he is withdrawing them in deference to Serafin 's objections , and that he will be forced to formulate alternative proposals which can not be known to him yet because they will take their rise from views Serafin has still not expressed . |
| 13 | This viewpoint has been expressed as follows : ‘ the mere hint by anyone concerned that the law may come in is the surest sign that things are or will soon be going wrong . ’ |
| 14 | There is no suggestion that passengers are or were more at risk on buses in Lothian than elsewhere : the level of casualties was simply the result of more bus trips being made . |
| 15 | The 12 traditions of each Anonymous Fellowship are all derived from those of Alcoholics Anonymous and they protect against this particular risk by emphasising that the most important member is the newcomer and that leaders are but trusted servants ; they do not govern . |
| 16 | The new legislation amends the Badgers Act 1983 , which becomes the Badgers Act 1991 , and effectively ensures that badgers are as well protected by law as are species on the verge of extinction . |