Example sentences of "be that [prep] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may well be that in an extreme case the plaintiff 's claim will fail completely by a plea of ex turpi causa non oritur actio . |
| 2 | One is that in an economic evaluation of this kind — which is , incidentally , the only appropriate kind — the assumed price of replaced fuel ( mainly coal ) is critical , as it contributes directly to the size of savings . |
| 3 | However , as MacPherson and others have pointed out , such a formulation fails to come to terms with the central dilemma confronting liberalism , which is that in an unequal society , where some people come to depend on provision made by others in order to pursue their livelihood , all are not equally able to lead a fully human existence . |
| 4 | The important result is that in an uncertain world companies like to maintain a stable payout ratio over the long run . |
| 5 | The fundamental problem faced by the preliminary fact doctrine is that in an everyday sense all the elements relating to X , or , to X 1 , X 2 , X 3 , could be said to condition jurisdiction . |
| 6 | The second weakness in the Government 's position is that in an important respect it is ambiguous . |
| 7 | The gist of Peron 's statement , shorn of its chauvinism and sanctimony , was that at an atomic energy plant on Huemul Island near San Carlos de Bariloche , Argentinian scientists had recently achieved the controlled liberation of atomic energy from thermonuclear reactions . |
| 8 | Perhaps the development of most interest to us in 1854 was that on an American initiative there had been an international conference at Brussels on shortening ship 's passages by producing better charts of winds and currents . |
| 9 | What was incredible was that during an eight-year period , Keaton shot a short film every month and two feature films every year . ’ |