Example sentences of "be that it is [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That could have been done anyway if the disposition were in a will , but it may well be that it is in a codicil or other document to which the nuncupatio did not apply . |
| 2 | It may be that the state of affairs in which everyone ( as opposed to just some people ) is guided by such a maxim is an impossibility , or it may be that it is in some way a thing that no individual can wish for . |
| 3 | The caveat , to state it simply , is that it is to be taken as a view of only our conception of what can be called standard effects : all those where the effects are not decisions , choices , like mental acts of persons , or ensuing actions . |
| 4 | The key to the repressive discipline advocated in this manual of behaviour is that it is to be the means by which man is liberated from all that thwarts his true nature , just as the dancer can only use his body expressively if he trains his muscles : " those move easiest who have learnt to dance " . |
| 5 | All I can add is that it is to the Robin Hood theme . |
| 6 | Moreover , what is particularly regrettable about this requirement is that it is for largely financial accounting facilities to address such issues as : |
| 7 | Subject , however , to the help of the court in these various ways , the basic principle underlying the preparation and presentation of a party 's case in the High Court in England is that it is for that party to obtain and present the evidence which he needs by his own means , provided always that such means are lawful in the country in which they are used . |
| 8 | The Prime Minister 's formulation is that it is for the other 11 member states now to demonstrate to us in watertight treaty terms that the right of all member states to determine their own foreign policies is not being abandoned or abdicated . |
| 9 | Its advantage is that it is at least problem-orientated and gives the impression ( which is sometimes justified ) that one has the means to solve it . |
| 10 | The conglomerate is indeed becoming typical of technologically advanced cultural production in the advanced capitalist economies , and its theoretical importance , in this context , is that it is at once dominant in modern cultural production and yet , in its determining forms , radically separate from it ; its ‘ purpose ’ ( cf. page 67 ) now primarily elsewhere . |
| 11 | The reason why the latter seem more likely is that it is on these major industries that much of the future competition among states for wealth-creating resources will be focused . |
| 12 | The Everton v Leeds United game at Goodison park is nearly here , I ca n't remember the exact date , all I know is that it is on a Tuesday night . |
| 13 | ‘ The reason people have been concerned about this case for so long is that it is about far bigger issues . |
| 14 | The plain inference is that it is through the operation of the Spirit that these Gentiles have come to repentance . |
| 15 | One of the many compliments that can be paid this finely produced book is that it is worth reading from cover to cover . |
| 16 | The horrible irony is that it is in that very surrender that community itself is founded . |
| 17 | The most evident fact to note about the Ring is that it is in conception strikingly anachronistic , totally modern . |
| 18 | Briefly , what needs to be shown if the anti-monist argument is going to work is that it is in principle impossible to remove such predicates from the relevant contexts and substitute for them some other predicates without any loss of truth . |
| 19 | But a corollary of this is that it is in principle impossible to describe accurately any x as numerically identical at any given stage of its existence , until , that is , its life-cycle has been completed , for its numerical identity depends upon all its properties . |
| 20 | The truth is that it is in a dreadful state of disrepair and would have been difficult to sell unless it went to a builder who would demolish it and redevelop the site . |
| 21 | The second is that it is in relation to this period that one finds a quite separate account of the origins of the Muftilik advanced , namely Katib Celebi 's view that the office originated not with Molla Fenari in Bursa or Fahreddin Acemi in Edirne but rather with Hizir Bey in Istanbul , the Muftilik being for his tenure , and for some time alter , a to the post of kadi of Istanbul , of which he was the first holder . |
| 22 | The reason for this is that it is in the discount market that the authorities conduct those operations which they hope will influence monetary conditions in the economy . |
| 23 | The major problem with legislation concerning animals is that it is from a human perspective . |
| 24 | As Ogden Nash put it , ‘ Another good thing about gossip is that it is within everybody 's reach/And it is much more interesting than any other form of speech … ’ |
| 25 | The important thing is that it is within walking distance of the centre . |
| 26 | One view of the art market is that it is like a staircase with several landings . |
| 27 | Another reason for wanting to retain the inclusion of a relatively poor inner-city area was that it is in such areas that the problems of service provision to dementia sufferers are often at their most acute . |