Example sentences of "be [adv] [that] it [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He concluded : ‘ It seems to me that the only purpose the FBI has in proposing such a law would be so that it can make telephone taps without the cooperation of the telephone company … in other words , what they are asking for is the ability to make warrant-less taps . ’ |
| 2 | The Engineering Employers Federation says that its members ’ strongly support the Government 's objective of providing a balanced and effective framework of trade union and industrial relations law ’ and that ’ the step by step approach has been seen by all to have worked successfully and it is right that it should continue . ’ |
| 3 | Leeds is now the third largest city in England and the 20th in Europe , so it is right that it should have international ambitions . |
| 4 | The overriding criterion — that the service of a summons is impracticable or inappropriate — does not even have to be based on objective grounds ; it is enough that it should appear to be so to the constable making the arrest . |
| 5 | It is just that it could have been more meaningful and less unpleasant had it felt a touch more like a pilgrimage than a harsh , faceless drive for productivity . |
| 6 | It 's just that it would have been nice to have seen the signs , ’ said Caspar , rolling the maps up and packing them in his saddle bag . |
| 7 | and the design of that was so that it will stay on , built in by design . |
| 8 | It was just that it would make life a little easier . |