Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [that] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Putting the government 's abandonment of the PWRs in the context of the study , the conclusion must be that it decided that , under market force rules , carbon dioxide had to be allowed to win the day over nuclear power . |
| 2 | The conclusion must be that it could , only if there had have been genuine prospects that an improved , amalgamated and better managed canal system could make a viable contribution to an efficient transport system of the country . |
| 3 | The main criterion for an effective service must be that it is staffed by experienced professionals who are appropriately qualified . |
| 4 | One reason must be that it is the only staging halt within thirty miles ; another , more certainly , is the excellence of the seaward views and , in particular , the glorious sweep of the silver sands of Sango Bay and Balnakeil Bay , both exquisitely charming in kind weather . |
| 5 | The terms of this argument repeat exactly those of the critical debate about univocal meaning , according to which the only alternative to the idea that history has a single meaning must be that it has none at all . |
| 6 | The answer must be that it is much less important by what mechanisms people come across art than what they themselves bring to the encounter . |
| 7 | Consequently , the reply to the national court must be that it is not contrary to Community law for a member state to stipulate as a condition for the registration of a fishing vessel in its national register that the vessel in question must be managed and its operations directed and controlled from within that member state . |
| 8 | The weakness of a political office must be that it would lack the knowledge and experience of traditional civil servants . |
| 9 | But given the fact that names in such cases do behave as rigid designators , the question is , does the referential rigidity provide a sufficient criterion for distinguishing names from descriptions , and the answer to this clearly must be that it does not . |
| 10 | The answer must be that it could not since the fact of adopting depreciation accounting severs the link with finance . |
| 11 | The suspicion must be that it was a combination of excessive speed and the failure of the driver or guard to apply the brakes early enough that caused the accident . |
| 12 | The conclusion must be that it will be unusual , though not impossible to envisage , that business policy etc will be protectable . |
| 13 | The brief answer might be that it was an unintended consequence of a largely implicit and undebated policy decision . |
| 14 | The reason for this might be that it feels more possible to grieve the death of someone or something that is perhaps significant , but not so important as the death of the spouse . |
| 15 | If the question is asked whether Gandhi is not aware of the dangers of contradiction in his use of personal and impersonal terms to describe God , the answer might be that it would depend whether the personal use of the term God refers to an entity , or being , in the form of an extra-mundane person , whether or not a contradiction is involved . |
| 16 | One reason might be that it is a case of ‘ out of sight , out of mind ’ , because despite the fact that the chestnut-shaped prostate gland plays a vital secretory role in ejaculation , it is a very hidden organ , surrounding the upper part of the urethra and tucked away under the bladder and behind the rectum . |
| 17 | One conclusion might be that it is possible to define different grades of appropriateness , in which case it could be argued that the word-of-mouth teaching of the lobon-gur solution was a more appropriate form of oral therapy technology than the distribution of an insufficient number of Oral Rehydration Salt packets via restricted outlets . |
| 18 | NCD 's share shows no sign of slipping , says Greg Blatnik of the X Business Group , even though the system vendors are all likely to increase their share — one reason might be that it 's more important for NCD systems to work with a variety of hosts — Peter Wellings of NCD 's UK distributor Xanadu claims that DEC , for instance , has had its X-terminal success mostly confined to existing DEC installations . |
| 19 | It might be that it was the incessant closeness to blood , death and suffering that brought out these sentiments in men who had , on the whole , been raised in an education system that rejected such responses as feminine and unmasculine , and that promoted an abstract conception of justice and a stern morality of obedience to rules . |
| 20 | For an alternative formulation might be that it is the hallmark of democratic government ( which is not the whole of democracy ) that it is government by consent , by contrast with other forms of arbitrary or tyrannical rule where the wishes of the people are ignored and their assent or support is not sought , or considered necessary . |
| 21 | It might be that it only affected the absorption and emission processes of black bodies and did not represent an abiding individuality — like drips from a tap which merge into the mass of fluid lying in the basin . |
| 22 | One danger in giving such an opportunity might be that it would give greater scope for industrial policy ( ‘ European champions ’ ) proponents , not least within the European Commission : however , that is not a reason for preventing DGIV from considering the point in a particular case , however sceptically . |
| 23 | A typical objection against it might be that it involves an attempt to settle a metaphysical issue without first clarifying the conditions under which such an issue can be meaningfully discussed . |
| 24 | I think Chair , a far better idea might be that it , when we get particular applications from a given district , that the officers actually ascertain er , a bit of erm , information from that particular district in order to present to the Committee , to take into account when they 're doing things , I think that would be a far better way because if we have politicians elected in that particular area , they 'd certainly probably come and , and try and hold the sway for that particular item , and there may be justifiable grounds on a countywide basis not to concede it . |
| 25 | John Paton. as General Secretary , pointed to the organizational hazards of withdrawing from the Labour Party : The practical difficulties of maintaining and developing the organisation outside the Labour Party were enormous and it might be that it would involve a risk of the complete disintegration of the ILP . |
| 26 | It might be that it was just a little bit open and they think that somebody 's tampered with it so then they , they open |
| 27 | Cos it might be that it 's more productive . |
| 28 | Unfortunately , this does not prove that retinoic acid is the signal : it could be that it merely mimics the true signal . |
| 29 | More significant could be that it wants to guarantee supplies of ore to its tin smelter — the only one in Britain at Capper Pass , near Hull . |
| 30 | 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 . |