Example sentences of "be that [pos pn] [adj] [noun] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have the feeling that those of you who would want to use the mailing label feature more than any other might find the built-in database a little feeble , but then the chances are that your main database will provide all the information you require for that kind of thing . |
| 2 | ( 1 ) It may be that your financial circumstances would entitle you to State Legal Aid to cover costs and disbursements . |
| 3 | Some governing bodies provided additional finance to secure the services of a particular coach for the Regional Schools and it may be that your governing body would want to consider this . |
| 4 | It may be that our first target should be Romance elements and , if so , our victory in the recent war may be taken as a good augury . |
| 5 | The second is that their long-term view may be clouded by immediate short-term factors . |
| 6 | Their main danger is that their entire home will become drenched and waterlogged . |
| 7 | sometimes artists have been working for two or three years , releasing records unsuccessfully , although the public 's perception is that their first hit must be their first record . |
| 8 | One significant advantage of electric vehicles is that their widespread use would make far better use of off-peak electricity . |
| 9 | Its special property is that its chemical composition can be adjusted so it dissolves in water , soil , or human tissues at any predetermined rate . |
| 10 | It says a ‘ fundamental requirement ’ is that its retail acquirers should be issuers too . |
| 11 | A MOTHER is living in a nightmare from which her only possible escape is that her tiny daughter may win her fight for life . |
| 12 | ( 6.13 ) unc The reason for this simplicity is that our normal form will eliminate all PAR constructs , and hence all internal use of channels . |
| 13 | One of our concerns is that our ex-service men should not be in temporary accommodation . |
| 14 | Our theological understanding is that our top priority should be to worship God and so we encourage the small groups to give time to this first . |
| 15 | This caused disquiet amongst Colonial officials and prompted Creech Jones , the Colonial Secretary in the later years of the Labour government , to circulate a memorandum to the Cabinet in early 1947 in which he said : ‘ I know full well how important it is that our overseas payments should be kept as low as they possibly can be , but I can not believe that this justifies a course which is contrary to our declared policy in regard both to Colonial and to commercial matters and contrary also to the policy which has long been pursued by the Labour Party . ’ |
| 16 | My policy , which I believe the committee accepts , is that our regulatory process should be such that any other committee or body appointed to replace us ( should that ever happen ) would adopt the same procedures because they were unable to see a better , fairer way of doing things . |
| 17 | Another advantage is that your new investment can be put into a personal equity plan , which means income and capital gains will then be tax-free . |
| 18 | A further point is that your protected rights must be used to purchase the annuity which will pay for your annual pension when you retire ; they can not be used as a contribution towards your lump sum . |
| 19 | At the meeting , the most important point to convey is that your alternative proposals need not be to their detriment , either in financial terms or in the provision of any accommodation they may be hoping for in a new development on the site . |
| 20 | In contrast , the District 's perception of the Cambridge Board 's policy was that its own work would be undermined and possibly replaced by expansion of the Board 's providing powers for Chapter III courses through the appointment of a cadre of university resident tutors throughout the region . |
| 21 | What they did realise was that their grand design must afford an acceptable challenge for both the average player and the accomplished player . |
| 22 | The hope was that their public encounter would diffuse tension in the townships and workers ' hostels , which were the fighting grounds in the power struggle between the rival movements . |
| 23 | What no one had expected was that my xenophobic father should find himself first sorry for the poor little foreigner and then gradually — but quite irreversibly — falling in love with her . |
| 24 | Schoenberg 's own fear was that his new idioms might fail to communicate . |