Example sentences of "[vb -s] be that the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government view has been that the way towards prosperity is for the state to do less and so leave room for the private sector to expand . |
| 2 | One suggestion has been that the Government would agree to amendments in December 1991 , with the reservation that these would not be binding upon the United Kingdom unless and until they had been ratified and approved by the United Kingdom parliament . |
| 3 | One argument has been that the Government 's housing programme was introduced to buy industrial and social peace ; it could do this in exchange for really very little , except expense — and when the Treasury found it too costly , the scheme was jettisoned . |
| 4 | Thirdly , a recurrent theme of much criticism of local government has been that the division and allocation of responsibilities have always been unclear . |
| 5 | The difficulty with so many problems in materials science has been that the algebra and arithmetic , though theoretically soluble , are too laborious to be done by traditional methods . |
| 6 | The result has been that the Conservatives have been able to transform this country from the laggard of Europe in the hands of the unions with inflation well over 20pc to a lean , competitive economy with low taxes ready to take full advantage of the upturn when the recession ends . |
| 7 | Alternatively third party rights in this context could be seen as a particular application of general international law : that State practice of both the treaty States and third parties has been that the canals are open for international navigation , and that there is sufficient opinio juris ( demonstrated by protest to any closure ) to support the view that there is a customary international law of transit through each canal despite their treaty origins . |
| 8 | One result has been that the price of dumping rubbish has varied widely around the country . |
| 9 | Perhaps the clearest example of success has been that the Home Office was persuaded to repeal the ‘ sus ’ law by a critical report from the Home Affairs Committee . |
| 10 | Their main concern has been that the build-up of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere — a by-product of our dependence on energy from fossil fuels — could trap infrared radiation near the surface of the Earth and warm the planet through the so-called ‘ greenhouse effect ’ . |
| 11 | The general position adopted has been that the conditions must fairly and reasonably relate to the permitted development . |
| 12 | Perhaps the problem has been that the Americans have adopted Pop Art as a national institution and seen it as exclusively an American product , so I found the inclusion of the German painters , Sigmar Polke and Gerhard Richter , illuminating . |
| 13 | The result has been that the majority of boards produced today fall under the blanket description of being funboards , although there are in fact a number of different designs . |
| 14 | The result of this anomalous position has been that the majority of the disabled have had to suffer great financial hardship . |
| 15 | The significant feature of privatization has been that the transformation has usually been carried out by broadly the same teams that had worked under nationalization . |
| 16 | The problem has been that the field is owned by the builders Wimpey Homes , who refuse to allow the path to be developed unless they are given planning permission to build on at least part of the field . |
| 17 | The result has been that the system of social insurance does not dominate the system of welfare benefits organized by the state . |
| 18 | The paramount mistake has been that the intelligence of the individual has been permitted to be clouded by childhood teaching to such an extent that he has been persuaded that the religious writings came from some other source which renders them inviolate . |
| 19 | The result has been that the minority Free Democrats ( FDP ) , with only 79 seats in the Bundestag , can maintain their grip on the balance of power for decades . |
| 20 | MY argument has been that the positions adopted within public law by commentators , advocates , and judges are rooted in certain categories of thought . |
| 21 | The problem to date has been that the colours seen on the display monitor are difficult to reproduce accurately in the final dyed or printed product : what you see is not always what you get ! |
| 22 | The consequence of this has been that the Coal Board has been forced to borrow substantial sums from the National Loans Fund , and from other sources under Treasury Guarantee , to finance the new and redeveloped capacity considered necessary by the NCB . |
| 23 | The conventional wisdom has been that the nature of the job being done by the organisation determines the requisite amount of rules and procedures . |
| 24 | One suggestion has been that the energy output of the Sun itself fluctuates over a long period . |
| 25 | The implication has been that the PSW is one or two computer words long , since ( except for the program counter ) it consists of a number of short processor registers . |
| 26 | Without doubt , one of the most cogent reasons for disaster and dissatisfaction has been that the planning of effective resource-based activities took an inordinate or unacceptable amount of teacher-time in preparation . |
| 27 | The other trend has been that the midfield is more cluttered than it ever was . |
| 28 | The other point which is made by the defendant is this , he says that the plaintiffs have been guilty of delaying tactics er during the course of this litigation , the result of which has been that er he has not been able to realize his interest in the partnership premises , also he has not been able to acquire a partnership premises and he he , doctor mentioned to me that to the actual conveyance of the partnership premises he 's , he tells me was only produced I think thirty and er that er it was only then that he realized there might be a chance that he could acquire the premises for himself , but he says that er because of the general , I think the case is , because of the general conduct of the plaintiffs in delaying the trial of the action one way or another , er the practical effect has been that the plaintiffs have had the benefit of use and occupation of the premises at which he erm , a main view , has a lot of that interest and that they are getting benefit of the kind from that occupation and he is not getting any money in res in respect of that , at least nothing like any market rent because it maybe that there is a fairly small er payment being made , but I 'm not too entirely clear whether that is the case or not , but the stock bond is suggesting that the plaintiffs have been obtaining benefit of the use of the premises at his expense and in those circumstances it is unfair er in , in , or otherwise not appropriate that the plaintiffs should be entitled to obtain interest on their bill of costs , in respect essentially of the period of delay , and when I say period of delay included that the period during which the forward of Mr Justice remained erm unprotected . |
| 29 | The argument has been that the geography of poverty and the geography of voting are interconnected and thus party politics and public policies are interconnected too . |
| 30 | Our presumption has been that the police adhere to them . |