Example sentences of "be that [adj] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may well be that such an approach is incommensurate with the difficulties presented by international disagreements and internal conflicts but it does suggest a way of looking at law which enhances its potential as an instrument for peace . |
| 2 | It may be that such an individual has created an overseas trust or is the beneficiary under an overseas trust and the income is taken out from the trust and used to pay the interest on the overseas loan outside the United Kingdom . |
| 3 | What we are suggesting is that such an education does not add up to learning to be independent , to participating in and contributing to one 's own community , either as a child or later as an adult , as the aims of education purport . |
| 4 | The first possibility is that such an increase in productive capacity is not undertaken . |
| 5 | My own view is that such an agency is an excellent idea , provided it is properly funded , adequately staffed , and truly open and accountable to public opinion . |
| 6 | Hierarchy presupposes an already determined outcome or purpose ; the underlying idea of hierarchy is that such an outcome can be broken down into a set of sub-processes . |
| 7 | The point is that many an insect was saved by an exceedingly slight resemblance to a twig or a leaf or a fall of dung , on occasions when it was far away from a predator , or on occasions when the predator was looking at it at dusk , or looking at it through a fog , or looking at it while distracted by a receptive female . |