Example sentences of "and that it [modal v] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thinking she was free of him and that it might be possible to keep out of harm 's way until Peter returned , she hurried up the steps into the hall . |
| 2 | In 1976 , in response to a White Paper on devolution to Scotland and Wales , the CNAA commented that it had always been sensitive to the specific conditions and needs of Scotland , and that it might be appropriate for the CNAA to set up a Scottish Committee . |
| 3 | Baker also announced that the USA would enter into a direct dialogue with Vietnam over the issue of Cambodia and that it might be prepared to provide humanitarian aid to the SOC government . |
| 4 | A NEW theory of the origin of our Solar System suggests that the Sun is in a special place in our Galaxy , and that it may be incorrect to draw inferences about the Galaxy at large from studies of our immediate stellar neighbourhood . |
| 5 | Er but we acknowledge that over time circumstances may change and that it may be appropriate and such circumstances erm needs may change different circumstances may arise and they would have to be dealt with within the strategic planning framework . |
| 6 | For example , it may be that some services ( or sectors ) have developed better indicators of quality or effectiveness than others , and that it may be possible to transfer their experience . |
| 7 | Some therapists express concern that a child may become addicted to earning stickers and that it may be difficult to wean them off charts . |
| 8 | His name served as a seal of approval that a deal would go ahead and that it would be profitable . |
| 9 | What actually happened is that my Group said simply that our proposals for 11 to 16 year olds were built on our work for the primary stages , and that it would be absurd for us to bring out our second Report if its proposals were out of tune with the earlier attainment targets . |
| 10 | I told him I believed him and that it would be such a dirty trick not to post the letter that I was sure he must have posted it . |
| 11 | On 7 August the Cabinet accepted Ede 's conclusions that an amendment providing for the abolition of capital punishment could not be ruled out of order on the grounds that it did not come within the scope of the Bill , and that it would be impossible to grade murders into those for which capital punishment would be retained and those for which it would be abolished . |
| 12 | Er what we tell these patients is that they do n't have evidence of obstruction , or if they do have obstruction , then that obstruction does not threaten their kidney and that it would be appropriate to wait and watch their symptoms . |
| 13 | The Audit Commission pointed out that 4 million people would be lifted out of the penury of having to pay it and that it would be possible to concentrate on those who can genuinely afford to pay but who do not . |
| 14 | He suggested that , in the vast majority of cases , the procedure was accessible to unrepresented appellants ( though he did concede that they should receive assistance ) and that it would be undesirable to extend legal aid generally to cover such appeals ( Micklethwait , 1976 ) . |
| 15 | These companies realized at an early stage that there is no point in trying to compete with the majors in releasing daytime radio or ‘ Top of the Pops ’ material , and that it would be better to find acts who have proved popular on the live circuit but who are considered too left field for the majors . |
| 16 | Many , probably the great majority of the population , were convinced by 1939 if not before that the Jews had been a harmful influence in German society , and that it would be better if those still remaining left ( or were forced to leave ) as soon as possible . |
| 17 | It was felt that such speed limits were not practical over the wide area that was to be covered by the experiment , and that it would be better to scrap such treatment of individual streets and instead integrate such areas into a widespread system of 30 km/h streets . |
| 18 | After three such days the night nurse told us she thought that Caroline and I were exciting him and that it would be better if we went home and merely visited during the day . |
| 19 | One collector even suggested to Mr Laurentius that no one was really waiting for these new techniques and that it would be better for everyone if he stopped . |
| 20 | It is submitted that this approach is wrong and that it would be better to consider the database structure as a form of expression in its own right and not as part of the computer program . |
| 21 | City sources indicated they did not want a wide-ranging Budget that would tackle much-needed reforms such as mortgage tax relief and that it would be better for the Chancellor to do as little as possible . |
| 22 | It was agreed that it would be impossible to draft the title of the Bill in such a way as to exclude an amendment to abolish capital punishment , and that it would be unconvincing to argue that the inclusion in the Bill of a provision for the abolition of capital punishment would be inappropriate . |
| 23 | Atlantic Richfield Co. says that its new petrol is as clean as methanol , and that it would be ready to start selling it in California by 1996 . |
| 24 | These ideas were discussed with the maths and computing adviser , who Subsequently wrote to all schools suggesting that the microcomputer might be Placed in the library and that it would be advisable for schools to have their school librarians attend in-service courses on microcomputer use which this adviser was organizing . |
| 25 | What the voters perceived and clung on to , especially in London , was that there has been a revolution in Britain in the 1980s and that it would be foolish to put it at risk because of deeply felt resentment at the recession . |
| 26 | You have almost certainly known for quite some while that one cycle is coming to a close and that it would be foolish even to attempt to defy the winds of change . |
| 27 | The British Foreign Office held that the prestige of the UN must be preserved and that it would be foolish for the United States to treat the UN as a rubber stamp for decisions already taken in Washington . |
| 28 | Perhaps some forgiving souls might protest that former East German athletes had faced a particular difficulty in giving up the bad habits imposed on them by the success-seeking machine of the old Communist regime , and that it would be unfair virtually to close off their future just because they had n't yet properly learned another way of doing things . |
| 29 | ‘ John Major feels that Norman has fought up the rough side of the mountain and that it would be unfair to get rid of him now . ’ |
| 30 | It was stated that solicitors would not find it possible to prepare the written briefs , and that it would be unfair to expect them to do so . |