Example sentences of "be that the new [noun] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The initial signs were that the new government would follow the lead of the Sandinistas in Nicaragua in pursuing a mixed economy . |
| 3 | The Institute 's main concern is that the new entities should be expressly subject to national legislation governing the activity undertaken . |
| 4 | This kind of music , of which I contributed my own part , deliberately aimed at beginning anew , ignoring the conventions of the past ; the only universal ideal was that the new music should be completely unlike whatever was heard before . |
| 5 | The fear of opponents was that the new system would push down production budgets ; drive out minority programmes and ‘ serious ’ projects ; subject ITV to the needs of advertisers more than before ; force the BBC down market to maintain its audience share . |
| 6 | The corporation cited planning and zoning regulations for refusing these applications but it was generally assumed that the real reason was that the new houses would have been built in Unionist-controlled wards but would have been inhabited by Catholics . |
| 7 | The danger , of course , was that the new schools would be little more than half-hearted extensions of the former senior elementary schools — by 1938 , 63.3 per cent of pupils beyond the age of eleven were in separate senior elementary schools and all that was at first formally required was that such schools should change their labels . |