Example sentences of "[adj] [that] he [vb mod] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mitch 's image alone does not make clear that he will be mocked rather than taken seriously as an object of desire . |
| 2 | The connection was especially good , almost as if they were face to face , and Zen found himself resentful that he should be deprived of the usual screen of interference on an occasion when he could find nothing to say . |
| 3 | It was possible that he would be detained and interned for the duration of the war which now seemed only hours or days away . |
| 4 | In fact it is only because he is trying so hard to get it right that he can be said to get it wrong at all , and the gauche hero is above all the example of social over-anxiety , like Betjeman 's subaltern weak for love on a Hampshire tennis-court : his palms moist at the first handshake , one imagines , his over-careful manners a veneer masking racking uncertainties , and an over-developed sense of social duty enforcing its own inner punishment . |
| 5 | We ask of each person whether he did anything he should not have done such that he should be blamed for the deaths that followed , or whether he contributed to the accidents in such a way that , blameworthy or not , he should bear some portion of the damage or loss . |
| 6 | The personality of the present commander , L Detachment S.A.S. Brigade , is such that he could be given command of the whole force with appropriate rank . |
| 7 | A spokesperson for Cope told NME : ‘ It 's ironic that he should be released ( from his contract ) at a time when he 's at his creative peak and his work is more popular than ever . |
| 8 | He would miss her when she 'd gone , certainly , and it was not impossible that he might be driven to drink away his grief , resulting in one of his rare fits of violent temper . |
| 9 | Hurt so much that he could be hurt no more . |
| 10 | Mr Stacey was notified in February 1984 that he would be made redundant the following May . |
| 11 | It was unthinkable that John could be dead , but it had been unthinkable that he would be held for this long and it had happened . |
| 12 | But in fact , it was just as likely that he would be killed by the first group of native Tarvarians he encountered . |
| 13 | Even if B had no actual knowledge it would be most likely that he would be fixed with knowledge on the basis of the reasonable man test . |
| 14 | He was the supreme arbiter of protocol and courtly behaviour , and it was likely that he would be put out , to say the least , by the notion of a Kha-Khan who behaved with such a lack of reserve . |
| 15 | Where the director 's responsibilities as a member of the parent company 's board include oversight of the activities of the subsidiary , it is likely that he would be held to have an obligation to communicate information concerning the subsidiary to the parent . |
| 16 | It was not likely that he could be enticed in that time , that was for sure . |
| 17 | It was inevitable that he should be nicknamed ‘ the Ferret ’ , although seldom in his hearing . |
| 18 | He was n't sure that he would be given a chance to hold on to his wife . |
| 19 | When I was Defence Secretary and , to my shame , trying to sell tanks to King Idris in Libya , I was pretty sure that he 'd be overthrown in an army coup , and I tried to identify the colonel who was likely to be the leader of the coup . |
| 20 | This memorandum , issued by the physician superintendent of Neasden Hospital , London , to all his medical officers over 25 years ago , attracted widespread opprobrium from the UK national press and the chronologically correct if sexist response from the British Medical Journal that ‘ every patient whatever his age or his disease should be resuscitated unless the doctor looking after him has no doubt at all that he should be allowed to rest in peace ’ . |
| 21 | For all that he could be expected to stay in the Lorrimores , car for at least fifteen more minutes I felt decidedly jittery , and I left the door open so that if he did come back unexpectedly I could say I was merely checking that everything was in order . |
| 22 | If he is doing what is against conscience , he is injuring his soul — remember that the Chancellor is an ecclesiastic — and it is better that he should be prevented from inflicting such injury on himself . |
| 23 | He is too mysterious that his glory should be revealed , too great that men should question concerning him , too powerful that he should be known . " |
| 24 | Because of this , he was less concerned that he might be considered by society at large as an unskilled ‘ yokel ’ — even if he was aware of the opinion of the world outside . |
| 25 | Most unlikely that he would be divorced , she thought , taking this naive and optimistic view of the sons of the clergy . |
| 26 | But , in keeping with Princess Anne 's past wishes , it is unlikely that he will be given any special title . |
| 27 | Hetzler saw in Joyce an intelligent and dedicated recruit to the Nazi cause , though it was unlikely that he could be found a job in any of the ministries . |
| 28 | After all , the Frenchman had stood unchallenged for so long , it was inconceivable that he should be removed … |
| 29 | He was allowed bail , but after consulting his lawyers , was convinced that it was highly probable that he would be convicted for sedition and sent to Botany Bay . |
| 30 | However that may be , it is essential that he should be served promptly so that he is able to consider whether he should exercise his right of appeal . |