Example sentences of "[be] that any [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 ? |
| 2 | What this example shows is that any stark conclusion on the basis of one unit cost statistic that a given local authority is inefficient is not a rational conclusion . |
| 3 | One problem with normal car launching in light winds is that any poor steering on the part of the pilot results in the parachute dropping outside the normal dropping zone . |
| 4 | The most important thing to note at present is that any strong syllable will have as its peak one of the vowel phonemes ( or possibly a triphthong ) listed in Chapter 3 , but not . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The fallacy of course in this thinking is that any organisational structure is the means not the end . |
| 7 | The problem for the Committee here is that any adequate specification of the " richness " or " intrinsic value " of English upon which their claim for its " greatness " as a subject rests , would require that these terms be subjected to a rigorous critical , historical , and sociological analysis . |
| 8 | My initial assumption is that any given member of any given society makes some distinction between his immediate social environment and that which is outside it . |
| 9 | One assumption is that any intelligent species will in due course develop a technology , just as we have done . |
| 10 | The trouble is that any proposed reduction — granting for instance a value of 0.8 to a second preference and 0.6 to a third — is bound to be arbitrary . |
| 11 | The difficulty was that any additional building — of squash-courts , swimming pool , or even classrooms — could by now only take place at the expense of valuable playing-field space . |
| 12 | Strictly speaking , Freud 's view was that any individual superego is the internalization not of their parents as such , but of their parents ' superego . |
| 13 | Outlining the proposals , which will be put in writing to the Bank of England task force set up in to pick up the pieces after Taurus , Mr Pearson said the key point was that any new system should focus solely on the professional market — leaving the private shareholder with paper certificates and the existing fortnightly settlement system . |