Example sentences of "be that they [vb base] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The advantages of these are that they last much longer and cost much less to run ( the saving well outweighs the higher asking price ) ; their disadvantages are that the light they give is not quite so ‘ warm ’ and does not come on instantly . |
| 2 | The problem with books are that they date very quickly and so it is difficult to get up to the minute advice . |
| 3 | Perhaps part of the fascination of movies has always been that they trigger off so many memories but what is interesting about so much film-making in the 1920s is that movies are so closely associated with that age of the masses that had come at the end of one century and the beginning of another . |
| 4 | That is , the results shown in Fig. 5.7 may occur because rats generalize readily between stimuli that have had the same consequence in prior training ; but equally it may be that they generalize less readily between stimuli that have had differing consequences ; or both processes may be operating . |
| 5 | Another consequence of the greater viscosity of andesite lavas is that they flow more slowly . |
| 6 | Another characteristic of reactions to chemicals is that they come on very promptly after the exposure — which helps in the diagnosis . |
| 7 | The soft tones of the colour range always produce a successful design and the joy of using all the silvery tones is that they last so well In many cases , the silver-grey effect is created by the very small hairs on the underside of the flower or leaf , which catch the light and give a lovely overall tone to the picture . |
| 8 | The second is that they include not only pedigrees and arms but also , in many cases , ancillary material such as lists of persons to be summoned , correspondence , church notes and lists of disclaimers . |
| 9 | Taylor pointed out one of the things about great players who are given freedom is that they work very hard , and Gascoigne is prepared to do that , even in the knowledge that he has been given a special licence . |
| 10 | The other major weakness of the proposals is that they do not properly identify the nature of the problem . |
| 11 | The fundamental weakness of these bodies is that they do not usually own the land they are trying to control , so that the most effective preservation of landscapes may well stem from private landowning bodies that have an interest in conservation . |
| 12 | In fact the latest development is that they do n't even do that by picking up a telephone , the message is teleprinted on , onto a message pad there , and when they run in they pull off this pad , and there 's the whole text for what they 've got to do , where they 've got to go , and so on . |
| 13 | Another minor snag is that they have only around half the energy density ( energy per gallon ) of fossil fuels , so much bigger vehicle tanks are needed . |
| 14 | ‘ What he 's saying is that they play away quite happily , not realizing what 's in store for them in the rest of their lives . |