Example sentences of "be [that] it be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He added : ‘ The picture we are getting is that it is spreading nationally . |
| 32 | The disparity between the revenue raised by the BBC in Scotland and the resources allocated by London to Scotland , reported today , highlights just how crucial is the debate over the BBC 's charter and how vital it is that it is made much more prominent in Scottish life . |
| 33 | The reason for keeping women and men separated is that it is felt that a man can not concentrate on prayer when women are in close proximity . |
| 34 | The third feature of English discovery to be noted is that it is limited to the discovery of documents . |
| 35 | In fact , the dilemma of any national state in cultural terms is that it is charged with defending cultural patrimony within a world market over which it exercises little control . |
| 36 | This is probably why , for most Prague linguists , part of the definition of theme is that it is given and part of the definition of rheme is that it is new . |
| 37 | The danger of adopting a systems approach uncritically is that it is assumed that it is sufficient to identify system structures and to portray the multitudinous variables involved in a particular system which then reinforces the first law of ecology as graphically described by Commoner ( 1972 ) that everything is connected to everything else . |
| 38 | Hong Kong 's special interest to the zoologist is that it is situated practically where two zoo-geographical regions meet , the Oriental , in which it actually lies , and the Palaearctic . |
| 39 | The chief significance of this from the ‘ separation of ownership and control ’ viewpoint is that it is said to restore ‘ integrity to the goal-specification and policing process ’ that is lost through the attenuation of shareholder control . |
| 40 | The main importance of A. braziliense is that it is regarded as the primary cause of cutaneous larva migrans in man . |
| 41 | ‘ The danger is that it is perceived that your board is already committed to change . |
| 42 | However , the major weakness of the Keynesian theory of the demand for money is that it is couched in terms of a choice simply between money and bonds . |
| 43 | The genius of our constitution is that it is geared to the real world . |
| 44 | This is a reflection of a more general characteristic of review , which is that it is geared towards the avoidance of mistakes . |
| 45 | The only possible explanation is that it is employed by mother cats when out with their nearly fully-grown kittens , to help focus their attention on potential prey , as part of a general hunt-training process . |
| 46 | The only problem with the kitchen , the operational centre of the house , is that it is separated from the children 's attic playroom by two long flights of stairs . |
| 47 | One of the most important aspects of a presentation style is that it is suited to your intended output — be it 35mm slide , overhead transparencies , screen show or printed output — in black and white or colour . |
| 48 | The only problem I had with the book is that it is hinged on the premise that hardened psychopaths are capable of deep love — somehow that does n't ring true . |
| 49 | The hon. Gentleman has said that it is in the process of acquiring two incredibly beautiful works and the point is that it is acquiring them even though they cost much more than the nominal amount of Government grant available . |
| 50 | The first is that it is considered to be premature to introduce a SAS dealing with going concern before parallel guidance has been developed on what constitutes adequate disclosure on inherent uncertainties in respect of going concern . |
| 51 | Mr. Pannick submits that the only justification for section 9(4) in terms of the Convention is that it is addressed to avoiding prejudice to the sovereignty of the Crown since the states party to the Convention can never have contemplated that one of their number could limit the scope of its own obligations simply by refraining from giving the judiciary power to execute letters of request in particular circumstances . |
| 52 | Another view of local budgeting is that it is dominated by habit , by small additions to or subtractions from the base budget . |
| 53 | An advantage of using the OALDCE is that it is targeted at non-native learners of English . |
| 54 | One explanation for this unbridled production of HBV proteins is that it is fostered by concurrent mediations , including glucocorticoids and cyclosporin . |
| 55 | The explanation that is usually given as to why we do n't see broken cups gathering themselves together off the floor and jumping back onto the table is that it is forbidden by the second law of thermodynamics . |
| 56 | The differentiating characteristic of a coin as opposed to a piece of bullion is that it is issued with a recognised value by a competent authority . |
| 57 | The sting in the tail of the AS/400 announcement ( IBM never knows when to leave well enough alone ) is that it is to start making a niggling handling charge for software upgrades . |
| 58 | The third problem with the existing legislation is that it is confined to gold and silver only , giving archaeologists no control over accompanying objects in other materials which are often of equal archaeological importance . |
| 59 | The proposed explanation of the volume-composition relation is that it is controlled by the recharge rate : rapid recharge leaves little time for assimilation , and produces large volumes of mantle-melt melts . |
| 60 | The advantage of the professional help ( i.e. from the yard owner or manager ) is that it is guaranteed ; you know you wo n't get a panicky phone call saying ‘ Sorry , I ca n't do your horse because my car 's broken down/the kids are ill . ’ |