Example sentences of "be that [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The important aspect of the relative clause proposal seems to be that both relative clause and postnominal adjective share the characteristics of linking an adjective to its head noun by the relation of assignment , not simple qualification , while remaining within the same entity-identifying phrase as that noun . |
| 2 | Of course , it may be that under certain circumstances a more autocratic relationship is appropriate . |
| 3 | It may be that under certain circumstances one of the alternative methods of valuation is the most appropriate . |
| 4 | Since the density of wood averages about one-fourteenth of that of steel it may be that about thirty times the volume of wood is used , taking the world as a whole . |
| 5 | Evidence about who actually acts as an unpaid carer has to be pieced together from various statistical sources , but the best informed estimates seem to be that very few people are cared for by non-relatives , and that women provide about 75 to 85 per cent of relative care . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's that relentlessly upbeat approach that really grates with me ’ |
| 7 | What is known , is that approximately 200 enemy aircraft were encountered , in what was the most concentrated attack made on the 401st . |
| 8 | Crimes of violence , for example , are by and large one poor person hitting another poor person — and in almost half these instances it is a man hitting his wife or lover … the more vulnerable a person is economically and socially the more likely it is that both working class and white-collar crime will occur against them ( Matthews and Young , 1986 , p. 23 ) . |
| 9 | What is less well-known is that rather similar effects may happen with a blow on the forehead which does not penetrate . |
| 10 | The most important point is that rather flat-lying arrays can be generated by feasible mixing models despite the involvement of a plume endmember with fairly high Nd . |
| 11 | What lends this observation particular piquancy however is that remarkably few players sound particularly good . |
| 12 | The point is that normally such parents would prefer that their babies were not defective and would welcome a non-controversial cure were it to become available . |
| 13 | The problem is that normally potential purchasers have to incur the expense of undertaking surveys and arranging mortgage finance , without any idea whether they will be able to afford the final selling price . |
| 14 | The basic problem with this shift is that previously free NHS services have become means tested services along the way . |
| 15 | The final point is that internationally increasing wealth has increased the demand for animal produce . |
| 16 | One of the strands of that concept is that even rational thought may not be just what it seems on the surface . |
| 17 | ‘ The truth is that even one drink can impair driving performance . |
| 18 | Its advantage over the Tabriz loom is that even larger carpets can be made . |
| 19 | But what is interesting is that even die-hard sexists have had to change their argument in defence of traditional usage . |
| 20 | The second caveat is that even this amount of support is reduced when hypothetical compromises are put to the public . |
| 21 | The problem is that plainly this depreciation charge can not reflect the periodic benefits expected to accrue from using the vehicle . |
| 22 | The point being that the more detailed the categorization of the restrictions becomes , the more likely it is that qualitatively different kinds of restrictions will emerge . |
| 23 | The answer is that probably all shapes are capable of supporting a successful but restricted marine community . |
| 24 | One cost is that clearly some services are being cut in terms of how good they are . |
| 25 | The sad reality is that nearly seventy years after Eglantine Jebb drafted the world 's first charter of children 's rights , the charter which became the foundation for the nineteen eighty nine U N convention . |
| 26 | The history of continuing post-war pressure by officers for a flatted development in the East End of North Shields is a fascinating one but for our purposes here what matters is that nearly 1000 flats and maisonettes were built , again at a higher unit cost than that of the contemporary construction of traditional dwellings . |
| 27 | The major rule applying is that generally most predators will attack only fish smaller than themselves , although some large mouthed predators such as lionfish and large groupers are capable of swallowing prey of almost their own dimensions . |
| 28 | Anticipated here is that always unstable disjunction between identification and desire upon which male bonding depends . |
| 29 | The hope is that unusually fruitful conferences such as this one , in which a course in the basics of immunology preceded seminars on the latest developments , and in which the participants in most part came from areas badly affected by the disease , will show us the way forward . |
| 30 | The result is that more working-class sons can move up while fewer middle-class boys need to move down ; the middle-class boy still has four times the chance of getting a managerial or professional job compared with a manual worker 's son . |