Example sentences of "be that [pers pn] [modal v] [be] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm worried that they might be school maths teachers ; but the really terrifying prospect is that they might be designers of ships or bridges . |
| 2 | Far from possessing cruise and Pershing II missiles as purely retaliatory weapons after an assault by SS-20s , the strategy is that it would be NATO that would first let loose the dogs of nuclear war . |
| 3 | The advantage of running a competition is that it should be cost effective if the cost of the prizes is spread over a large enough number of entrants . |
| 4 | The point was that they should be managers who took responsibility for securing the best service to the patient and could be held to account if there was failure . |
| 5 | In other words , the basic premise behind the establishment of RMCs was that they should be centres of excellence , performing a co-ordinating role for the provision of management education and its development in their regions . |
| 6 | The objection was that we can be right or wrong in what we judge , but that it makes no sense to talk of something imprinted , an impression or sensation , being right or wrong . |