Example sentences of "be that [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 In the UK , the most notable defection from an international company to set up an independent search business has been that by David Norman and Miles Broadbent , who were both previous Mds of Russell Reynolds in London , and who took with them other colleagues to found Norman Broadbent .
2 It may even be that in Kent for about a year after Ecgberht 's death , ‘ Wulfhere could have been the effective ruler ’ .
3 If in some of these instances the writer appears to be trying to get more out of a rendering than a rendering will reasonably yield , the reason may be that in Horace 's line there is a fortuitous convergence , a hovering ambivalence , of two possible constructions : , " the celestial losses of the moon " , i.e. the moon 's waning , and , " swift — i.e. quickly returning — moons " .
4 It may be that in New South Wales , Category 3 , which carries the seven-year penalty , has been constructed too broadly and that some conduct which it covers should have been placed within the more serious categories .
5 For it may well be that in America , it is all part of what is considered good professional service that an employee provide entertaining banter .
6 The output comparisons have to take into account social , economic and political considerations : it may just be that in Rochester the residents prefer not to have to drag their refuse up the garden path , at any price .
7 One of the most charming portraits in the gallery must be that by K. Škréta of Marie Maximilián of Sternberg in pastoral costume .
8 So it is that for Douglas MacBain it is a clearly defined aim to consider setting targets for numbers of churches to be planted in the coming decade and to work to facilitate this .
9 The important point to note here is that for Bukharin this state of equilibrium contained deviations and fluctuations , thus what he was postulating is not a static equilibrium nor even a dynamic one — dynamic in the sense of an orderly balanced growth .
10 ’ ( John 12.24 ) The importance of death is that for God it is the commencement of resurrection .
11 What is important to realize is that for Yeats certainly , and I think at times for Pound also , the only alternative open was a sorry second best .
12 My hope is that on May 19 , when the full Board vote , they will go instead for eight four-day games , the remainder to be played over three days on uncovered pitches and run-ups , thus restoring life to pitches , variety to bowling attacks and a priceless education to batsmen .
13 The reason is that with Van Gogh art and life are not merely conditioned by each other to a greater degree than with any other artist , but actually merge with each other .
14 One example of such a model is that of Vidale and Wolfe who related the rate of change of sales to advertising by the equation : unc where S = sales at time t ds/dt = rate of change of sales at time A = advertising expenditure at time r = sales response factor ( sales generated per unit of advertising expenditure ) M = saturation level of sales ( sales maximum )
15 One of his largest monuments is that to Thomas , first Earl of Coventry , in the church at Elmley Castle , Hereford and Worcester , of about 1700 , which fills the height of the transept The earl ( in contemporary dress as was usual with Stanton ) is bewigged , and reclines comfortably , elbow on a cushion , with his coronet beside him .
16 The finest in the series is that at Stoke d'Abernon , Surrey , to Elyn Bray , who died in 1516 .
17 The finest of the cathedrals is that at Basle , which has a picturesque situation on the Rhine .
18 The fact is that at Preston station I lost my personal space .
19 The best-known example in Britain is that at Lydney Park , excavated by Wheeler in 1928 .
20 What you may not expect however is that at Saab , although we build things to last , we do n't expect them to last indefinitely .
21 A fine example of this type of abbey church is that at Løgumkloster , founded in 1173 by the Cistercian Order .
22 The difference is that at Butlins a one-bedroom flat makes a four -bedspace chalet .
23 One of the largest settlements in Gloucestershire is that at Bourton-on-the-Water , which has spread westwards from the Iron Age fort at Salmonsbury towards the Fosse Way , which it treats almost as a secondary feature ( fig. 7.4 ) ; but it is here , where the road bridge crosses the Windrush , that Mrs Helen O'Neil has found a Posting .
24 The most remarkable example of such a deposit in Britain is that at Llyn Cerrig Bach in Anglesey , found by a contractor during the last war when he was digging for peat .
25 Another extensive Gloucestershire settlement is that at Wycomb , near Andoversford , first investigated in 1864 .
26 The fact is that between July and September of this year the whole family was dependent on state benefits .
27 A more straightforward case is that concerning Jack Straw 's Castle , which was listed after a scheme was submitted to cover the courtyard with a new restaurant .
28 What Coetzee 's work suggests , and it is a pity he does not pursue this point fully , is that in Britain before 1914 the potential fragmentation of the political right was contained .
29 The trouble is that in Britain our women are expected to behave like servants , and we are not used to behaving like servants and we ca n't .
30 Another difficulty is that in Britain mining rights for minerals are held by individuals ; not , as in many countries , the state .
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