Example sentences of "that it be [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | One of the consequences of this reluctance to surrender autonomy is an extreme difficulty in organizing any collective action unless everyone can be convinced that it is in his or her best interest . |
| 32 | One must , however , question d'Ohsson 's and Hammer 's statements that Hizir Bey became the premier Mufti , and , as is explicit in d'Ohsson and implicit in Hammer , that it is in his time that the office of Mufti originated or at least first gained importance . |
| 33 | Consider advising the client that it is in his interest to maintain profitability through any warranty period . |
| 34 | Where this is overlooked , it is not unknown for the continuing partners to have difficulty in persuading their former colleague that it is in his own interest that changes need to be made . |
| 35 | Colette Crowley told the court : ‘ Having considered the matter carefully , and in view of the various charges that my client faces , we believe that it is in his best interests that this application be made . |
| 36 | even such persons who worry about the ‘ lost ’ of land as Erik Eckholm , acknowledge that it is in our power to have more land if there is a will to work for it . |
| 37 | The wisdom of the ancient world saw that it is in our points of greatest personal weakness that we are most defensive , and where we compensate addictively in our emotions . |
| 38 | Most of us know that it is in our best interests to play it — we 've never been taught the lines , but we soon catch on to what we 're supposed to say . |
| 39 | Somehow , the châteaux owners have been able to persuade us that it is in our interest to pay for the wine before it has been bottled and to finance its cellar maturation , which in the case of the better wines takes from ten to fifteen or even twenty years . |
| 40 | It is precisely because British farmers have a competitive advantage in the production of sheepmeat , beef , cereals , dairy and other produce that it is in our interests to have a truly and genuinely single free and open common market in the EEC in agriculture produce . |
| 41 | This is such a complex matter , with so many variations to take into account , that it is in your own interest to act slowly . |
| 42 | As Ogden Nash put it , ‘ Another good thing about gossip is that it is within everybody 's reach/And it is much more interesting than any other form of speech … ’ |
| 43 | Perhaps it is due to the disproportionate numbers killed for food , or possibly that becoming vegetarian is an unmistakable gesture that it is within anyone 's competence to make . |
| 44 | ‘ I do n't doubt that it is within your ability . ’ |
| 45 | It had taken a week to obtain , and had Hapsburg officialdom realized that it was for him rather than Aranyos it would have been unlikely to arrive before the end of the war . |
| 46 | Not only would I have refrained from interfering with Thorpe J. 's decision on the footing that he had properly directed himself and that it was for him to decide , but because , even on the facts as they then were , I consider that his decision was plainly right . |
| 47 | But Caspar , belatedly gallant , said that it was for him to lead the way . |
| 48 | ‘ I do n't think Simone would have mentioned it if she had n't felt that it was for your own good , ’ he murmured . |
| 49 | ‘ I thought you were going to tell me at least that it was for my own good . |
| 50 | Perhaps just because she was Bob 's fiancée — but Tessa felt that it was for herself as well . |
| 51 | They said that it was of himself and that the parcel contained a gun which had been taken to pieces so that he could carry it inconspicuously . |
| 52 | Harry Pascoe heard the laughter following this remark and was in little doubt that it was at his own expense . |
| 53 | He pulled the drawer right out so that it was on his knee . |
| 54 | ‘ Good , ’ he commented , and , making her heart leap with pleasure , ‘ I have to drive to Karlovy Vary this morning , and wondered , since you 've stated that it was on your itinerary , if you 'd like to come with me ? ’ |
| 55 | The authors do not acknowledge the source of Escoffier 's account , but recount that it was during his days as an army chef de cuisine at the siege of Metz in 1870 that he had first grasped the necessity of improving the techniques of canning food . |
| 56 | I had told him to look at a video of the race and he would see that it was through my efforts that we had won the bronze . |
| 57 | By and large they bore out what the girl 's uncle claimed — that it was with their consent , or even connivance , that the girl had gone to live with her uncle in the first place . |
| 58 | The stranger might refuse to admit defeat and maintain simply that the person sitting on the bench was not I , that he was I , and that it was with him that the man who was now doubting his identity was having a conversation a moment ago . |
| 59 | When she finally reached the top she agreed with a young couple from Leeds that it was worth it for the view , which was stupendous in spite of a slight heat haze that hung in the air . |
| 60 | The taxpayer , it said , had not established that it was beyond his powers to obtain the information . |