Example sentences of "that they [vb mod] [adv] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , confident in her expectation that they would soon be married , Folly had been determined to wait . |
| 2 | Darwin regarded the local varieties that exist within many species as incipient new species , on the assumption that further change would increase the separation between the varieties to such an extent that they would eventually be unable to breed together . |
| 3 | One can only guess at the reasons for such underreporting ; but it seems possible that exporters understate values in the hope of retaining part of the foreign exchange that they would otherwise be obliged to surrender to the authorities , while importers may wish to minimize their import duties ( and also avoid enquiries into the source of the foreign exchange used for imports ) . |
| 4 | He said he knew of only one major house-building scheme at present in the area for between 40 and 50 private houses in Brotton and he felt that they would probably be executive-type houses beyond the means of the homeless people on the council 's waiting list . |
| 5 | It is clear from the decision that they would only be prepared to do this in clear cases of abuse of power and would impose a much higher standard than in the case of an exercise of statutory power . |
| 6 | George and Elizabeth had come to terms with the fact that they would always be childless . |
| 7 | The tedium and discomfort of life which prevailed between moments of action and danger , and the feeling that they would never be strong enough in morale or matériel to take the offensive themselves , were dispelled when Montgomery took command of the Eighth Army later in the summer . |
| 8 | Every Chewong , man and woman , insisted that they would never be able to do such a thing , they would be much too frightened . |
| 9 | They were not then a class which had consolidated its position through marriage and inheritance : the combination of their own practice and of national policy made it unlikely that they would ever be able to do so . |
| 10 | . When two of my sons were little boys I took them to our old great-uncle Lord Albemarle 's yearly reception on Waterloo Day , that they might hereafter be able to say in their old age that they had seen and spoken to someone who had been at the Battle of Waterloo himself . |
| 11 | Drew admitted that they might well be correct as he could not remember . |
| 12 | However , if virtually everybody ( friends and family ) start to remark that you are losing too much weight , consider that they might just be right . |
| 13 | On May 18 the Court ruled 5:4 that those acquitted of crimes by reason of insanity could not , after regaining sanity , be kept in mental institutions on the grounds that they might still be dangerous . |
| 14 | It is hoped that social scientists will not only be able to carry out with greater ease and rapidity those types of computation previously undertaken on mainframe computers but that they may also be able to take advantage of the machines ’ ability to handle graphical information . |
| 15 | Grant that they may always be confident of your presence with them and of their oneness with the whole family of Your church ; and grant that with one mind and one voice we may all worship You , O Christ , who with the Father and the Holy Spirit , reigns for evermore . |
| 16 | When he passed through an ivy-clad trellis arch and saw the man he sought , however , raking dead leaves and twigs into an incinerator , he realized how absurd the idea was that they could somehow be twin actors of the same part who had never met on stage till this unscripted moment . |
| 17 | Attempts to solve this problem by economic reform run into the insuperable problem that they could only be successful if accompanied by political reforms involving denationalisation . |
| 18 | The old English folksong demonstrates that they could often be sinister in their intent , waylaying passers-by and snatching at the wind with skinny , white hands : |
| 19 | Remember that they should also be visible at night if you 're likely to use them then , so you should think about lighting at the same time when designing new garden steps ( see the August issue for details of installing garden lighting ) . |
| 20 | The report , in paragraph 480 , records that all the professional bodies which gave evidence recommended that patients aged between 16 and 18 should be able to give an effective consent to treatment and all but the Medical Protection Society recommended that they should also be able to give an effective refusal . |
| 21 | A suited smart alec , riding shotgun on rugby union 's suddenly careering shamateur bandwagon , this week told a group of British international players that they should soon be able to charge £1,500 for a solitary interview . |
| 22 | A suited smart alec , riding shotgun on rugby union 's suddenly careering shamateur bandwagon , this week told a group of British international players that they should soon be able to charge £1,500 for a solitary interview . |
| 23 | Both the Whettons , Alan and Gary , have announced that they will again be available for major rugby this year . |
| 24 | Even moving from high to low cost areas can raise difficulties — employees may doubt that they will ever be able to move back to their home areas or other more expensive regions once they have committed themselves to living in a lower cost housing area . |
| 25 | As for the Socialists , they have been told so often that they are heading for a total rout that they will actually be relieved if they manage to get the 20 per cent which the last polls were predicting . |
| 26 | People sometimes think that they will always be able to hear a sentence boundary because a combination of intonation , rhythm , and pause will tell them . |
| 27 | The government 's policy on community care ignores the significance of this change , and assumes that women ‘ will continue to accept their cultural designation as carers ’ and that they will always be willing to sacrifice work opportunities in the interests of caring for dependent relatives . |
| 28 | ‘ We believe we are making our financial statements more understandable , and that they will now be able to be read by people other than actuaries . |
| 29 | Whatever ramblers may think of mountain bikers ( and I will be the first to admit that they can occasionally be annoying ) , the fact is that they are mostly young people , enjoying the countryside , keeping fit and getting fresh air , which is surely something we all subscribe to . |
| 30 | The problem with beliefs is that they can often be unrealistic and stubborn ( see Beliefs on page 21 ) but reasonable behavioural rights are such things as : |