Example sentences of "[noun] be that a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two criticisms commonly levelled at Prince are that a particular song is ‘ overdone ’ or that it 's ‘ unrealized ’ . |
| 2 | Not only that , the word from the Other Side is that a new man will soon be looming in Diana 's life . |
| 3 | The result is that a complete flowchart of both wings of the Chemical Products business — which manufactures up to 800 different specific chemicals — strongly resembles a bowl of spaghetti . |
| 4 | Then , the basic result is that a new solution of the source-free equations , depending on an arbitrary real parameter x , is given by ( 12.23 ) where ( 12.24 ) It can be seen that f and g are respectively the norm and twist potential of the Killing field . |
| 5 | The result is that a large proportion of the elderly are solely dependent on the basic state pension , with supplementary benefit . |
| 6 | ‘ The only result is that a large heron discovered that when it activated the floodlight it enabled him/her to decimate my expensive collection of koi carp , brazenly standing in the middle of the pool at 10.30pm . ’ |
| 7 | The stonking irony is that a disappointing Fall gig remains worthy of two of most other bands . |
| 8 | The stonking irony is that a disappointing Fall gig remains worthy of two of most other bands . |
| 9 | But the irony is that a human being , with all his potential capacity for understanding , is actually so cut off from his fellow humans that a plant sometimes has better perceptions at the subtle level than he has ! |
| 10 | The irony is that an effective scheme , which resulted in the rebuilding of Russian and eastern European industry with western expertise and equipment could help the West out of its recession as well . |
| 11 | The most widely quoted medical ‘ fact ’ I hear at parties is that a moderate alcohol intake is good for you . |
| 12 | Indeed one of the major conclusions to be drawn from the historical and sociological discussion in this chapter is that a proper analysis of the operation of ‘ race ’ as an element in British society and education requires an understanding of its interrelationship with the structured and cultural divisions which derive from class and gender relations , in the context of an understanding of Britain 's past imperial domination and its continuing legacies . |
| 13 | Morton 's rule is that a double bond is advantageous and that a double barrier must never be permitted . |
| 14 | Morton 's rule is that a double bond is advantageous and that a double barrier must never be permitted . |
| 15 | The fear is that a nationwide network of police computers could swap unsubstantiated gossip and suspicion about individuals . |
| 16 | The best news for schools is that a special price is available making it possible for schools to acquire the discs , a laser vision player and an Acorn Archimedes computer for £899 . |
| 17 | The principal disadvantage is that a limited company invariably incurs some additional costs . |
| 18 | The disadvantage is that a large number of animals feeding in a small area will exhaust the food supply much more rapidly than would a small number . |
| 19 | The second recommendation was that a single budget should be established for the care of elderly people in the community , with contributions from the NHS and from local authorities . |
| 20 | His recommendation was that a commanding officer be appointed with an administrative staff . |
| 21 | The first allegation was that a misplaced catheter gave misleading readings of oxygen pressure . |
| 22 | The result was that a great deal of effort went into recording the habitats seen to be under threat , and the material collated within the Symposium volume ( Boyd , 1979b ) proved to be of immense value . |
| 23 | The rule was that a personal action died with the person to whom it attached . |
| 24 | The most popular story concerning her conception was that a golden egg tumbled out of Chaos in the beginning of the world . |
| 25 | ( An ironic postscript is that a new generation of physicists is growing up right now that entertains certain reservations about orthodox quantum mechanics , themselves brooding darkly about their elders and muttering blasphemies about ‘ hidden variables ’ , a term held in unmitigated horror by this older generation of quantum theorists . |
| 26 | The significant point to emerge from Zeki 's work is that a perceptual phenomenon once believed to be the result of high level cognitive processing now turns out to have a single cell correlate at an early stage in the visual pathways . |
| 27 | And the feeling in Washington is that a great pile of it is lying around ( under the name of Noriega M. ) at banks in London . |
| 28 | The intended benefit is that a standard form of report enables auditors to understand more clearly , and report on , the regulators ' generic and specific requirements . |
| 29 | A second is that a rare conjunction of certain bright planets created the image of a very bright star . |
| 30 | The plan is that a new company , soon to be renamed LWT ( Holdings ) , will buy in all of LWT 's shares , paying one new preferred share plus a package worth 130p made up of a special dividend of 60p , an associated tax credit of 20p and either loan notes or cash worth 50p . |