Example sentences of "be that a [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 | If your wife is unhappy , now it may well have been that a better policy could have been put on the vehicle . |
| 3 | The proposition has always been that a peace-keeping force should enforce and keep a ceasefire which already existed . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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. |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It may well be that a fairer test must await an examination of the poll tax over an entire electoral cycle . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The seven questions were : What guarantees would there be that a united Germany would not threaten security and peace in Europe ? ; |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | In the light of later events , it is possible to doubt Scott 's altruism in taking the initiative in this case ; clearly after the change of government with Manners ' well-known enthusiasm for the Middle Ages , the chances were that a Gothic design would be acceptable , and Scott was the best placed of the Gothic competitors , although of course he was completely unaware of the ultimately crucial placings awarded to him by the assessors . |
| 14 | A second lesson is that a greater effort should be made to cushion the poor ( who are often women ) from the hardships that go with adjustment . |
| 15 | Another advantage is that a hooked bream can be persuaded — with a little not-too-gentle pulling and guidance — to fight it out in the shallower water and therefore not disturb the remainder of the feeding shoal . |
| 16 | My understanding is that a small group need not prepare a consolidated cash flow statement , even if the holding company of that group prepared group accounts . |
| 17 | In the end the government was forced to make a minor concession , and the present position is that a second ballot will be held if fewer than 50 per cent of those eligible record a vote on the first occasion . |
| 18 | A central part of my argument , then , is that a major step can be made simply by relocating the issue of child abuse into the mainstream of child care research , policy and practice . |
| 19 | Part of the principle of equal treatment is that a compulsory bid must be made when a certain level of shareholdings is actually exceeded , namely a third of voting stock . |
| 20 | What seems fairly certain is that a private plaintiff will not uncover a breach of Core Rule 28 where the criminal authorities have failed to prosecute under the CSA 1985 . |
| 21 | Gandhi 's injunction is that a married couple should act as if they are unmarried , and treat each other as brother and sister . |
| 22 | A further , apparently reasonable , assumption is that a male subject will adopt the more formal styles in his repertoire when addressing a woman ( cf. |
| 23 | The most that can be said is that a good case can be made out for so doing ; law-abiding spectators would probably be sympathetic , depending upon the outcome . |
| 24 | What is perhaps more significant is that a new minister will also find that his department is developing new policies . |
| 25 | The implied threat to anon-co-operating probation service is that a new organisation could be created : |
| 26 | Not only that , the word from the Other Side is that a new man will soon be looming in Diana 's life . |
| 27 | ‘ The only hope is that a new party will emerge and change everything , ’ says a typically frustrated businessman . |
| 28 | One problem that has arisen is that a new tenant may not settle quickly and may wish to leave even though this may be unrealistic . |
| 29 | One story about his teaching is that a new student would be told to observe a fish in a tank . |
| 30 | ‘ The essential affirmation in the poem is that a young woman should preserve her virginity , again nothing remarkable . |