Example sentences of "be [that] it [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only possible explanation of this radiation , which corresponds to a temperature of about 3K ( 3 C° above the absolute zero of cold ) , seemed to be that it represented the residual energy left over from the Big Bang . |
| 2 | The matter was first drawn to our attention as far back as 1974 when the nuclear industry inspectorate 's chief inspector said this about the consequences of developing reprocessing in the United Kingdom : ’ The price for Britain of building lucrative business world-wide in nuclear fuel services could be that it becomes the dumping place for the world 's nuclear waste . ’ |
| 3 | The response of Dr P to communications , it will be remembered , is that it ignores the aesthetic , that it is so obsessed with ‘ ideological statements and political texts ’ that it can no longer make a distinction between good and bad . |
| 4 | The key value of this interpretation is that it separates the internal ( impairment ) and external ( Disability ) causes of disadvantage . |
| 5 | The significance of My Lai is that it threatened the American national myth — that of moral superiority . |
| 6 | One advantage of the correction of twice the number of degrees off track , is that it produces the two equal sides of an isosceles triangle . |
| 7 | The significance of the geoid for the operation of geomorphic processes is that it defines the ultimate base level for denudation ; any change in the geoid would therefore cause consequential changes in base levels . |
| 8 | A SURPRISING aspect of the first British performance of Sofia Gubaidulina 's Violin Concerto , subtitled Offertorium , is that it provoked the odd walk-out in Birmingham Town Hall . |
| 9 | A SURPRISING aspect of the first British performance of Sofia Gubaidulina 's Violin Concerto , subtitled Offertorium , is that it provoked the odd walk-out from one or two places in Birmingham Town Hall . |
| 10 | However , the best reason for making a will is that it takes the practical burden from the shoulders of those you leave behind . |
| 11 | The advantage of the notional syllabus is that it takes the communicative facts of language into account from the beginning without losing sight of grammatical and situational factors . |
| 12 | A further advantage of this method is that it allows the phonetic location of an incipient change to be identified rather precisely , and particular variants to be associated with particular groups of speakers : ‘ The main difference between the boys and the girls in the use of ( r ) is that the girls are almost always rhotic and most frequently use [ ? ] , while the boys are less frequently rhotic and tend to use [ ? ] more frequently than the girls ’ ( Romaine 1978a : 150 ) . |
| 13 | A further possible objection to gradation is that it limits the sentencing powers of the judge . |
| 14 | The main advantage of this type of support is that it keeps the joint warm , but it has to be said that it is not really suitable for more recent or severe injuries . |
| 15 | The second main point about Marsh et al. 's approach is that it recognises the expressive order : the theories which young people and others have about their circumstances . |
| 16 | All I think of when I see that picture is that it has the supreme mastery I have spent all my life trying to attain . |
| 17 | The main problem for a private pilot is that it has the widest airspeed envelope available this side of the Harrier . |
| 18 | The snag with disarmament , for all its other merits , is that it disrupts the established Soviet routine . |
| 19 | Yes , because the snag is with that is that it means the vast amount of , and then the gypsum that is produced has got to be disposed of has n't it , so that the limestone is mined and then they 've got to get rid of the gypsum . |
| 20 | The central feature of the rhetorical perspective proposed by Billig ( 1985 , 1987 ) is that it studies the argumentative aspects of discourse ( see also Shotter , 1987 ) . |
| 21 | An argument often made in their briefs , against random testing in particular , is that it reverses the normal presumption of innocence : an employee is deemed guilty unless he can prove himself innocent by producing ‘ clean ’ urine . |
| 22 | The nasty thing about strong encryption from the administration 's point of view is that it prevents the Federal Bureau of Investigation , the National Security Agency and other government agencies going about their legal phone-tapping business . |
| 23 | The rationale for trying to obtain verbatim records of children 's speech in naturalistic settings is that it provides the best indication of what language a child actually uses in ordinary , everyday settings . |
| 24 | The most basic criterion for a successful design is that it satisfies the functional constraints imposed . |
| 25 | The second reason is that it draws the punching hip right back and cocks it , without telegraphing this fact to the opponent . |
| 26 | The great virtue or the part-time holding in times of industrial depression is that it leaves the unemployed with things they can do to help themselves . |
| 27 | Labov 's interpretation of this irregularity is that it shows the Lower-middle class to be instrumental in diffusing a change throughout the speech community by adopting and emulating what is in fact an innovatory pattern introduced by a higher-status group ( Labov 1972a : 122 ) . |
| 28 | Another point is that it offends the important principle of subsidiarity . |
| 29 | Film was nothing in itself but what had confirmed its worthlessness was that it seemed the exclusive property of a class of showmen who were direct descendants of the old fairground showmen . |
| 30 | Hardly a rally was over two strokes and what was more disappointing was that it followed the brilliant final at Brighton . |