Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [that] it [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 61 | Robyn swallowed and took a deep breath , trying to compose herself so that when he returned she could say that it was all right , she felt fine now . |
| 62 | If you weighed them , you 'd find that it was probably a thousand times , ten thousand times less in weight than the ovum and er also many times smaller in volume , and this is typical . |
| 63 | This is such hard work that you may decide that it is n't worth the effort and abandon your attempt to acquire the skills in question . |
| 64 | Finally , if an animal is coping with extremely adverse conditions by self-narcotisation , I would say that its welfare is poor but the effect of the narcotic may mean that it is not suffering . |
| 65 | Erm and certainly I think I think in going to neighbourhood panels it was it was to serve a democratic process of tenants being able to panels local to their that area and I think in that sense erm it has been successful and certainly , I think as far as we were concerned er , it avoids the perhaps intimidating nature of , of tenants appearing in a large centre of the various panel which er I think was er , certainly one of the members wishes when we started on a neighbourhood basis but , yes it was our intention and , I would think that it 's quite reasonable to ask us to bring the report to the next meeting er with a better explanation of how the council works so far . |
| 66 | When he rang Eleanor he would explain that it was only to be a simple snack . |
| 67 | No-one with even a passing knowledge of tax would doubt that it is now one of the most complex areas of an accountant 's work . |
| 68 | The onus , one would have thought , lies on those who would show that it is not the case that the fact that God , whether in the form of the Father or of Christ , has been seen as ‘ male ’ , is an underlying factor in western culture , distorting human relations . |
| 69 | ‘ Any analysis of big clubs who have tried to buy success would show that it is only a tiny minority who succeed in doing so . ’ |
| 70 | Time would show that it was not quite , perhaps , such a close union as the Queen thought and that mutual esteem between sovereigns , while useful , was no substitute for hard and fast agreements between states . |
| 71 | No doubt the publishers would claim that it was all in the pursuit of the greater truth , in the way that the slimy tabloids and the unspeakable Sunday Times do when they are parading some particularly unpleasant piece of gossip . |
| 72 | Indeed , his treatment of this first book ( and we shall see that it is not very dissimilar from the others ) is a blatant piece of eisogesis — reading into ( as opposed to exegesis , out of ) the text what he wishes to see , or rather plant . |
| 73 | Nevertheless we shall see that it is even more obviously true of Attica than of Sparta that it is her physical environment which determines her history . |
| 74 | We shall see that it was always possible to settle chattels personal upon trusts for various persons with limited interests ( see pp. 86–7 , 101–5 ) . |
| 75 | I would suggest that it is highly unlikely that sufficient numbers of Timbury type continuing care units will be provided . |
| 76 | The high sensitivities obtained in some centres would suggest that it is technically feasible to obtain tissue confirmation by cytology in all patients with hilar strictures . |
| 77 | I would suggest that it 's probably in that region , yes . |
| 78 | Ouija is made up of the French and German words for ‘ yes ’ , and this would suggest that it was originally an ‘ answering machine ’ for the spirits of the board . |
| 79 | Although anti-abortionists would maintain that it is morally wrong to dispose of a child even if it will live no longer than a week at the most , many more people doubt the right of a mother to dispose of a child with Down 's Syndrome who stands a very good chance of living a lengthy life . |
| 80 | Their Lordships said that if it had been saleable only at a ‘ throw away ’ price , that would indicate that it was not of merchantable quality . |
| 81 | There are , moreover , reasons for expecting an attack upon the Reeve , which in turn would mean that it is not solely his unsuccessful pre-emptive strike that establishes a state of enmity between these two characters . |
| 82 | It would seem that it is particularly difficult for older children ( over twelve ) , institutionalised children , or children with behaviour or severe learning difficulties , to settle in new families , at least without serious and lasting problems . |
| 83 | I do not want to make too big an issue of the large sums of money that are spent on taking LTA committee members and officials around the world , travelling in premium class and always staying in the best hotels , although it would seem that it is considerably more than the amount of money actually spent on transporting the competitors themselves . |
| 84 | And indeed it would seem that it was only at about this time , in the Europe of the late-sixteenth century , that a few thoughtful men first began to think seriously about the moral nature of mankind as a whole , as against the older , narrower concept of the moral nature of " ourselves " , God 's chosen people , ranged against " the others " , the barbarians , who were only part men , unnatural monsters , beasts . |
| 85 | So I would emphasise that it is very valuable to measure suffering ; suffering is associated with poor welfare but there can be poor welfare in the absence of suffering . |
| 86 | However , I shall argue that it is only when they do point in the same direction that conditions are suitable for the development of intelligent beings who can ask the question : why does disorder increase in the same direction of time as that in which the universe expands ? |
| 87 | At the magistrates ' court , chairman of the bench Pat Partridge said : ‘ I think we are all aware of the signs in the area and I think my colleagues would agree that it 's not a very good excuse . ’ |
| 88 | I think he would agree that it is not a suitable location for the provision of refreshments for visitors . |
| 89 | I think most of us would agree that it is highly desirable to use words precisely . |
| 90 | It is this flexibility and remarkable performance that makes the Beaver so versatile , and I would imagine that it is ideally suited to Tony 's purposes . |