Example sentences of "be that [det] [noun sg] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chances are that this shyness would have naturally prevented him from attaining such a high profile … but Morrissey slipped through the net and the consequences could be devastating . |
| 2 | The indications are that this site may have been exploited for at least a year . |
| 3 | Namely , he will be inviting your Lordship to er look at whether or not the business the plaintiff 's would have failed in any event er because it is the defendants case relying er extensively upon the opinion of their expert Mr er that even if the plaintiffs had had the finances which were originally anticipated and had completed the deal in accordance with that , the probabilities are that this business would have failed in any event and that they would have incurred the losses they did er so I anticipate there is going to be a dispute between us as to the basis in which your Lordship is to determine compensation in this case . |
| 4 | If a Chancellor has decided that certain conduct in one case is against conscience , he is likely to decide that similar conduct is against conscience in another : the chances are that another Chancellor will decide the same . |
| 5 | The idea seems to have been that this bombing would last only until the Bosnian government had the armaments it wanted to fight its own war . |
| 6 | MPs are in the unique position of being able to vote themselves unlimited money from public funds : the dominant view among MPs has always been that this power must be exercised with restraint . |
| 7 | For 40 years the policy has been that some contribution should be made towards the cost of sight and dental charges — that was agreed by both parties . |
| 8 | Because it may well be that that land would n't be considered being part of the conservation area . |
| 9 | Er and that was the system and of course the thing was that with the riveters being on piece work , apart from negotiating a wage , you were negotiating what was known as a price list , and er whereas you would get X amounts of shillings or pounds for so many hundred rivets , or whatever it was , then the argument would be that that price should be upped because of the the cost of living going up , or whatever you know . |
| 10 | It may also be that such service would be regarded as valid on the ground that it amounted to service on the defendant in accordance with the law of the country in which service is effected . |
| 11 | It may be that neither statement need be held to subtract from the other , but there could well be some dispute as to which of the two is the more deeply entrenched in the novel . |
| 12 | The international consensus seems to be that any return will be only to the West Bank and Gaza Strip . |
| 13 | As offending during the currency of a community order will not necessarily be a ground under Criminal Justice Act 1991 for re-sentencing an offender who is subject to a community order , and failure to respond to a community order must be disregarded when considering whether an offence is sufficiently serious to justify a custodial sentence ( s.29(1) ) , it may be that this decision will become particularly important under the new legislation . |
| 14 | Amis also likes to write , as Larkin liked to write , about the fear of death , and it may be that this fear can be detected in the failure to notice here that both sorts of people are subject to it , as to other unavoidable misfortunes , and that both sorts die . |
| 15 | It may be that this analysis could show universities those regions where particular methodologies , previously untried , may yield useful new information . |
| 16 | It might be that this season will be his last chance , that he is a manager who can win Cups with short sprints but not the silverware that goes with marathons . |
| 17 | According to the joint letter issued by President Mitterrand and Chancellor Kohl before the second Rome summit in December 1990 , the idea seems to be that this power might rest with the Council of Ministers . |
| 18 | ‘ The overall view is that much improvement can be made in these guides , which at present would only be of marginal use to a student . |
| 19 | But my argument is that that culture should not be accepted uncritically . |
| 20 | I think erm there is a erm a size issue that enters into that particular consideration , erm clearly erm if you build a small new settlement very close to an existing large settlement , then the prospects for that being reasonably self contained are much reduced to that of a larger new settlement in the same location , and I would agree that the further in in general the further you move away from an existing centre then the likelihood is that that settlement will become more self contained . |
| 21 | One point about security in reception is that all money would be dealt with from one desk and this would make staff very vulnerable . |
| 22 | The ideal situation for the artist is that all money should be paid to the artist . |
| 23 | As we said earlier , one benefit of using the UV technique is that all artwork can be retained for future use , perhaps being modified if necessary . |
| 24 | My understanding of the meaning of the requirement that ‘ consideration must move from the promisee ’ is that such consideration must be provided by the promisee , or arise out of his contractual relationship with the promisor . |
| 25 | The rationale is that such behaviour may make life intolerable ; and that , if indeed it does , the offended partner is entitled to say that the marriage has broken down . |
| 26 | One obvious problem is that such imagery may lead us to undervalue the significance of the impersonal , particularly if we treat it somehow as the valueless first rung on the ladder of being . |
| 27 | While altruism by one individual towards another clearly involves some self-sacrifice , the tacit ( even unconscious ) assumption by the donor is that such sacrifice will , in the long run , generate reciprocal support . |
| 28 | The theory is that such sub-contracting should not concern the buyer , because the seller still remains liable to him for the discharge of the main contract in accordance with its terms . |
| 29 | From a theoretical point of view it does n't matter how long the game is ; the important thing is that neither player should know when the game is going to end . |
| 30 | And what we 've got N here we 've selected as three and so we 've broken it up into three tuples because another rule in the method even though it can be broken is that each pixel can only go into one tuple . |