Example sentences of "be that [adj] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't have any view erm er on that , if I understand your question , because I think it realistic to assume that post two thousand and six one of the options that we could be reasonably expected to consider , together with the District Council , is the possibility of a further , shall we say , how addition to , a a further phase er onto the new settlement , erm so that the new settlement erm would evolve , if that was the chosen option , and as it evolved it may well be that more of Mr David Curtis 's higher level facilities er would be added . |
| 2 | The latest update to last week 's Barclays Bank story ( UX No 393 ) , is that five of DEC 's Alpha-ready VAX 7000/610 machines are replacing 20 VAX 8000 and 6000 boxes at three Barclay 's datacentres . |
| 3 | A white pop star has plundered their culture with the aid of Lennon & McCartney — but what 's worse is that one of dancehall 's finest footsoldiers is a co-conspirator . |
| 4 | He added : ‘ What is so appalling is that millions of pounds which should have been invested in children 's education has been squandered in pursuit of electoral advantage . ’ |
| 5 | The main ‘ problem ’ caused by the pesticide that is questioned by Mr Erlichman in his article is that millions of people are alive today throughout the Third World who would otherwise have died from insect-borne diseases or from starvation because insects destroyed their crops . |
| 6 | The problem here is that neither of Pakistan 's options — coal or nuclear — are particularly attractive . |
| 7 | A further but related problem is that many of OED 's definitions enshrine outdated scientific , social , and political beliefs . |
| 8 | One of the biggest problems is that many of Cheshire 's towns have now become commuter areas which has meant that the traditional stalwarts of the service have declined in numbers . |
| 9 | Benoit Mandelbrot 's central idea presented here in a revised and expanded version of an essay first published in English five years ago , is that many of Nature 's forms have irregularities so extreme that they are best described not by the one-dimensional curves and two-dimensional surfaces of conventional geometry but as intermediate shapes ( ’ fractals ’ ) whose dimensionality need not be a whole number . |
| 10 | Its chief problem is that most of Cambodia 's leading political actors seem to have an interest in continuing conflict . |
| 11 | The stark truth is that thousands of families whose budgets are already stretched face financial ruin unless they moderate their Christmas spending . |
| 12 | The fear is that thousands of birds and other native wildlife like seals and otters could die in the oily bath . |
| 13 | And despite ( or perhaps because of ) all the loans and all the aid , the net effect is that billions of dollars have actually moved out of the poor countries and into the rich countries . |
| 14 | Oh some marvellous performances in it , but really it was Joan Littlewood 's intrinsic concept which was miraculous really , that 's and really I do n't know whether the movie lost a lot as against the play — I think it lost something — the important thing was that millions of people who would never have seen it , had it remained purely as a theatre production , did see what Joan Littlewood had to say , saw her perceptions , her wit , her humanity , and therefore I think it was well worth making . |