Example sentences of "be that the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The chances are that the punters only know an error has been made if the drummer decides to smirk at the guitarist , or the guitarist turns away from the audience to have a good laugh at the keyboard player . |
| 32 | The two main things that go wrong are that the ball corrodes or that the valve itself starts leaking . |
| 33 | The two fundamental assumptions underlying the plate tectonics model are that the surface area of the Earth has not changed significantly with respect to the rate of generation of new oceanic crust , and that there is a lack of internal deformation within plates compared to the relative motion between them . |
| 34 | A survey based on a stratificational analysis is not appropriate or feasible for a sociolinguistic study carried out in Brazil ; the chief objections are that the notion of a continuum is neither congruent with the sharp distinction between rich and poor , nor does it adequately discriminate between the individuals studied , all of whom were relatively poor . |
| 35 | The reasons given for rejecting this paper are that the brain may compensate for poor hearing by enhancing hearing in the treated ear , resulting in an overestimate of the likely effects of treating both ears . |
| 36 | It is approached along a forty-mile-long fiord and the approach instructions are that the pilot should turn left at the entrance by the sunken freighter that sticks up in the fiord , or else run out of airspace and crash into the sheer mountains that rise to seven thousand feet at the end of it . |
| 37 | The first indications are that the pilot procedures adopted are proving satisfactory . |
| 38 | Possible explanations for a difference between older and younger women are that the operation has a delayed effect , that the operative technique has changed over the years so that it is less likely to affect bowel function , or that gynaecologists are doing fewer operations on women with pelvic pain of intestinal origin . |
| 39 | However , all the Indications are that the majority of casual workers in hotels and catering are " voluntary " casual workers . |
| 40 | Comfort means different things to different people , but when food and comfort are mentioned in the same breath , chances are that the tastes and textures of childhood will come back to visit us whether we consciously realise it or not . |
| 41 | However the facts are that the courts have not for the last 300 years recognised , nor have they acted upon , a logic which renders all questions of law jurisdictional . |
| 42 | The benefits to be derived here are that the school librarian will be able to use the microcomputer with someone who has experience in another school . |
| 43 | Its drawbacks are that the printing speed is low , the head only prints one dot of each character as it passes across the paper , and the ‘ ink ’ does tend to smudge . |
| 44 | ADD suggest that the reasons efficiency might be impaired in periods of variable inflation are that the price system fails to transmit as efficiently the information on relative prices needed to coordinate economic plans , that the optimum wage and price contract length shortens , making existing arrangements inappropriate , and that government interference in markets is likely to be increased . |
| 45 | He says the two main benefits for shareholders are that the perks are a ‘ bit of fun ’ that it ‘ enables them to relate more to the company . ’ |
| 46 | The requirements are that the purchase must be bona fide and the transaction must be one which would be sufficient ( in terms of formalities/documentation ) to transfer ownership if the seller were the true owner [ Arts . |
| 47 | The benefits are that the experimentation has strong theoretical motivation and the AI program is designed to imitate humans . |
| 48 | The indications are that the existence of one difficulty increases the probability that other stresses will also occur . |
| 49 | Arguments in favour are that the video recording gives a more complete record because it shows what the lecturer writes on the board or displays on the Overhead Projector and it can also cover any demonstrations that are part of the lecture . |
| 50 | The odds are that the engine of public policy change will , in fact , make few significant journeys and will spend most of the time hissing and panting in a siding . |
| 51 | Our general synod has been reminded of two thorough reports produced by the Church of Scotland on the subject of baptism in I think nineteen fifty five and nineteen sixty two with their clear emphasis are that the person of Christ and the work of Christ are central to the understanding of baptism . |
| 52 | The chances are that the paintings will go straight onto the market . |
| 53 | The indications are that the crew acted courageously in staying with the aircraft until it was safe from civilian habitation . |
| 54 | The regional office 's particular concerns are that the wording of the policy appears unduly restrictive because within policy P P G within P P G seven itself , no only as is the reference to protecting the countryside , there is also considerable reference to rural diversification and promoting the rural economy where as as erm the county council have said that that P P G refers to most of that development taking place er within are anticipated to take place within the rural villages and and small towns in the countryside . |
| 55 | The reasons that Charlie Francis , Ben Johnson , Angella Taylor and the rest took drugs are that the rewards were great and that they thought they could get away with it . |
| 56 | Icelandic cattle today still show some likeness to those of Shetland and have developed under similar environmental conditions ; the main differences are that the Shetlands are horned and now invariably black-and-white pied , whereas the great majority of Icelandics are polled and have retained the older colours . |
| 57 | The disadvantages are that the chapters are of varying quality and with a degree of repetition that more editing time could have removed . |
| 58 | The other benefits of the Protagon are that the strings are not ‘ fixed ’ on the frame , rather they are guided down into the handle , ‘ floating ’ on the frame , according to the manufacturers , thereby equalizing the tension over the entire racket face . |
| 59 | They are that the system of representative democracy gives authority to the legislature to make law , and that the power conferred upon all administrative or public bodies is legitimate as it is derived from the legislature . |
| 60 | These conditions in the case of individual company accounts are that the company must satisfy at least two of three requirements relating to the maximum size of : ( i ) its turnover , ( ii ) its ‘ balance sheet total ’ and ( iii ) the average number of its employees during the year . |