Example sentences of "[modal v] be [that] if [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fear must be that if we leave the issue unresolved then there will be other health disputes in the future and , just as certainly , the people who suffer will again be the patients . |
| 2 | The problem with the AIDS vaccine might be that if you have a vaccine which would be able to suppress a particular virus strain er which would induce immunity against a particular virus strain , then necessarily you do not have a vaccine which can provide immunity against another virus strain . |
| 3 | Nothing is known of Bishop Æthelric 's connections , but it could be that if he had relatives they were among Cnut 's supporters , or that as an individual he was prepared to back the king , for he is said to have enjoyed the royal favour . |
| 4 | A possible response to this may be that if we want to understand the concept of knowledge we must treat the use of ‘ I know ’ ( the activity of avouching ) as the primary thing , but that there are other psychological verbs — such as ‘ I hope ’ — in which a speaker using the first person singular of the present tense does simply express his mental state . |
| 5 | It may be that if he had been actively working for Balston Ltd his activities might have been in breach of his implied duty of fidelity . |
| 6 | Erm but our summary really would be that if one followed the County Councils proposals , this county would end up with a severe housing shortage . |