Example sentences of "be that in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From mother to child ( perinatal transmission ) — Estimates are that in developed parts of the world such as Europe , around 15% of children born to mothers with HIV will themselves be infected . |
| 2 | It is not always possible to say precisely which kind of eyes these are pretending to be , but the chances are that in most cases they are mimicking the forward-facing eyes of birds of prey . |
| 3 | The depressing facts of the matter are that in those sectors still covered by the councils , areas like shops and catering and laundries , security and administration , people are already working punishing shifts for pittances because their employers know the chances of being caught dispensing illegal hourly rates are minimal as are the resultant fines in those few cases successfully brought to prosecution . |
| 4 | The chances are that in some organizations there will be real difficulties and dangers such as in nursing , coal mining , and heavy industries or indeed any work situation which has machinery . |
| 5 | The effect of this change in responsibility has been that in many schools the provision of meals and the supervision of children during the mid-day break has drifted out to the margins of importance and there has been , in general , a gradual decline in the numbers of children receiving cooked meals on school premises . |
| 6 | The result has been that in many GIS spatial queries initiated by the user must be formulated in terms of a software-specific command language . |
| 7 | In view of this , a frequently canvassed suggestion has been that in referred mergers the onus should be placed upon the firms to demonstrate that the proposed merger would directly confer benefits to the public interest . |
| 8 | The result has been that in some cases the insurance premiums which manufacturers have to pay to protect themselves are so high as to make it no longer profitable for them to remain in business . |
| 9 | The fact seems to be that in such cases it is inappropriate to think in terms of discrete variation . |
| 10 | It is useful to know what other models can do since microcomputers have a limited life and it may be that in five years time , the librarian and teachers will be involved in seeking a replacement for the existing microcomputer . |
| 11 | It may be that in various painful and other unpleasant conditions animals deal with them by an increased usage of endogenous opioids . |
| 12 | erm It may be that in certain places there 's so much pressure on land from the people that there 's not a lot they can do . |
| 13 | I ca n't give you reduced cost advice at the moment but it may be that in two or three weeks ' time your s situation has changed to the extent where I can . |
| 14 | So you 've got these problems of balance , and it may be that in these situations Local Authorities have got to take a higher role in providing for their own people , as it were . |
| 15 | It may be that in those circumstances an injunction could be obtained against him effectively to prevent his giving his authority to advertising activities in the name of the firm which would be prohibited if done in his own name . |
| 16 | ‘ It 'll be that in any case , wo n't it ? ’ |
| 17 | In Darcy 's Utopia the first rule of education will be that in any school the teachers shall outnumber the pupils , and no pupil need attend who does not wish to do so . |
| 18 | Most of these detailed demographic studies have been made with pasture or woodland systems in northern temperate regions and it could well be that in arid zones , and some other extreme environments , biotic pressures are less dominant and then climatic factors may play the major role in killing plants and in natural selection . |
| 19 | This means that several large microcomputer companies are designing computers which will run most IBM software and it may be that in ten years time , the problem of incompatibility will be lessened . |
| 20 | It may well be that in some metropolitan areas Labour is suffering the kind of adverse voter reaction noted in the London boroughs , but the issue of the poll tax appears itself to have had very little substantive impact on the differences in electoral behaviour between authorities . |
| 21 | ‘ It may be that in some parts of the country the trade off will emphasise accountability more and cost less . ’ |
| 22 | Another reason for Yugoslavia 's large exports to the Soviet Union is said to be that in this way the Soviet Union can obtain Western products which would not otherwise be so easily available to it . |
| 23 | Member States would normally be given eighteen months within which to incorporate the directive objectives into their domestic laws , but it may well be that in this case a shorter period is specified . |
| 24 | We could perhaps speak of coming to ‘ know ’ being , but it may be that in this case ‘ knowledge ’ is itself a metaphor . |
| 25 | I understand the various accou er professional bodies in the accountancy industry are in fact doing that but I think the government should also do that because it is not just the probity of financial institutions we are concerned about , it is also er the auditing of other commercial concerns and it seems to be that in this case the public interest has taken second place to the government 's wish to do as little as possible , yet again the minister said in the debate that if we were to do anything further in response to a question put by my honourable friend the member for Grimsby , it would need legislation , primary legislation . |
| 26 | Briefly , the facts in Vestey were that in 1942 the heads of two Vestey families conveyed certain properties to non-resident trustees to be held on discretionary trust for the benefit of the settlors ' descendants . |
| 27 | The most notable consequences of the new Soviet initiative were that in 1975 Mexico signed an agreement with Comecon , and trade with both Argentina and Brazil reached a peak in 1981 when both countries refused to take part in the grain embargo introduced by Resident Carter as one of his sanctions against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan . |
| 28 | The effects of this move were that in 1990 Hungary 's trade with the European Communities ( EC ) was expected to exceed that with Hungary 's COMECON partners for the first time . |
| 29 | Although the plan has been superimposed over an existing plan , erm , to be charitable it 's at best confusing , erm , my feeling is that in actual fact the plan there does n't actually show us , well enough , and you may consider that we ought to be asking for a much clearer plan before we make a decision . |
| 30 | All that MacIver shows here , and I think that it is all he intends , is that in certain circumstances , including those where domestic creatures are happily housed , one can argue for the promotion of animals in the hierarchy . |