Example sentences of "be that the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The signs are that the talks are progressing well . |
| 2 | ALL THE indications are that the Monopolies & Mergers Commission report , published next week , will give the green light to Coats Viyella 's £395m bid for Tootal Group . |
| 3 | You can improvise details of how the soul is destroyed if needs be , but the odds are that the adventurers wo n't agree to one of their number getting this treatment . |
| 4 | Although the number of accidents involving specific road user groups is small , the indications are that the benefits have fallen to pedestrians , particularly children , and cyclists . |
| 5 | Their drawbacks are that the frames are prone to serious condensation unless a thermal break is incorporated in their construction , and uncoated types may suffer surface corrosion in industrial or coastal areas . |
| 6 | Their drawbacks are that the frames are prone to serious condensation , unless a thermal break is incorporated in their construction , and anodised types may suffer surface corrosion in industrial or coastal areas ( although very few of these are sold these days ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | The chances are that the paintings will go straight onto the market . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The disadvantages are that the chapters are of varying quality and with a degree of repetition that more editing time could have removed . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The relevant circumstances are set out in s1(2) of that Act which states : ( 2 ) The circumstances referred to in the preceding subsection [ the extinguishment of any right of the sender to the goods ] are that the goods were sent to the recipient with a view to his acquiring them , that the recipient has no reasonable cause to believe that they were sent with a view to their being acquired for the purposes of a trade or business and has neither agreed to acquire nor agreed to return them , and either ( a ) that during the period of six months beginning with the day on which the recipient received the goods the sender did not take possession of them and the recipient did not unreasonably refuse to permit the sender to do so ; or ( b ) that not less than thirty days before the expiration of the period aforesaid the recipient gave notice to the sender in accordance with the following sub-section , and that during the period of thirty days beginning with the day on which the notice was given the sender did not take possession of the goods and the recipient did not unreasonably refuse to permit the sender to do so . |
| 16 | The signs are that the Thatcherites are now losing confidence in their economic and social project . |
| 17 | The broad answers are that the duties of the policeman are manifold , and they arise both by the operation of statute and the common law . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , the indications are that the populations recover if not disturbed again . |
| 19 | But , although pre-Budget issues will not be on the Cabinet agenda on Thursday , the signs are that the dissenters — Social Security Secretary Peter Lilley , Welsh Secretary John Redwood and Chief Secretary Michael Portillo — will step up their battle against any fresh tax rises . |
| 20 | Hundreds of pilots will retire over the next two years and all the signs are that the airlines are poised to grow strongly from now on . ’ |
| 21 | They are that the rains are going to cease falling and , because of the restrictions placed on their movement , the Masai will not be able to follow their tradition of moving on . |
| 22 | The advantages of this arrangement are that the formalities and costs of insolvency are avoided and settlement can be made quickly and with minimum fuss . |
| 23 | The only real alternatives to the Pitcairn plume containing recycled continental or sedimentary material are that the magmas have assimilated sediment in crustal magma chambers or they have exchanged oxygen during subsequent submarine weathering . |
| 24 | The important points to emphasise from stronger wind stance are that the hands and feet should move back as the wind increases to centre around the balance point . |
| 25 | Other advantages proposed for speech are that the hands are free to perform other tasks and that communication may be carried out over a standard telephone line without the requirement for additional hardware . |
| 26 | The disadvantages are that the batteries are inconvenient to change and severe battery leakage can be disastrous to the circuit board . |
| 27 | the only signs of war are that the men now usually wear short coats and black ties in the evenings , the dinners are shorter , and the servers are fewer and less good . |
| 28 | But it may perhaps be expected that where true grounds are that the police officer fears ‘ serious disruption to the life of the community ’ his order will say so . |
| 29 | Everywhere candidates lost out to a low turnout … all the signs are that the voters have had enough for this year |
| 30 | The major reasons for a care order are that the children have themselves committed an offence , they are in need of care , protection and control , or they or another child of the same family have been victims of an offence or are in the same household as a person convicted of a serious offence such as manslaughter , cruelty or suchlike . |