Example sentences of "[det] [modal v] be [vb pp] [be] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | All that should be done is that , if that improbable and unlikely event ever takes place , the courts should decline to enforce the clause . |
| 2 | All that could be said was that the judges and staff of the court would continue to do all in their power to reduce costs and lead times in the disposal of appellant business . |
| 3 | So , it was in the ordinary conduct of party politics by men in pursuit of power that expectations , aspirations and objectives were reduced to an apparent simplicity , to a crudity of choice for which all that could be said was that it represented the national will . |
| 4 | For the present , all that need be noticed is that the purpose of Alexander 's letter was to convey a distinct papal command to Lanfranc that the monastic community in his cathedral church was to be preserved . |
| 5 | All that need be proved is that the matter is of a certain type and the manner of presentation patently offensive . |
| 6 | The most that can be done is that B may allow C to use his name to claim the money . |
| 7 | In truth , all that can be said is that , in both the Free Presbyterian Church and in the UPV , there were a small number of people ( none of whom were figures of any stature in the Church ) who were prepared to abet others in the commission of crimes to further the aims which the vast majority of people in the Church and UPV wished to see promoted by less violent means . |
| 8 | The most that can be said is that a good case can be made out for so doing ; law-abiding spectators would probably be sympathetic , depending upon the outcome . |
| 9 | The most that can be said is that they must have selectional restrictions which are satisfied by the selectee . |
| 10 | The most that can be said is that the majority of individuals said to be non-right handed still show left hemisphere language representation ( Annett , Hudson , and Turner , 1974 ; Fleminger and Bunce , 1975 ; Clyma , 1975 ) . |
| 11 | The decor was inclusive in the rent and all that can be said was that the decor was expensive . |
| 12 | The best that can be hoped is that the Senate and the House will agree on amendments to the law which will remove the gimmicks and inject more discipline into the process . |
| 13 | Of such undertakings all that can be predicated is that some breaches will and others will not , give rise to an event which will deprive the party not in default of substantially the whole benefit which it was intended that he should obtain from the contract ; and the legal consequences of a breach of such an undertaking , unless provided for expressly in the contract , depend upon the nature of the event to which the breach gives rise and do not follow automatically from a prior classification of the undertaking as a " condition " or a " warranty " . |