Example sentences of "be that the [adj] [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It consists of an 8-metre-diameter beehive tomb , with a large square capstone still in place , and a 20-metre-long entrance passage on the east side ; it is like a simpler , trial-run version of the great tholos tombs at Mycenae , and it may well be that the Mycenean tholos tombs originated as a Minoan idea ( Plate 20 ) . |
| 2 | The distinction between the Use Classes Order and the GDO is that the former lists changes of use which do not constitute development , while the latter lists activities which , though constituting development , do not require ad hoc permission . |
| 3 | The central , distinctive idea here is that the rational expectations hypothesis can be seen as imposing restrictions on what we should observe in the world , and so the validity of rational expectations can be tested by testing for the validity of those restrictions . |
| 4 | The trouble is that the awful things parents say about their children , often repeated , not usually ‘ meant ’ except in the heat of the moment , tend to stick . |
| 5 | IF New Scientist has a wish for 1983 that is in theory achievable it is that the two cultures C. P. Snow described a generation ago should again become one . |
| 6 | The only difference is that the actual futures price is £62 000 . |
| 7 | The aim is that the open services standards should help service providers to deliver the same types of remote services cost-effectively for systems in a network as are available for centralised systems . |
| 8 | It was that the Rural Areas Committee should have executive control over the appointment of tutors for classes and courses and thus , of course , approval of the syllabuses . |
| 9 | The first was that the informal wages policy arranged by Bevin had been successful in stemming wartime inflation , and it was assumed this could be continued in peacetime . |
| 10 | The idea was that the United Nations arms embargo on ex-Yugoslavia should be lifted to enable the Bosnian Muslims to get the heavy weapons they need . |
| 11 | It did n't take much to get him back into proper work ; the pleasant surprise was that the three weeks holiday had done him a lot of good . |