Example sentences of "be that [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The advantages of these methods are that they allow for careful preparation of material and can make use of the best teachers available . |
| 2 | The interesting points to note for both papers are that they emerged at a time when the SDP , a party of the middle-ground , was in the ascendant , and that neither moved to the ‘ left ’ , not even the social democratic ‘ left ’ , in the 1987 election . |
| 3 | It is not possible to reconstruct a detailed history of Ine 's reign but the indications are that he ruled with firmness . |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , the signs are that he died as a result of poisoning but this has to be confirmed . ’ |
| 5 | The chances are that you belong to one of the groups Derek Dean has identified . |
| 6 | Signs are that it fell into disuse during the period after the Romans had left and legendary Celtic leaders , such as Arthur , were endeavouring to maintain civilised standards against waves of barbarian invaders . |
| 7 | The Regatta chairman talks about the way hospitality had taken over the regatta course and howm glad they are that it seems to be declining . |
| 8 | The unique and dangerous features of the listeria bacterium are that it appears to be transmitted through meat or even vegetables grown in areas fertilised by the manure of infected animals . |
| 9 | In her foreword , Ruth Richardson , the Minister of Finance ( and not the most popular Kiwi politician ) , expresses it thus : ‘ The special advantages of accrual accounting are that it distinguishes between capital and current spending , and that it takes better account of the cost of current policies for future generations … |
| 10 | I wondered what the place with towers and searchlights had been that we passed in the night . |
| 11 | Well there might have been that nobody knew about , I do n't know . |
| 12 | Du Cann 's fundamental problem has been that he wanted to be seen as cross between a Tory grandee and country squire . |
| 13 | My own assessment before we had the check would have been that he worked within C.N.D. because he was a committed C.N.D. member rather than working in C.N.D. in order to further the interests of the Communist Party . |
| 14 | The prevailing view of such work group resistance has often been that it stems from workers ' misunderstanding of management 's intentions . |
| 15 | And the result of that , according to the Forum of Private Business , can be that they go to the wall , taking hundreds of jobs with them . |
| 16 | Er , we 've already got some items on the agend agenda this morning , specifically to do with issue of teen care , but it might be that we look at , at , at a lot earlier |
| 17 | It may also be that we look for different attributes in different parts of the public service . |
| 18 | I mean it may well be that we have in this country we have erm pretty much Mill 's system because MPs get paid relatively little bearing in mind what most of them could be getting elsewhere , so maybe we 've got something like Mill 's system but it strikes us as rather a bizarre suggestion that MPs should n't be paid to prevent adventurous and lower classes becoming MPs . |
| 19 | If there is no improvement , discuss the situation with the doctor , and consider trying another type of ‘ milk-free ’ formula — it may be that one works for your baby while another does not . |
| 20 | In vain she had remonstrated with the powers that be that she had to be on the air in the Docklands by six , and when she finally pitched up , I had been put back on the phones for another session of ‘ And your address is — can you spell that please ? ’ |
| 21 | Well one year it used to be that she come to us at dinner time |
| 22 | An alternative to thinking that Harald had been in England since 1016 , and returned to Denmark with part of a disbanded fleet in 1018 , might be that he had in the interval been expelled from it , and sailed with the fleet in 1018 in an attempt to regain control . |
| 23 | Indeed , the professor 's rationale may be that he wishes to be involved in two completely different activities . |
| 24 | A managerial action could be that he transfers with the outside party services . |
| 25 | The behaviourists ' answer would be that I have in the past been reinforced by coffee when I have gone to C , but not when I have gone to B. This could well be correct . |
| 26 | To what extent this was the result of Jill 's campaign will probably never be known , but it may be that it coincided with and reinforced a growing feeling in the Foreign Office and elsewhere that intransigence was no longer in Britain 's interests . |
| 27 | The answer seems to be that it depends on their immediate environment , how they are socialized , their level of education or ‘ culture ’ . |
| 28 | The only difference from the literary effusions of today 's superstars were that he wrote without benefit of a ‘ ghost ’ . |
| 29 | The conditions were that he resides at Handley Green , Laindon , reports daily to Laindon police station and does not enter Clacton . |
| 30 | Owing to the terrible destruction of scores , the only dramatic work of Monteverdi 's that we know between those of 1607–8 and the last two Venetian operas is a peculiar experiment ‘ in genere rappresentativo ’ , Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda , performed in the Palazzo Mocenigo in Venice in 1624 . |