Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] be [adj] [to-vb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | I never took a meal with him , but I should be surprised to find that he ate with a good appetite . |
| 2 | But I was thinking if we you know , if I knew sort of what the sort of philosophy was behind it I might be able to incorporate that into , the office meetings and say we were having team briefings . |
| 3 | The hon. Gentleman and I might be able to agree that it is not unadjacent to the fact that so many inner London authorities are controlled by the Labour party . |
| 4 | There 's a blank page it 's okay I might be able to use that er as a structure for more for when you 've got ta run training courses at a lot of the time and sample three is just another side that 's erm that one of sample two is landscape goes across the page this is . |
| 5 | And I see it as part of my problem in education is to erm , change the attitudes of the the boys who are , you know , at a very young , and I 'll be sorry to think that in ten years time they would still be having erm the rather arrogant attitudes that they have ! |
| 6 | You can tell him that if he wants to meet me , I 'll be able to prove that I was right all along . ’ |
| 7 | I hoped that by knocking-off time I 'd be able to say that I knew someone who had finished it . |
| 8 | I would be nice to think that if people knew the correct diet for them particularly the correct diet for weight loss , they would simply go and follow it , and that would be the end of obesity . |
| 9 | I would be delighted to think that it might be . ’ |
| 10 | And looking round the hall tonight , I think I would be inclined to say that this occasion seems to have been successful in doing that . |
| 11 | So erm on on the basis on the assumption on the assumption that you 've put to me , then I would be prepared to accept that a hundred and twenty two hectares would be a reasonable level . |
| 12 | ‘ I never thought I would be glad to see that apartment again , but I can hardly wait to get home . ’ |
| 13 | Who 'd have thought I would be able to say that I trained Marmaduke " Duke " Hussey , chairman of the BBC , in TV interviewing technique ? |
| 14 | I was sure when I started my research that I would be able to say that governments were greedy and liked to sell lots of arms to countries who were very poor and who only needed basic things like food and shelter . |
| 15 | If you 're tired of typing all the time , you may be relieved to know that the keyboard could soon be a thing of the past , thanks to rapid developments in the world of pen based computing . |
| 16 | You may be pleased to know that all glass doors in Sri Lanka and India remained intact during my visit although there were one or two other incidents , of which more anon . |
| 17 | You may be interested to know that the name of every legator in recorded in a Book of Commemoration kept at our Headquarters . |
| 18 | And if , as I 'm certain once you visit here , you find you want to come back again , you may be interested to know that there is a way you can share in this magnificent Highland retreat , time after time . |
| 19 | There is no indication as to why this name was chosen but you may be interested to know that a Grizzled Skipper is a butterfly that , unlike the Grizzled Skipper card , is not at all colourful . |
| 20 | You may be interested to know that in January 1993 , the total number of visitors to Winfrith Technology Centre was 1821 . |
| 21 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , you may be amused to hear that one of my sons spotted you the other day training with Korchnoi and the Brighton and Hove Albion football team . |
| 22 | In your case you may be able to say that your spouse has committed adultery and you find it intolerable to live with her ; or that you have lived apart for two years and you consent to the divorce . |
| 23 | If on the other hand you are someone at home in the complex plane then you may be able to recognise that the argument of a complex number will provide the sort of phase relationships that we hinted at when we mentioned circularly polarised light . |
| 24 | You may be surprised to know that there are as many as four different components to moral behaviour : |
| 25 | You may be surprised to learn that it can do . |
| 26 | You may be surprised to learn that it is taken from the book ‘ The Jews and Their Lies ’ by Dr. Martin Luther the great Protestant reformer . |
| 27 | You may be surprised to learn that the vast majority of our members paying by cheque do so reasonably promptly , like yourself . |
| 28 | You may be surprised to find that gutters and downpipes are regarded as luxuries by most kit garage manufacturers , and having them as part of the kit can add as much as £150 to the price on large double garages . |
| 29 | You may be surprised to find that she does n't want to shackle you with a ball and chain . |
| 30 | It is the person towards whom the words or conduct are directed — an actual rather than a hypothetical person — who must be likely to believe that the violence will be used , either against himself or another . |