Example sentences of "[that] [det] [modal v] be the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 He had thought that that would be the last he would hear of her , but a few days later she had sent him her first piece , and he had been so impressed by it that he had printed it and asked her to write more for him .
2 Patricia Whitaker-Dowling , David Wilcox , Christopher Widnell and Julius Youngner at Pittsburgh University have shown that interferon can prevent viruses from getting inside animal cells , and they believe that this might be the first line of defence set up by the interferon system in response to viral attack ( Proceedings of the U.S .
3 David had originally made a demo with John Hutchinson , a demo which had been taken to Philips who were releasing in this country for Mercury Records in America , and they all agreed that this would be the first single under that contract . ’
4 Pauline Kenward welcomed the teachers who had come from Norfolk to share the day with London teachers and expressed the hope that this would be the first of many such visits .
5 Jackie Stewart also announced , to the sadness of everyone present , that this would be the last Jackie Stewart Celebrity Challenge .
6 He promised himself that this would be the last time he strayed beyond the legally permitted limits in life-he could n't risk the loss of Celia .
7 Anyway , he always told himself that this would be the last time ; this time he would find some really good job in which he would get on really well and his talents would be appreciated and people would like him and he would surprise all his Tormentors , so there would be no reason to go through the whole fraught and sapping business of signing on again .
8 As she sipped an aperitif it dawned on her that this would be the last social occasion which she and Luke would share , so why not just tread water ?
9 As they got out of the car , she made a mental resolve that this would be the last visit she would make in Robert 's company .
10 Even in 1893 when the Manchester , Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway had opened its extension to London as the GCR , it was the wish of the Chairman , Sir Edward Watkin , that this should be the first stage of a connection to the Channel Tunnel if ever it was built .
11 Boarding out ( or fostering ) has been practised for many years and the Curtis Committee on the care of children strongly urged that this should be the first choice in finding substitute homes .
12 The report calls on boards to ‘ give precedence to substance over form' , in applying and interpreting the code , but it is doubtful whether companies realise that this could be the last chance for self-regulation .
13 Clint says he has been sitting on the story of Unforgiven for 15 years waiting to grow into the part but denies that this could be the last time he saddles up and rides off into the sunset .
14 Sistelcom general manager Jesus Prieto said that this will be the first time that a radio-paging service has used satellite for the transmission of messages .
15 Albert Morris and Bernard Hill now live in South Africa and all hope that this will be the first of many meetings .
16 There has been a strong hint that this will be the last competitive Masters for Arnold Palmer , 63 , and it could be the last time we see the jaunty 90-year-old Gene Sarazen , and Sam Snead , 80 in May , lead off the event with a ceremonial nine holes .
17 that this will be the last year because er from next year well irrespective of whether they 're sequestered I hope our sponsorship money wo n't be sequestered with it but
18 The House should not be proud of that , and I sincerely hope that this will be the last all-night Consolidated Fund debate that we will have to put up with .
19 Then it suddenly occurred to one of the party that these must be the first set of revolving doors Hannah had ever encountered , so he leaned forward and set them moving .
20 The difference between these and existing Oracle tools is that these will be the first designed to develop client/server applications for other databases .
21 Yet reticence in sexual matters makes it less than probable that these will be the first mentioned .
22 As it is likely that these will be the last set of weights produced , the BBCs , ‘ Tomorrow 's World ’ filmed some stages of their manufacture in the ‘ Primary Metal Processing 's ’ area of Noble Metals for a feature to be transmitted on television in February/ March 1994 .
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