Example sentences of "be that [noun pl] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The advantage would be that students could transfer between colleges . |
| 2 | We do it when we decide that the sibling rule — that a child can attend the same school as a brother or sister — does not apply ( the assumption here must surely be that siblings can belong to different species ) . |
| 3 | The starting point will be that teachers should know what will be expected of them . |
| 4 | The important thing seems to be that teachers should be aware of this conflict and take some steps to resolve it , and this involves some kind of negotiation between teacher and pupils . |
| 5 | The hope seems to be that nurses will be better prepared and better enthused to address the nursing needs of society without the shackles placed on them by an outmoded system of training . |
| 6 | The moral of the Punchline cartoon in NI 174 seems to be that bibles should not be offered to anyone who is short of basic necessities . |
| 7 | The value of the offer made by the bonorum emptor would certainly have taken into account the fact that the land was subject to trust ; the consequence of the lower offer would be that creditors would receive rather less than if no trust existed . |
| 8 | Roger : Ministers have declared new rules or constraints in advance but one rule will definitely be that employers must not sack other employees so that they can take on Workstart participants . |
| 9 | In these cases it may be that searches may have to rely on matches with length , shape and first letter . |
| 10 | The underlying principle will be that centres will have maximum delegated authority which is compatible with the Council 's responsibility to ensure nationally recognised standards . |
| 11 | Example 4 still remains a problem , but it may be that books could be suggested as more likely than boots from semantic co-occurrence information , or from frequency of use from a corpus ( books is five times more likely to occur than boots ) , especially if weighted from a count of occurrence in the script recognised so far . |
| 12 | The message seems to be that librarians must determine the most accurate methods for studying use in their own libraries , and carry out their own research . |
| 13 | These figures do not allow any sum for interest and therefore it may be that calculations will have to be made by council to include that figure or alternatively I am informed that both parties wish to consider the possibility of the incorporation of this judgement into a structured settlement . |
| 14 | Mr Murray explained that the aim would be that loans should be repaid within a relatively short time . |
| 15 | One of the tests of the success of this training in " picture reading " will be that pupils will gradually spend more and more time looking at the picture , and " reading " it at various levels ( see Box 4 ) . |
| 16 | It may be that individuals can satisfy their needs outside the organisation altogether . |
| 17 | It may well be that events can be causes in virtue of satisfying criteria about their being required or alternatively required for effects which are different from the mentioned two . |
| 18 | It may be that children can be happy and well behaved but also abscond and be frequently punished , but I would need to resolve this apparent contradiction . |
| 19 | The basis of incorporation by a course of dealing seems to be that terms will apply to the contract if the reasonable expectation of the parties is that the terms will apply . |
| 20 | The argument will be harsh , and if the threat of disaster is vivid enough to bring about agreement , it may be that nations will find that , in the interest of common purpose , they are little by little surrendering the sovereignty of which Sir Ian Lloyd spoke . |
| 21 | It may well be that arguments could be made that this sense of unreasonableness should be the only mechanism for controlling discretion . |