Example sentences of "[unc] [noun sg] be [adv] that " in BNC.
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1 | One in seven primary-school children now suffers from asthma — but the Government 's response is simply that children who are at risk should be kept indoors when air quality is poor . |
2 | The real grist of Watchdog 's story is not that all fishtanks are dangerous but that there are tanks on the market made from glass that is far too thin . |
3 | The core of Barth 's theology is not that God is in principle unknowable , nor yet that man is an arrogant sinner who , left to himself , will ever be about the business of fashioning golden calves to worship , but that God has crossed the infinite gulf in Jesus Christ to claim man as his friend and partner . |
4 | Shallis 's proposal is then that events that happen in the Universe may similarly combine in ways that have meaning , in a domain or context that transcends time as we know it . |
5 | Just as the exercise of power is heterogeneous , so is resistance ; Foucault 's point is simply that ‘ there is no single locus of great Refusal , no soul of revolt , source of all rebellions , or pure law of the revolutionary ’ . |
6 | So Grice 's point is not that we always adhere to these maxims on a superficial level but rather that , wherever possible , people will interpret what we say as conforming to the maxims on at least some level . |
7 | One of the reasons for Dupleix 's failure was simply that he was operating in a region of India where the profits from trade were not large enough to justify or even to support heavy military expenditure . |
8 | The ULS Study showed that smaller farms were more labour intensive per unit of land area and the NCC 's concern is mainly that larger units ( especially if bought up by large investors ) are run as ranches with little if any regard to conservation interests or features . |
9 | Berlin 's line was now that Hess had flown to England to suggest peace , an idea , they said , that the British government was terrified might catch on . |
10 | Kahn 's thesis is simply that both because of its profit record and its potential as a brand name , Velcro 's share price should have been a lot higher — in the region of over $40 a share . |
11 | However , what we surely have on the objector 's view is precisely that the smell of the candles was something that can not possibly be explained . |