Example sentences of "[pron] be that [adj] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 One of the most rigorous rules of quantum mechanics is the Pauli Exclusion Principle , an important consequence of which is that each orbital can hold no more than two electrons .
2 One is that that registered disabled employees and we will be bringing forward further proposals on initiatives to you at the next meeting , and I hope that if you agree , that will be amongst other things with the issue of non-registered disabled employees , and the other consideration in looking at movements in targets and so on , is inevitably the whole job market situation and the opportunities for achieving that .
3 One is that most acquired characters are disadvantageous — they are results of injury , disease , and old age .
4 Finally , erm various terms have been erm thrown around about new settlements being an engine of growth and a sinkhole for future growth , erm the only point I want to make there is that any future growth beyond the present structure plan period of two thousand and six would of course be subject to the planning system , there is no automatic erm growth erm of any new settlement that is proposed or may be proposed beyond two thousand and six , and Mr Davis has indicated that at that time a new study will be carried out on the relative merits of the alternative options that were seen at that time .
5 And as for Mr Willi Stoph , the former prime minister , a major mark against him is that 100 different brands of whisky were found in his cellar — in other countries that would be admired .
6 Could it be that one far-off day intelligent computers will speculate about their own lost origins ?
7 Are mama and my sisters truly in sanctuary — or could it be that some grave misfortune has overtaken them also ?
8 Could it be that this underlying sense of obligation has weakened over time ?
9 ‘ Could it be that any living creature has its inception with the creation of a discontinuity in space ( a vortex ) through which life energy flows , sweeping biological molecules , matter , and perhaps even entire embryos along with it in predictable , spiral trajectories ?
10 It 's that that little he could n't find it .
11 It 's not just that drama teachers are nostalgic romantics who hanker for a simpler way of life ( though there may well be an element of truth in that ) ; it 's that these self-contained communities can not easily call upon outside forces to solve their problems .
12 It is that two lexical units will be assigned to the same lexeme if there exists a lexical rule which permits the prediction of the existence of the sense of one of them from the existence of the sense of the other .
13 And it is that each local church , of whatever sign should be invited to nominate from amongst their elder division those elders who district council might consider and recognise as dividing elders for a stated period of years with authority to do , provide them all services of worship and meetings of that local church , as the need arises .
14 It is that all young people under 18 who are not in full-time education or a job and who are seeking youth training are entitled to be offered and , if necessary , re-offered any number of times entry to a suitable YT programme and to receive such training .
15 ‘ Oh , I was just thinking what a pity it is that all good-looking men are such beasts , ’ she said , with more real feeling than she intended .
16 How vital it is that those influential in the field possess this necessary understanding of children 's imagery and how they learn through what they draw and construct .
17 The conclusion is obvious ; and it is that those local searchers for a place here , who are being crowded out by the southerners , are most likely to be northern Catholics .
18 It is that these additional deposits can only come from some other bank .
19 And the worst of it is that this disturbing new trend has extended beyond the mall and into the magazine .
20 He is that most traditional of stereotypes — the working class gone bad .
21 Partly it was for lack of anything else to be curious about , the usual island obsession with trivialities ; partly it was that one cryptic phrase from Mitford and the discovery about Leverrier ; partly , perhaps mostly , a peculiar feeling that I had a sort of right to visit .
22 It 's something that er not always happens like in the back propagation learning and people who invented it did n't realize it was that that important and did n't advertise it .
23 Maybe it was that that precarious balance in her nature — that he loved .
24 But so it was that this Hungarian son of a would-be inventor moved towards his abiding preoccupation with scientific ideas .
25 ‘ What I feel you are saying to me is that this previous relationship is something you do n't want to talk about in front of Tom .
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