Example sentences of "be that [adj] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , of course , it may well be that such a vision exists in your church , and that to insist on the importance of spiritual warfare , some of you might say , is only to preach to the converted . |
| 2 | Mrs Maureen Howie , head teacher of La Retraite School , in Lambeth , south London , said : ‘ The real disappointment for us would be that such a move would be made without looking very carefully at what grant maintained schools have achieved , and at what the pilot movement has done for children . ’ |
| 3 | Either supposition leads to a contradiction , and the conclusion must be that such a class can not exist in any conceivable universe . |
| 4 | One possible answer to this is that such a person is felt to be not only a representative but also representative as a person of those who chose her/him . |
| 5 | The danger , then , is that such a system may suffer from a deflationary bias as a result of the attempts of deficit countries to resolve their payments imbalances by reducing domestic demand . |
| 6 | One reason why companies established in one member state are entitled to do business in another without setting up a permanent place of business in that state is that such a requirement might unreasonably inflate their costs . |
| 7 | The essential characteristic of Byzantine dome construction is that such a dome is supported upon and covers a square form . |
| 8 | The final result in this case is that such a molecule should have six IR bands , all with coincident Raman bands , plus three Raman bands with no IR counterparts . |
| 9 | The reason for an indemnity is that such a covenant does not automatically pass on each transaction ; the burden of it needs to be handed down expressly to each subsequent buyer . |
| 10 | Another reason to be wary of explaining linguistic differences as products of gender roles , and leaving it at that , is that such a proceeding just encourages stereotyping . |
| 11 | The reason these are best seen as an innate , given set of instincts is that such a view suggests it is not possible to conceive of how man could be man and not experience these unconscious impulses of hatred and killing which some human beings act out . |
| 12 | The postscript to this is that such a conclusion would follow from the revised contractualism and , I suggest , is in the mainstream of our moral thinking . |
| 13 | What is surprising is that such a fact was so well narrated in a general circulation magazine from anywhere . |
| 14 | The point I want to get across here is that this a P Way form , it is your form , not my form , not the Q A form , it 's the P Way form for you to use and to change to the way that you want it to change . |
| 15 | His opinion was that such a reduction would act as a stimulus to further development work , and recommended its immediate implementation . |
| 16 | At that time the orthodox view was that such a system should be selective and tripartite , with children routed at eleven-plus into grammar , technical or secondary modern schools according to their aptitudes and abilities . |
| 17 | Its overall conclusion was that such a policy increased the mutual respect and understanding of social workers and parents and contributed to improving the thinking , discussion and decision making . |