Example sentences of "be [vb pp] at the outset [that] " in BNC.
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1 | But it must be recognized at the outset that as soon as sampling is carried out the statements made about the cases involved become probability statements . |
2 | However , it must be stressed at the outset that we can do no more here than to indicate the basic principles involved , and give illustrations of a few of the almost innumerable variants of basic methods that exist . |
3 | It should be stressed at the outset that maintaining that large companies are social enterprises involves no necessary finding that the root principle beneath the current rules of company law , that companies exist to make profits for the benefit of shareholders , is unsatisfactory . |
4 | It must be stressed at the outset that correct identification is the chief problem . |
5 | It has to be stressed at the outset that all sites provided some level of economic servicing , which will have originated in several ways . |
6 | It should be said at the outset that this is not the usual legal meaning of the word . |
7 | But it should be said at the outset that none of the terms ‘ check ’ , ‘ control ’ or ‘ render accountable ’ has a single clear meaning : there are several ways of checking and controlling and several types of accountability . |
8 | On the other hand , despite the tone of much of the political debate in the United Kingdom , it should be said at the outset that questions such as the transfer of powers ( or sovereignty ) to the Community , the direct application and direct effect of Community law , and the correlative theory of the primacy of such provisions of Community law when they conflict with provisions of national law , were all established aspects of Community law when we joined in 1973 , and are not new problems relating to Maastricht . |
9 | It can not be said at the outset that it is impossible for the contract to be carried out . |
10 | Eighteenth-century politics have long had an unsavoury reputation , and although in the case of Scotland much of that reputation can be traced to the persuasive , but not strictly accurate , writings of Henry Cockburn and other Whig reformers of the early nineteenth century , it must be conceded at the outset that there is something to be said for the received account . |
11 | With a concrete pool it has to be appreciated at the outset that the excavation is going to be considerably larger than the finished pool , for room must be allowed for the layer of concrete . |
12 | It can not be assumed at the outset that all elements are the product of similar processes of objectification . |
13 | It should be emphasised at the outset that this is an assumption , not an empirically established or necessary truth : what theory dictates should happen in a state of perfect competition may not occur in real , imperfect markets . |
14 | It must be remarked at the outset that it is principally between the buyer and seller that rights and obligations exist . |
15 | It should be established at the outset that many large blue-chip companies do not actually use search at all . |
16 | What is envisaged is that every client will be informed at the outset that a procedure exists for dealing with " problems " : it is not necessary to mention the word " complaint " at this stage . |
17 | It was hoped at the outset that the results of the workshop would produce an " idealised " narrative based on the majority preferences displayed in each of the 11 sentence columns . |