Example sentences of "be that they do [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , the strategy is placing renewed pressure on LAG : ‘ Lignite Action 's position has always been that they do not want to allow any form of boreholing or test-drilling by the company because this will give them a foothold into the area and once in , it will prove more difficult for them to be ousted again ’ . |
| 2 | Could it be that they do not have the stomach for the hard grind which seems to be necessary to pick up those all important computer points ? |
| 3 | The final reason for ignoring human actors can only be that they do not matter . |
| 4 | But I 'll I 'll have to find out from them , it may be that they do n't want me to send anybody else to it because I made the initial contact with them . |
| 5 | Er I mean it could just be that they do n't like it , so anything which they do n't like is grating or |
| 6 | Well it may be that they do n't know how to , or that they set out such patterns of relating together that they have n't got the means of coping with it . |
| 7 | Mostly it 's that they do n't travel well , whatever flightcases you use . |
| 8 | Another thing Jean you can get the boys today is to clear their drawers out if there 's that they do n't would you bring the plate down if there 's clothes |
| 9 | Dorset Fire Safety Committee senior fire prevention officer Ian Clark said : ‘ One of the biggest problems with hotels is that they do not maintain the requirements of the Fire Certificate . ’ |
| 10 | Of course , in such cases , rulers tend to have different life-styles from their subjects , but what is at issue is that they do not have a privileged access to property , especially to the means of production , an essential element of Marx 's and Engels 's definition of a class . |
| 11 | What is wrong with the Greens is that they do not acknowledge the profound economic difficulties , and all their attendant national and international jealousies and suspicions , which obstruct the path to an environmentally safer world . |
| 12 | But the trouble is that they do not account for anything like all the shares of most firms . |
| 13 | ONE advantage for small countries in large empires is that they do not have to think up a defence policy : their armies do what they are told . |
| 14 | A major advantage of the above examples is that they do not require participants to give up their jobs or move away from their homes and families to undertake training . |
| 15 | What their words really imply is that they do not want to think about why they are out of breath on stairs . |
| 16 | The disadvantage of recorded searches is that they do not allow the student personally to experience the interactive capacity of a computer-based information retrieval system . |
| 17 | The basic problem with these killed virus flu vaccines is that they do not provide either complete protection or retain their effectiveness for very long . |
| 18 | They 're unique and what makes them unique is that they do not know it . ’ |
| 19 | One major difficulty for insects is that they do not have a circulatory blood system . |
| 20 | The particular problem with many ageing people is that they do not recognize that they are capable , and have the energy to deal with their own problems and feelings . |
| 21 | The problem is that they do not agree on the facts surrounding this event . |
| 22 | The only problem with them is that they do not tell you how . |
| 23 | As we noted before , one of the prime concerns of teachers is that they do not have enough time to carry out the day-to-day tasks and responsibilities of their jobs to their own satisfaction , let alone to invest in enhancing their own skills , or reflecting on their roles and priorities , to anything like the extent which they would like . |
| 24 | The other major weakness of the proposals is that they do not properly identify the nature of the problem . |
| 25 | The trouble is that they do not fluctuate around the ‘ right ’ average if ‘ right ’ is to be measured by purchasing power . |
| 26 | The trouble with this and other moralistic creeds is that they do not allow for the righteous manifestly not enjoying the fruits of their exemplary conduct . |
| 27 | The main advantage is that they do not intrude on floor space in the same way as a normal hinged door — they simply fold back on themselves to half width . |
| 28 | Their only problem is that they do not convey the feeling and atmosphere of a site and often appear less authentic than a skilful reconstruction drawing . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | The problem with such lists is that they do not specify any order . |