Example sentences of "[conj] [modal v] [pron] be [adj] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or should they be grateful that Britain 's science machine is too poor and backward to buy a computer to take its decisions for it ? |
| 2 | Would they riot or would they be relieved that an even-handed exercise had removed their tormentors ? |
| 3 | But can we be sure that the last three decades of sustained growth in crime are not a recording phenomenon ( Bottomley and Pease , 1986 ) ? |
| 4 | I do n't think that anyone would doubt that the treatment Dr Carrington received was extremely caring and humane ; but can we be sure that in other cases this will necessarily be so ? |
| 5 | In laboratory experiments , we may be getting a picture of how people behave in laboratories , but can we be sure that this is how they behave in the real world ( see p. 55 ) ? |