Example sentences of "[noun sg] 's [noun] be that the " in BNC.

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1 This is strong stuff , true only in a minority of instances , but Hare 's point is that the potential for stupidity and even tragedy is always present when people mislead themselves and others into thinking that if they want something strongly enough then they are entitled to it .
2 Break 's conclusion was that the net effect of taxation rates ‘ be it disincentive or incentive , is not large enough to be of great economic or sociological significance ’ .
3 But the core of Labour 's complaint is that the press influenced its readers by lies and distortions rather than by persuasive argument .
4 The ballistic expert 's evidence was that the defendant 's gun was fitted with a hammer block safety mechanism , which was in proper working order , so that it could only be fired if the trigger was fully pressed back .
5 The committee 's verdict was that the family should be socially boycotted and the man not permitted to marry again ; punishment enough in an Indian village .
6 The committee 's conclusion is that the proportion of world energy consumption supplied by renewables , now 2 per cent , could rise to 4 per cent by 2020 : a trebling of the amount of energy supplied by renewables .
7 The HSE 's view is that the large-scale use of genetically manufactured organisms is inherently no more dangerous than the vaccine , antibiotic or enzyme industries , where work with vats of microbes or handling large amounts of purified proteins is a daily occurrence .
8 The only procedural defect alleged in M. 's appeal is that the committal order was not served on M. personally , or , alternatively , that he was not served until 3 July , nearly a month after he had been committed to prison .
9 The Board 's intention is that the cash retained by the company from the dividend and related ACT will be used to fund future capital investment and possible small acquisitions .
10 The Board 's intention is that the cash retained as a result of the scrip dividend and related tax saving will be used to fund future capital investment and possible small acquisitions . ’
11 ‘ The computer 's appeal is that the teenager has control , ’ she said .
12 All Léonie managed to discover from the postman 's hints was that the priest had had the bones taken away for a quick burial in the cemetery with as few people present as possible , and that people were still visiting the site of the apparitions , waiting to see whether Thérèse would go back .
13 The teacher 's answer is that the student must assume this proof .
14 Now at about the time that that letter was written on the twenty second of October er Mr had the meeting at the National Westminster Bank that had been arranged between himself and a Mrs and it is clear from er this meeting that the bank would no longer er , given that the Frinton property was not to be offered as security , prepared to offer the sum , the substantial sums that they had originally agreed to do and they were now only prepared to offer very much smaller sums and the plaintiff 's case is that the only way that they were going to be able to proceed to complete on this matter was er by selling their homes , their family home at and it is the plaintiff 's case , certainly in relation to er the losses that they have sustained as a result of the breach of contract , alleged in this case , that er if they had not been forced to go ahead to complete on this deal they would not have been required to sell their family home .
15 Consider the case of a person whose reason for accepting his friend 's advice is that the friend will be hurt if he does not .
16 The Court 's opinion was that the summons should go forward .
17 The reason for reducing the event 's costs is that the less money which is spent on the gig means that more money goes to the artist .
18 If the answer to the pursuer 's case is that the fault for the accident rests wholly or partly with someone else , consideration should be given now to service of a Third Party Notice by which that other party blamed can be brought into the action .
19 In Cherry 's case the magistrate 's conclusion was that the delay was extreme but justifiable and there was no prejudice .
20 A factor in the wife 's favour was that the previous publican had provided no food .
21 The national librarian 's verdict is that the instititution is well placed to meet the challenges of the future .
22 The commission 's view is that the date applies to decisions on schemes , not the application .
23 The second reason for the Labour movement 's hostility was that the trade unions had still to be convinced that their strength had increased sufficiently to risk reconsidering the position as declared at their annual conference in 1930 .
24 However , if the above criticism of the partial equilibrium model is put to one side , the implication of Roll 's work is that the only valid test is one in which the various market indices , which are used as proxies for the market portfolio , are examined to see if they are mean variance efficient .
25 The government 's position is that the major decisions on countering global warming will have to wait on international agreement at the 1992 UN conference on the environment , which would project them beyond the present government .
26 Last week Lord Skelmersdale told the Lords that ‘ the government 's decision is that the time has come to implement the 1975 Act … . it is the large number of reservoirs for which no one appears to take responsibility which gives rise to the greatest concern , he added .
27 The Government 's view is that the market will decide if it is viable .
28 Radio Deregulation will mean a dramatic increase in choice for listeners : the Government 's view is that the market will decide if it is sustainable .
29 I think that the Minister is saying that the Government 's view is that the basis of representation should remain the same — in which case , I am glad .
30 Finally , the Advocate-General 's view is that the Barber judgment applies to schemes whether or not they are contracted out and it is irrelevant whether a scheme is funded exclusively by the employer or also by compulsory or voluntary employees ' contributions .
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