Example sentences of "[noun sg] be that the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | As we approach Christmas the real tragedy is that the vast majority of our friends — good , sincere people , most of them — will not get within a mile of the real meaning of Christmas . |
| 32 | Now , it 's not then that society does n't believe in the supernatural , we believe in the supernatural , society at large believes in the supernatural , the tragedy is that the natural man , the natural person however , as always is more willing to believe Satan 's mysteries than he is to believe God 's mysteries . |
| 33 | Finally , a pertinent finding of the present study is that the protective effect of dietary calcium on the lytic activity of faecal water correlated with its effect on the concentrations of soluble fatty acids and bile acids ( Fig 6 ) , but not with their total concentrations ( Fig 4 ) . |
| 34 | The clear implication of this study is that the biggest response of northern hemisphere temperatures ‘ should ’ have been in June , two months after El Chichón 's eruption , and that is just what the temperature record shows . |
| 35 | The postulate put forward in this study is that the potential meaning of to before the infinitive is more abstract than that found in the spatial use of the preposition , and can be stated as follows : the possibility of a movement from a point in time conceived as a before-position to another point in time which marks the end-point of the movement and which represents an after-position with respect to the first . |
| 36 | Perhaps the best indication is that the initial flight , which was scheduled for 20 minutes , lasted well over an hour . |
| 37 | What happens in practice is that the overall system forecasts which timber is available for harvesting , but local managers adapt those forecasts to help meet other objectives . |
| 38 | Whatever people might think about DHSS money , what it has meant in practice is that the global sum of money to help provide for the needs of people with dementia or other long-term needs is much greater than it would have been if they were not attracting DHSS supplementation . |
| 39 | For the purposes of Clause ( 4 ) of the Agreement , in the event of glass ) being broken or fuel pumps damaged as a result of a collision or an attempt to avoid a collision between two or more vehicles , the intention is that the Immobile Property Insurer shall only recover in total 75% of their loss provided that they have signed this Agreement with the Insurers of the vehicles concerned . |
| 40 | In matters of potential Dual Indemnity for Third Party damage or injury caused by a vehicle the intention is that the Dual Indemnity Undertaking and Explanatory Notes ( G.M. 22/7/76 , C.L. 's 4/10/76 and 26/10/76 ) thereto shall apply . |
| 41 | The rule is that the two plugs fit together so that black wires are in the middle — if you are in any doubt then seek assistance or use a voltmeter to check the power supply . |
| 42 | The effect of this rule is that the fixed percentage or the amount of the notional pool is specified in the scheme , but the amount of the distributable pool can be determined only after a profit period has ended . |
| 43 | The new feature for curved space–time is that the permitted transformations are quite general and not simply linear , as in the case with Lorentz transformations . |
| 44 | The net effect is that the total amount of energy from the Sun available to the Earth is reduced a little , so that the globe as a whole becomes slightly cooler . |
| 45 | The effect is that the structural level on which our attention fixes is the whole piece . |
| 46 | The overall effect is that the main swell of the ocean is broken , leaving calmer water inside . |
| 47 | For girls caught up in this nexus of processes , the effect is that the feminine role , the ‘ little housewife ’ role and self-definition are blended together in an ‘ unselfconscious complex of unobstructed behaviour ’ . |
| 48 | Once the test pilot comes out of the chamber , a nasty side effect is that the ageing process becomes speeded up . |
| 49 | In market economies , the key is that the very process of trading credit actually creates money . |
| 50 | The fear is that the current trend of mergers and joint ventures within the Community , far from promoting competition , may in fact stifle it , as has been the case with Bull in France , for example . |
| 51 | ‘ The fear is that the old regime will come back again , ’ says a researcher . |
| 52 | The CDP 's fear is that the local authorities will be so hard pressed , because of government policy , that they will be unable or unwilling to help in the future . |
| 53 | The only fear is that the local authority who would retain responsibility for Paul 's schooling , after normal school leaving age , if he remains a child with a statement of special educational needs , might possibly say that they would no longer pay for him being at school . |
| 54 | The common talk is that the Official Custodian manages £125bn of charity money and as she winds up her role the error is to assume that this should fall into the fund managers ' laps . |
| 55 | What the high-speed camera does n't show as it freezes the action is that the top pros have the skill to make the clubhead catch up with their hands and arrive at the same time at impact … as when at address . |
| 56 | One consequence of the primacy of the metric equation is that the Gaussian curvature is a function of the coefficients in the metric equation . |
| 57 | The clear lesson of the history of modernism is that the academic left is quite capable of fashioning a central instrument for the reproduction of the interests of the dominant class at precisely the moment when it is making the most strident claims to the contrary . |
| 58 | Another bonus is that the lower vantage point from the tops of these smaller hills , often with uncluttered surroundings , can occasionally provide more impressive views than from their big brothers . |
| 59 | The only disadvantage is that the final sample is unlikely to have exactly n members though this may not be very important . |
| 60 | The disadvantage is that the individual councillor , if he is a member of such a group , may be required to sub-ordinate what he considers to be in the best interests of his electors to what his group so consider . |