Example sentences of "be [that] [pron] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | In fact the more I look at her the more convinced I am that she resembles one of the Yorkies . |
2 | One might , for instance , use the maxim to infer that because Eeyore 's sigh is a non-linguistic action , it 's a better sign that he 's out of thistles than Rabbit 's words are that he has some honey . |
3 | A hacksaw may be the only possible tool to cut existing pipe which is installed against a wall ; however , the disadvantages of a hacksaw are that it produces fine copper filings ( and care must be taken not to get these into the pipes ) and that it will tend to flatten the pipe slightly — particularly if this is held in a vice . |
4 | Its two main features are that it lifts cooperative R&D ventures from the suspicion that they are illegal per se and puts them under the rule of reason , and it provides a registration system which protects firms from treble damages in the event that they are subsequently deemed to have violated the antitrust statutes . |
5 | One of the reasons why Constanze did not really come into her own until after Mozart 's death may well have been that she spent much of her married life in various debilitating stages of pregnancy , bearing six children ( of whom only two survived ) . |
6 | This proved to be a fateful oversight since one of the most devastating criticisms to be levelled at Keynesian macroeconomics in recent years has been that it has such shaky foundations in microeconomics . |
7 | The further assumption must be that they gave each other a great deal that was worth having and keeping . |
8 | Therefore , one further reason why policemen dislike dealing with rape might well be that they feel uneasy about having to ask the very personal questions which are necessary in order for the victim to be taken seriously , and on the occasion quoted above the sergeant went on to say that as a result of asking for these very personal details policemen ‘ have had a very bad rap over dealing with rape cases ’ ( FN 16/3/87 , p. 14 ) . |
9 | Ordinary domestic horses always suffered greatly in tropical Africa , and it could simply be that they attract more insects than zebras . |
10 | It may be that we felt this time we ought to have voted Labour , that this was the more altruistic , moral , even noble , choice . |
11 | Could it be that we encourage more of the public to buy books ? |
12 | The other development officer predicted making considerable use of volunteers as well as paid carers : ‘ it may be that we have two types of carer , an informal unpaid visiting service , and then the regular paid carers ’ . |
13 | My own recommendation would be that we purchase multiple copies of a booklet currently available at under £1 , and distribute it to users on a one-per-room basis . |
14 | It may be that he took new insignia after the subjugation of Norway , and that he left his old crown in Winchester , in much the same way that Henry II of Germany had , at his imperial coronation in 1014 , hung his former crown above the altar of St Peter 's , where Cnut would almost certainly have seen it thirteen years later . |
15 | Mr Sheffield said as Mr Elderfield was not complying with his medication it may well be that he had some form of epileptic fit but it could not be said with complete confidence . |
16 | It may even be that he receive Dalriadic assistance . |
17 | It may be that he saw this as the best means of curtailing a war that was tearing apart Christian Spain . |
18 | Nor did she think he could ever feel anything but shame for the way he treated them ; if he was now ready to pretend otherwise , it would only be that he saw some advantage in it . |
19 | The downside to registering might be that you get unsolicited mail every so often , but that practice seems to be on the decrease , and only genuine upgrades seem to be notified . |
20 | Is n't the argument gon na be that you make sure everything 's okay and then you come back again . |
21 | It may well be that you do n't actually do that , it may be that you have one to one meetings with people or group meetings er which could be when you have to put across your point of view . |
22 | If they do n't , it may be that you have some yarn caught around these cogs . |
23 | The disadvantages of market-orientation may be that it requires special leadership ( a ‘ bureaucratic ’ management would fail to achieve the required inter-relationships between the organisation and its customers ) and is likely to be costly in terms of staffing and other overheads . |
24 | The design of an aircraft structure falls into this category as the preferred solution for a component design would be that it has zero mass and infinite strength . |
25 | The particular benefits of this approach for this study were that it provided quantitative data on important treatment/intervention issues in a population where group-comparison studies alone would be inappropriate , because of the individual nature of each person 's challenging behaviour and the small number of potential subjects . |
26 | It 's that they have equal decisions , really so you ca n't say . |
27 | The strange boy 's eyes seemed to penetrate so deeply into Willie 's that he felt sure he could read his thoughts . |
28 | ‘ The trouble is that nobody seems able to tell me when I 'm likely to get any money ! |
29 | For what he means by Religion , as he points out , is that which underlies all religions . |
30 | Er the position of the county council is that we remain unconvinced of a need for such a policy . |