Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [that] [pers pn] [vb mod] be " in BNC.

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1 Some of the advantages of improved interpersonal skills are that you will be better at :
2 Despite this , if the three immediate hurdles discussed above can be overcome — and the signs are that they will be — then the next six months will see the crisis management of the last half year replaced by more positive discussion about the pace and nature of convergence .
3 A reply from the Ministry is expected within days , and all the signs are that it will be positive .
4 All the signs are that it will be a holding speech , waiting until December for the first of the combined spending and taxing Budgets , with , maybe , some radical tax reforms thrown in .
5 As with any other policy the insurers will commonly require exclusions against the following : ( 1 ) The adequacy of insurance arrangements The view of the insurers is that it should be for the purchaser to determine whether existing insurance cover for the business is adequate and if it is not to increase the level of cover with effect from completion .
6 The advantages are that it can be bought at any time , changed without penalty and fully refunded .
7 We need to know how to see the world as the Christian Fathers saw it ; and the purpose of reascending to origins is that we should be able to return , with greater spiritual knowledge , to our own situation .
8 But the thing that always concerns me about these kind of decisions under those kind of circumstances is that it might be a temporary depression : in other words a suicide wish , and this is a terrifically difficult issue that is bantered about a lot under these kind of circumstances , and normally , if someone says ‘ Kill me , ’ you figure they 're crazy .
9 In our electronic technology the discrete , digital locations have only two states , conventionally represented as 0 and 1 although you can think of them as high and low , on and off , up and down : all that matters is that they should be distinct from one another , and that the pattern of their states can be ‘ read out ’ so that it can have some influence on something .
10 Arguably , the major advantage of procedures and functions is that they can be referred to by name .
11 Erm somehow or other it 's going to come along and I think most people 's thinkings are that it will be shown as a tax item on the ticket as are the taxes in other countries
12 The Apache lacked the grace of Cessna 's more powerful model 310 but its design aims were that it must be undemanding to fly , cheap to buy and inexpensive to operate .
13 The advantage of hydroelectric generators is that they can be switched on and of easily , according to demand .
14 The danger for UK investors is that they will be lured into thinking that the inflated prices paid in the US translate into an undervaluation of British cellular operators .
15 On every count , the Minister 's defence on pension rights is that it will be within the powers of the Government to safeguard the interests of workers .
16 One of the hazards of the sudden death of infants was that they might be carried off before they had been baptised .
17 The best hope for tree-nests is that they should be inaccessible .
18 One of the main advantages of percutaneous cholecystolithotomy over other non-operative techniques is that it can be used for 78% of patients , with stones of any composition , number and size , and a patent cystic duct is not essential .
19 The main consideration with envelopes is that they should be large enough and strong enough to accommodate the material to be contained within them .
20 The thing to remember about these batteries is that they should be stored in a way which prevents the accidental short-circuiting of their contact terminals : if they are shorted , the battery quickly overheats and will become unfit for further use .
21 ‘ And , if I may say so , my suspicions are that you 'll be making a considerably better living on the salary I pay you than you would have made working for yourself … ’
22 A particular feature of methylene decarbonisers is that they can be used safely on aluminium , copper , brass and other metals normally badly corroded by alkalis .
23 The main advantage of digital mobile phones is that you should be able to have more of them .
24 The clash of cultures was illustrated towards the end of the first day : ‘ Just tell us what the standards are that we should be aiming for ’ , a publisher demanded , fed up with what he called ‘ axe grinding ’ by manufacturers .
25 All the indications were that they would be a stern and forbidding lot , which is my least favourite type of person .
26 For the crucial characteristic of these tests is that they may be taken at any time , according to the readiness of the student .
27 The general idea with pro-formas is that they should be filled in as the procedure progresses in order to qualify as ‘ notes made at the time ’ .
28 The problem for the authorities is that it may be impossible to confirm or disprove the existence of ‘ Inner Circle ’ .
29 The problem for the authorities is that it may be impossible to confirm or disprove the existence of ‘ Inner Circle ’ .
30 All three party leaders have their admirers and the feeling on the ranks is that it will be a hung Parliament .
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