Example sentences of "be that [art] [adj] [noun] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among these are that a complete network may have only one start event and only one finish event ; that an event is not complete until all the activities leading to it are themselves complete ; and that a network must always move forwards in time . |
| 2 | It was too early in the negotiating round at the time of writing to be confident about trends for the coming year , although most expectations for the 1–10MW bracket are that the new deals will merely take account of inflation . |
| 3 | The odds are that the young man would not have laid a finger on her , but what if … ? |
| 4 | ‘ My expectations are that the three athletes will be free , ’ he added . |
| 5 | Two points to bear in mind throughout the discussion are that the same facts can give rise to more than one offence and that the crimes are defined in terms both of the fault element of the accused and the harmful consequences , but the relationship is not perfect . |
| 6 | The chances are that the same cycle will repeat even if it is successful in doing so ; success in innovative technology can not be guaranteed . |
| 7 | The chances are that the same cycle will repeat even if it is successful in doing so ; success in innovative technology can not be guaranteed . |
| 8 | If your wife is unhappy , now it may well have been that a better policy could have been put on the vehicle . |
| 9 | The proposition has always been that a peace-keeping force should enforce and keep a ceasefire which already existed . |
| 10 | The account he gave just after his release was that the threat had been that a British soldier might ‘ accidentally ’ shoot one of the women . |
| 11 | Another suggestion has been that the only solution would be the fitting of a Rover SDI engine which I understand would also give much better mpg . |
| 12 | I have in fact no explanation to offer as to how he came to die , and it may be that no trustworthy explanation will ever be achieved . |
| 13 | The proper conclusion appears to be that no single theory can underlie all potential agency situations , and that these must be examined on a case by case basis . |
| 14 | So , for example , it may be that a keen walker would have a special interest in a stretch of country where he or she frequently walked which would entitle him or her to challenge a decision to grant planning permission to develop it , whereas an ordinary member of the public or even of some environmental group in a different area might not have . |
| 15 | Compared with the case in which A and B have not been pre-trained , the consequence of A-X and B-Y associations having been pre-established would be that a new response could be acquired very readily by stimulus A without any increase in the extent to which generalization occurs to stimulus B. |
| 16 | It may be that a separate recogniser could be constructed that would concentrate on these sort of features , i.e. the shape of a word found from its ascending and descending characters . |
| 17 | It may well be that a fairer test must await an examination of the poll tax over an entire electoral cycle . |
| 18 | The Rapporteur was notably unenthusiastic about this text ‘ que nous n'estimons pas très heureux ’ ; its effect appears to be that a Contracting State can enter an objection to the modes of service provided for in Article 10 ( which would otherwise be available in respect of all Contracting States ) but allow their use in respect of particular , and perhaps especially neighbouring , states . |
| 19 | It may be that a third party would be prepared to accept the commitments for a limited purpose without becoming a party to the treaty . |
| 20 | The seven questions were : What guarantees would there be that a united Germany would not threaten security and peace in Europe ? ; |
| 21 | Both these cases involved applications for orders to the Italian courts ; it may be that an English court would resist a contractual fetter on the power to grant injunctions under section 37 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 . |
| 22 | If there is another rights issue , a possible result may be that the major shareholders will decide to take out the minority interest . |
| 23 | In the future , it may well be that the western interventionist-imperialists will be on the liberal-left , not the laissez-faire right . |
| 24 | The most likely outcome seems to be that the black hole will just disappear , at least from our region of the universe , taking with it the astronaut and any singularity there might be inside it , if indeed there is one . |
| 25 | [ 1979 ] A.C. 440 , Lord Diplock stated the key principle to be that the general rule may be departed from only where its application would ‘ frustrate or render impracticable the administration of justice . ’ |
| 26 | Not only would accommodation and compromise between these various interests be desirable , but also it may be that the best solution would be some alternative to a motorway , or some alternative route not already considered . |
| 27 | ‘ It may well be that the original kidnappers could n't afford to wait so long . |
| 28 | IT COULD BE THAT the British audience will have been acclimatised to Shore , Myers and Carvey through the path-clearing work done by the Bill And Ted movies . |
| 29 | It may be that the lovely weather will go on even after the hall is pulled down , in which case we can meet out of doors , but we ca n't expect to go on doing that when autumn and winter comes , can we ? ’ |
| 30 | It 's it 's also the main area of housing demand , it 's also the main area where employers want to locate around around North Yorkshire , and I think most importantly , if its development needs are not met , these can wo n't be satisfactorily diverted elsewhere , they will continue unresolved which would be continual pressure on the edge of the urban area , and on on the greenbelt , and if that holds the effect would of course be that the tight greenbelt would mean that economic growth in the county would be frustrated , because York is the main centre where employment growth is concentrated , and I would think , I would consider that that solution of a tight greenbelt plus not making sufficient provision for development needs elsewhere in York would be contrary to P P G three paragraph three , which I 'm sure you 're aware of . |