Example sentences of "be that the [adj -est] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The conventional wisdom is that the biggest effects are produced after the veil of material from an eruption ( called a ‘ dust veil ’ , although suspended droplets of liquids such as sulphuric acid may be just important as solid particles ) has spread around the hemisphere and is blocking the Sun 's radiation more or less uniformly . |
| 32 | A startling fact is that the biggest application — accounting for 762 robots — is in ‘ non industrial ’ applications , which include the use of robots as toys or teaching aids . |
| 33 | The practical corollary of this , tirelessly expounded in the Round Table in the post-war years , was that the safest place for brown races , for now and the foreseeable future , was within the British empire , where their interests could be looked after and their development , at an appropriately gradual pace , ensured . |
| 34 | One suggestion made at this time was that the strongest swimmers among the Jews should jump overboard at intervals , thus forcing the St Louis to stop and turn round . |