Example sentences of "be that [pers pn] is [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The required user attributes of the software management system are that it is efficient in operation and supportive of the needs of software producers . |
| 2 | No one has yet formulated an entirely comprehensive definition of sexual harassment , but the key components of such conduct are that it is sexual in nature and unwanted . |
| 3 | The advantages of using this measure are that it is independent of the subfield , and of the year of citation . |
| 4 | The great advantages of copper pipe over the old-fashioned lead piping are that it is light in weight , relatively cheap and easy to work with . |
| 5 | However , the prevailing view seems to be that it is preferable for women to withdraw from the labour market rather than for men to have to retire five years earlier . |
| 6 | It could be that it is reducible to the other needs ; that our belief in convention is purely a function of the degree to which it satisfies our needs for affection , status , and so on . |
| 7 | Although nature is infinitely diverse and the techniques and approaches used for its study are widely varied , a most obvious feature of science seems to be that it is concerned with the dismantling of superfluous structure , and the description of nature 's many facets in the simplest possible terms . |
| 8 | The other procedural advantage is said to be that it is open to a prosecutor to include a series of incidents in the one charge , rather than as a series of assaults . |
| 9 | Well , basically her problem is that she is afraid of nobody . |
| 10 | What comes to the fore through Gandhi 's strictures on the attitudes and methods of certain Christian missionaries is that it is possible for religious zeal and enthusiasm to lead to activities inconsistent with the religious and ethical ideals or values one might be seeking to promote . |
| 11 | The result is that it is possible for an auditor to check network and data usage , secure from the scrutiny of the actual system operators . |
| 12 | Two principles are usually mentioned : one is that it is possible in most cases to detect some sudden change from the pitch level at the end of one tone-unit to the pitch level that starts the following tone-unit , and recognition of the start of the following tone-unit is made easier by the fact that speakers tend to ‘ return home ’ to a particular pitch level at the beginning of a tone-unit . |
| 13 | One point Airtours is anxious to make is that it is normal for discounting to take place during May , June and October ; children are still at school and tour operators try to tempt others to book their holidays . |
| 14 | The justification is that it is undesirable for domestic firms to compete against each other in overseas markets : national welfare is enhanced if they maximize their joint rents . |
| 15 | The drawback with the C64 is that it is expensive at about £150 . |
| 16 | What is disturbing is that it is typical of a new intolerance against whistle-blowers that raises serious questions about free speech . |
| 17 | One of the interesting things about Channel Four is that it is pluralistic in its programming : plug in when you feel like it . |
| 18 | The great difficulty is that it is impossible in many cases to determine whether erosion of the type required for the production of the landforms continues , as the period of observation available to any one person is too short . |
| 19 | The entity view of an organization is that it is distinct from any group of individuals associated with it . |
| 20 | What is important for its value as evidence is that it is contemporary with the period under study . |
| 21 | NT 's strength is that it is compatible with — and works just like — the Microsoft Windows operating system already fitted on 25m PCs . |
| 22 | By far the most important provision of the Gas Safety ( Installation and Use ) Regulations for the home plumber is that it is illegal for anyone to carry out any work in relation to a gas fitting who is not ‘ competent ’ to do so . |
| 23 | Their argument is that it is good for the tournament , a s well as the players concerned , if as many as possible of the higher ranked competitors survive the early rounds . |
| 24 | The common-sense view of sleep is that it is good for you , providing an opportunity for recovery from fatigue , is essential for growth , and crucial in cure from illness . |
| 25 | But one attractive possibility is that it is similar to the normal mechanism used in eyes , which depends on the interaction of light with substances called rhodopsins , or their close chemical relatives , the porohyropsins . |
| 26 | The practical importance of this solution is that it is adequate for use in calculations of the general relativistic effects observed in the solar system , and of the properties of the simplest type of black hole . |
| 27 | But what is also clear is that it is unfair to litigants that they should meet the cost of a second appeal , one of the principal purposes of which is to resolve issues of law of general public importance . |
| 28 | The only problem with the Shakespeare text is that it is open to modern political misinterpretation . |
| 29 | The stock response to such qualms is that it is difficult for humans to grasp a time scale of such length . |
| 30 | One of the main problems in the discussion of the political economy of soil erosion is that it is difficult for author and reader alike to span the great variety and complexity of circumstances ( both physical and social ) under which soil erosion occurs . |