Example sentences of "be that [adv] [adj] " 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 | The most pungent criticism of the president may be that so much of his attention is on the Gulf , and so little of it elsewhere . |
| 3 | One reason for this relative neglect may be that so many earlier surveys gave such clear and unequivocal results : at virtually every stage of education , by virtually every criterion of achievement , middle-class children had higher levels of achievement than working-class children . |
| 4 | The principal explanation is likely to be that so characteristic of English educational provision , where the strength of local initiatives is also a weakness ; where central government 's desire to support and disseminate a variety of innovative practices at the local level can lead to confusion and contradiction in national policy-making . |
| 5 | Of course , it may be that under certain circumstances a more autocratic relationship is appropriate . |
| 6 | It may be that under certain circumstances one of the alternative methods of valuation is the most appropriate . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I keep telling Michel that nobody is in the slightest doubt that we 've run off together , but the fact seems to be that as long as there 's no actual proof , it ca n't hurt us . |
| 10 | The net outcome of his days in office were that about two hundred of the cases which were brought to his attention were treated with regard for human dignity , but the law affecting the rights of dependants and visitors was not changed ( except for one fairly minor aspect : in 1974 the sexually discriminatory ‘ Husbands Rule ’ was changed to allow women born or settled in Britain to have their foreign husbands here with them ) . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's that relentlessly upbeat approach that really grates with me ’ |
| 12 | It 's that really dangerous |
| 13 | What is known , is that approximately 200 enemy aircraft were encountered , in what was the most concentrated attack made on the 401st . |
| 14 | The only stipulation is that both hot and cold water should be fed from the same header tank — the unit must not be connected direct to the mains cold water supply . |
| 15 | 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 ) . |
| 16 | The take-home message here is that both Th1- and Th2-stimulating vaccines have the potential to be protective . |
| 17 | The reality is that both public and private sector companies are part of the nation 's assets … . |
| 18 | What can be confirmed is that both national and local women 's suffrage groups took an interest in the dispute . |
| 19 | What is less well-known is that rather similar effects may happen with a blow on the forehead which does not penetrate . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The final step in very recent years is that already existent cultural representations , in pop music , have come to accompany the images . |
| 22 | The theme underlying much of this work is that broadly satisfactory , and reasonably simple , models exist for the huge variety of nonlinear optical processes which have been discovered since the advent of the laser : there is optimism that nonlinear optics can similarly provide simple systems showing the full range of chaotic behaviour . |
| 23 | What lends this observation particular piquancy however is that remarkably few players sound particularly good . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | In dogs , one of the symptoms of the disease is that normally peaceful and friendly animals become ferocious biters , foaming at the mouth . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The rewarding part is that over two thirds usually find new owners or new uses within two years . |
| 28 | The crucial difference , however , is that over half of this amount went on defence ( which is comparable to the USA ) whereas in the EEC the proportion was one-quarter and in Japan zero . |
| 29 | The basic problem with this shift is that previously free NHS services have become means tested services along the way . |
| 30 | If a bold conjecture is falsified , then all that is learnt is that yet another crazy idea has been proved wrong . |