Example sentences of "be that [art] major [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be that the major mischief at which the Act was directed was the mischief which has become endemic of persons using one computer to hack into another computer . |
| 2 | The answer , obviously enough , is that a major goal of The Lord of the Rings was to dramatise that ‘ theory of courage ’ which Tolkien had said in his British Academy lecture was the ‘ great contribution ’ to humanity of the old literature of the North . |
| 3 | And is that , does that , is that ma , is that a major problem , has that been through since |
| 4 | Perhaps a telling comment on this is that a major reason for the recruitment of top , superannuated civil servants into business is that they know their way round the political labyrinth of Whitehall . |
| 5 | A central part of my argument , then , is that a major step can be made simply by relocating the issue of child abuse into the mainstream of child care research , policy and practice . |
| 6 | The notion is that a major innovation , or set of innovations , at a particular point in time is exploited by the ability and initiative of entrepreneurs to create new opportunities for profit . |
| 7 | In short , what the figures confirm is that the major achievement of building societies is to take funds from surplus units within the personal sector , to supplement these with lending from other sectors and to lend to personal sector units who wished to go into deficit to buy houses . |
| 8 | The implication of their arguments was that a major restructuring was taking place . |
| 9 | They were quite happy with the job Red Rhino were doing ; their basic view was that a major deal would be better , but not essential . |