Example sentences of "be that [pers pn] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two big advantages of capillary fittings are that they are considerably cheaper than compression fittings and much neater in appearance . |
| 2 | Their main advantages are that they are relatively cheap , come in a wide range of sizes and styles , and can be built directly into the brickwork without the need for a sub-frame . |
| 3 | Several papers said so — and are still unwilling to listen to the facts which are that we are simply encouraging staff — not branch managers — to collect fees which are properly due . |
| 4 | All the indications are that we are now forging ahead . |
| 5 | We shall do our best , of course , to hold the Residency against them , but the chances are that we are now too few to be able to do so For this reason all the wounded , the ladies , and the children must be taken to the banqueting hall tonight , together with water , powder , cloth , and indeed every single object that might come to our assistance . |
| 6 | Dr Jim Howe , Tony 's doctor , said : ‘ His parents said how peaceful their son has looked over his last few days and how relieved they are that he is finally at rest . ’ |
| 7 | The odds are that he is no longer alive , but I have a silk thread hanging in there with God that he is still alive . |
| 8 | You perhaps do not realize how long and desperately people have fought to keep Winston Spencer Churchill in the wilderness , and how furiously angry many of them are that he is back where he belongs . |
| 9 | I find her difficult to handle and my soundings are that she is deeply unpopular in Fleet St. She is also said to be extremely bitter about the way she has been treated and evidently stands to make millions from various lawsuits . |
| 10 | If you are experiencing difficulty in any of the key areas of life listed below , the chances are that you are not experiencing whole health . |
| 11 | The main advantages of a shower are that it 's more hygienic and uses less water than a bath — typically , 70 to 80 per cent less , 30 to 40 per cent less for a power shower . |
| 12 | If the colours are lighter near the surface , the chances are that it is either old or has genuinely been bleached by the sun . |
| 13 | The drawbacks are that it is significantly slower than the mainframe version , and the user is limited to the amount of data which can be fitted on to a PC ( a typical county takes up about 20 MB ) . |
| 14 | Disadvantages are that it is very expensive . |
| 15 | It is a debate which presumably would have appealed to Howard although his own views seem to have been that they are equally important . |
| 16 | The primary objection to UDCs has been that they are not directly accountable to local authorities or local people in their areas . |
| 17 | ‘ I keep asking myself what it could have been that she was so keen to tell me on the phone . |
| 18 | Dewey 's response to such criticism , I suspect , would have been that he was certainly not naive about the nature of those forces but that , if there is to be hope for humanity , there is no alternative but to be optimistic . |
| 19 | ‘ One of my problems over the last few years has been that I 'm amazingly optimistic — really stupid in fact ! |
| 20 | The second step is that really frankly the history of all great civil rights and human rights movements has sadly been that it 's often only through challenging the law , indeed even breaking the law , that injustices are put right . |
| 21 | But my argument has been that it is not difficult to defend something roughly resembling the status quo rather than being bludgeoned into a guilty conscience by accepting that one is a covert elitist or racist . |
| 22 | Working within this international world it is , of course , a great help if one speaks several languages , but my own experience has been that it is not the ability to speak another language , rare enough this essential tool of international business is amongst British people , but the experience of having lived and worked with people in another country which is the decisive factor . |
| 23 | One of the major criticisms of the battery cage has been that it is so small that the hens have no room to move or to perform their natural behaviour patterns . |
| 24 | for me and I think it might be rather than just record an apology for her absence , I think we should just put in something , just to say that we 're that we are very sad |
| 25 | Really and the type of documentation that they 're that they 're on about . |
| 26 | I think they 're under a great pressure and you know th I think it 's erm you know , quite amazing really , that people survive as well as they do , given the pressures they 're that they are under . |
| 27 | Despite the popular image of Japanese employees as happy and harmonious group workers the reality seems to be that they are not . |
| 28 | The answer seems to be that they are barely used at all . |
| 29 | In the case where the innovative outsiders are also internationally renowned practitioners in their own right , perhaps displaced by political upheavals , it may be that they are particularly well qualified to synthesise the approaches of their native and host cultures , and overcome resistance to new scientific innovation . |
| 30 | One reason may be that they are less concentrated in low paid jobs than women . |