Example sentences of "his [noun] be that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps the most telling aspect of his rule is that within a generation of his death , he was as much the subject of legend as of factual history . |
| 2 | My answer to the first part of his question is that in the few weeks that I have had my present portfolio , two or three times in public I have stated my firm belief that it is in the interests of the people of Northern Ireland , the police and the security forces — indeed , in the interests of all of us — that the law be applied even-handedly and that those responsible for applying the law should do so . |
| 3 | The measure of his performance was that at lunch he held a nine-stroke lead over the other morning starters . |
| 4 | One of his regrets is that in four series against West Indies his record is very ordinary — one innings in which he took eight wickets , but little else of note — and he is aware that not having proved himself against the best team in the world will be held against him when reputations come to be assessed . |
| 5 | His thesis is that in Western societies today state involvement in redistribution of the benefits and burdens of citizenship , and state planning and regulation in public law , has led to an abandonment of concern with formal justice and a turning to procedural and substantive justice . |
| 6 | His perspective was that in 1942 — unlike in 1940 — his movement no longer depended exclusively on the support of its allies or on its capacity to rally French overseas territories . |