Example sentences of "be [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Latest estimates are that sea levels could rise by about 20 cm by 2030 and by 65 cm by the end of the 21st century . |
| 32 | Estimates are that sea levels could rise by as much as 1.65m ( 4½feet ) by the middle of the next century . |
| 33 | The sole grounds are that Kalamis belongs to this period and that the Sosandra 's head was covered . |
| 34 | ‘ You are that part of me that I cut off , and I never have been and never shall be whole without you . ’ |
| 35 | The provisional estimates are that cash available to owners only increased by £8m . |
| 36 | Specific requirements are that Unix or VMS is usually the primary operating system and that primary distribution is via direct or OEM sales to technical markets . |
| 37 | Specific requirements are that Unix or VMS is usually the primary operating system and that primary distribution is via direct or OEM sales to technical markets . |
| 38 | All the signs are that radio is an exciting prospect — the forthcoming deregulation of the industry with associated changes in costs , and an expected boom in advertising revenues , is finally making the City take notice . |
| 39 | Other possible explanations are that interferon alfa is directly toxic to hepatocytes and that it induces autoimmune chronic active hepatitis . |
| 40 | Three simple rules of thumb are that information should be : capable of being understood , timely and relevant . |
| 41 | The only conditions are that nature should sometimes set up games of Prisoner 's Dilemma , that the shadow of the future should be long , and that the games should be nonzero sum games . |
| 42 | Despite these reverses , however , a revival of seventh-century northern imperial ambition had evidently occurred among the Northumbrians at the court of Eadberht , and though the dominance of Óengus , son of Forgus , in Pictland probably impeded its fulfilment , the indications are that Eadberht was bringing new prosperity to his kingdom . |
| 43 | The propositions that this book addresses are that research is an important ingredient in the formation and implementation of effective policies and good practice in child care ; and that those who work in the child care services can not only incorporate research into their general experience , knowledge and skill but also contribute to it through their own careful observation and recording . |
| 44 | Expensive they are that sort of thing . |
| 45 | Now er I have to warn him there are that sort of conduct has been indulged in to the detriment of the people of Highfields over a significant period by the Labour party . |
| 46 | Two possible explanations for this result are that growth in nominal activity may raise the relative return on domestic assets , or alternatively , that the exchange rate ( units of foreign currency per unit of domestic currency ) appreciates following capital inflows attracted by growth in the domestic economy . |
| 47 | Some of their aims are that learning methods should be non-directive , interactive , and based on clinical cases and that teaching should foster the ability to evaluate critically published data on different treatments and new drugs . |
| 48 | Yet the signs are that industry largely turns a blind eye to what appears to a growing problem |
| 49 | Two dangers of the purchaser-provider split are that collaboration among health care professionals may be undermined and the provider aspects of the public health role may become removed from the purchasing role . |
| 50 | The counter-arguments , which would uphold the principle of correspondence , are that breach of that principle is unnecessary when the amplitude of the crime of manslaughter lies beneath murder , and also that the definition of grievous bodily harm includes a number of injuries which are most unlikely to put the victim 's life at risk . |
| 51 | The sociological implications of this view , that racism produces ethnic disadvantage , are that attention should focus on the history and mode of operation of racism rather than the ways in which ethnic minorities do or do not adapt to British society . |
| 52 | His other criticisms are that citation counts are unable to distinguish quality among methodological contributions . |
| 53 | Despite everything that is working in OPEC 's favour , odds still are that oil prices will weaken later this year . |
| 54 | I 'd 've loved to have been that pillow , I really would er things he was doing to this pillow it was |
| 55 | One of the problems with traditional remedial teaching has been that spelling and neatness are fetishes . |
| 56 | One result of this has been that theology itself has become ecumenical in a fashion undreamt of a century ago , and many of the main fronts in theological debate and controversy now run across rather than along denominational boundaries . |
| 57 | It might have been that night I dreamed |
| 58 | For quite a long time the prevailing view among economists had been that money does not affect the relative prices of commodities , but that it does determine the overall price level . |
| 59 | This has sometimes been justified on security grounds but often the argument has been that disclosure is not in the public interest , that " secrecy is at all times the condition in which the best men make the best decisions . " |
| 60 | suggested in Ex parte Benson ( No. 2 ) , The Times , 21 November 1988 , the decision in Handscomb had been that detention for a period equivalent to a determinate sentence of 27 years exceeded by such a wide margin any determinate sentence passed in recent years for the offence of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility , and was thus in the absence of reasons irrational , I would not disagree . |