Example sentences of "[coord] be [pers pn] [adv] [adj] [that] " in BNC.

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1 Or is it so high that it is too cool for crops to ripen ?
2 ( 1 ) In all the circumstances is it more appropriate that a court of the country to which a child has been wrongfully removed or in which it is being wrongfully retained ( country B ) ’ — in this case one can say England — ‘ should reach decisions and make orders with a view to its welfare or is it more appropriate that this should be done by a court of the country from which it was removed or to which its return has been wrongfully prevented ( [ Australia ] ) ? ( 2 ) If , but only if , the answer to the first question is that the court of [ England ] is the more appropriate court , should that court give any consideration whatsoever to what further orders should be made other than for the immediate return of the child to [ Australia ] and for ensuring its welfare pending the resumption or assumption of jurisdiction by the courts of that country ?
3 Or was it just possible that right to the end he had believed that she would find out , and come to him ?
4 Could it be that , or was it more likely that she and Mr Broadhurst had agreed it between them ?
5 Or was he so inept that Sir Ivor was nearly beaten unnecessarily ?
6 They are not so insignificant that they can be ignored ; but nor are they so important that they can be allowed to kill the only prospect for peace that does not involve a fight to a standstill .
7 Nor were we very anxious that they should , knowing that we should be constrained by the presence of father or mother .
8 It is not surprising that many citizens ‘ banned and cursed her ’ , nor is it wholly surprising that there were some among them prepared to give her money to go on a pilgrimage to the shrine of St James of Compostella in Spain .
9 A plus in the managerial labour market row in table 3.1 is no longer sufficient , but nor is it necessarily true that the more pluses the better ; each constraint pushes the manager in a particular way .
10 Nor is it so regular that we can trust to it altogether to fix the exact date of any given work .
11 Nor is it too surprising that the Court of Appeal guidance on sentencing levels appears to disregard the actual practice of magistrates ' courts in particular .
12 Nor is it quite certain that the ordinary law Courts are in all cases the best body for adjudicating upon the offences or the errors of civil servants .
13 Hence it is not always true that the natural way of classifying a set of objects is hierarchical ; nor was it immediately obvious that this is the best way of classifying living things .
14 And was it also true that she saw only bad in Maisie 's boy ?
15 But are they so important that the teachers should not be expected to know about technical and vocational education , about an important part , in other words , of the education service towards which many of their pupils will , in time , be moving ?
16 But are we quite sure that this quality of unpredictability , which is , after all , only another name for " free will " , is really a human rather than an animal peculiarity ?
17 But are you really sure that it 's enough ? ’
18 My right hon. and learned Friend knows how highly I regard his judgment , but is he still satisfied that it is wise to go ahead with the charges after all the mistakes have been made , and after such a long time has passed ?
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