Example sentences of "be that [det] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The conventional wisdom has been that those who left the countryside were the energetic and the intelligent , leaving only a residue of the old and the inert , but we also ought to note that the urban view has often been the exact opposite : that the towns have received the rural dregs — the drifters , the shiftless , the work-shy , the unattached flotsam of agricultural change . |
| 2 | The reason may be that all who knew the deceased are thus reminded of him and are invited to pray for his repose ( through St Theresa or otherwise ) . |
| 3 | Here the general principle is that those who receive the largest amount of money overall receive it at the least frequent intervals and rank highest in the hierarchy of power . |
| 4 | For all we know , they may have been our allies two years ago … the only important fact to have emerged from the inquiry is that those who know the truth will never willingly give evidence … |
| 5 | A distinguishing feature is that those who provide the service are often the ones who sell that service . |
| 6 | The other important but less visible change is that those who operate the robots and computers are part-time women workers . |
| 7 | And yet , he wrote , the wonder is that this nothing holds the elements together . |