Example sentences of "be that [pers pn] are [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frequently recurring criticisms of the contracts are that they are of up to nine years ' duration , they contain hidden annual increases , that the costs of settling old agreements are added to the undisclosed capital value of new equipment , and that the total cost of a contract is not disclosed . |
| 2 | It may be that they are in fact onycophorans , a group of arthropods now represented by caterpillar-like velvet worms that burrow through dead wood in Australia . |
| 3 | Yet another principle is that we are to be ‘ subject to one another out of reverence to Christ ’ ( Eph. 5.21 ) and this applies to each of us — men as well as women — whatever our particular calling in the Church may be . |
| 4 | As for what may be called , although not very properly , the conflict with our ordinary ways of speaking , in which events , facts , and things are mentioned as causes or conditions , and also other items ( Ayer , 1972 , p. 133 ) , the principal explanation is that we are in accord with the rooted practice of taking the whole for the part . |
| 5 | ‘ All I hope for then is that we are in a position to be challenging . ’ |
| 6 | The link between these operas is that they are about men who had changed the world through the power of ideas . |
| 7 | When the arrears are payable , the presumption is that they are to be paid provided there are surplus assets available , whether or not these represent accumulated profits which might have been distributed by way of dividend , but that they are payable only to the date of the commencement of the winding up . |
| 8 | For most of his career Tolkien was a most extreme example of a man with this second urge strongly developed : he was fascinated by names , to give only one example , part of whose nature is that they are for one thing and one thing alone , very hard to reduce to system ! |
| 9 | The history of pet names is a long one , there appearing to be evidence confirming their existence before the Conquest , but in those instances where pet names survive as surnames the appearance is that they are of post-Conquest foundation , and some are difficult to identify . |
| 10 | They look at everything from the point of view of the provider and their only discernible policy is that they are against privatization . |
| 11 | ‘ The main reason for a lot is that they are in trouble because of higher mortgage rates . ’ |
| 12 | Part of the fantasy about adolescent heroes is that they are in perfect command of their situation and can control the events and people around them . |
| 13 | The only distinguishing feature of two different attributes is that they are in different positions , or something like that , which has no bearing on their possible values . |
| 14 | The first thing that heralds the approach of Autumn is that you are outside one evening , not too late , thinking you 've time to mend the fence , move the sheep or clean the goat pen and suddenly someone turns the light off ! |
| 15 | The original justification for the special position of statutory undertakers was that they are under an obligation to provide services to the public and could not , like a private firm in planning difficulties , go elsewhere . |
| 16 | The Revenue said questions had been raised about whether these assets qualified for deferral if all other conditions were met and , while it could be argued they lie outside the scope of the provisions , ‘ the better view was that they are within them ’ . |