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 The proposition has always been that a peace-keeping force should enforce and keep a ceasefire which already existed .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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.
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 The seven questions were : What guarantees would there be that a united Germany would not threaten security and peace in Europe ? ;
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 Gandhi 's injunction is that a married couple should act as if they are unmarried , and treat each other as brother and sister .
17 A further , apparently reasonable , assumption is that a male subject will adopt the more formal styles in his repertoire when addressing a woman ( cf.
18 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 .
19 What is perhaps more significant is that a new minister will also find that his department is developing new policies .
20 The implied threat to anon-co-operating probation service is that a new organisation could be created :
21 Not only that , the word from the Other Side is that a new man will soon be looming in Diana 's life .
22 ‘ The only hope is that a new party will emerge and change everything , ’ says a typically frustrated businessman .
23 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 .
24 One story about his teaching is that a new student would be told to observe a fish in a tank .
25 ‘ The essential affirmation in the poem is that a young woman should preserve her virginity , again nothing remarkable .
26 The first and most obvious difficulty is that a three-dimensional object can not fit satisfactorily on to a flat page .
27 The reason why it is considered so important that we should not make a commitment at this stage to join a single currency is that a single currency would involve not only a single central bank but single economic management and a commitment by the Government and people of this country to subsidise , if necessary , the trade deficit of Italy , the budget deficits of other countries and the different standards of living .
28 The translucent message from the corridors of power , in Europe and in Whitehall , is that a single currency will be established , and that we shall be part of it .
29 The risk of this policy is that a single product may be standardised prematurely .
30 The most important consideration is that a high torque should be available at low speeds and therefore a small switching angle is chosen .
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