Example sentences of "that it [vb mod] be [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His commercial pride badly wounded , Mercer fought off the criticism , but had to endure a harsh winter watching his team struggle in the knowledge that it would be many years before he could contemplate the fire-side warmth of his own undersoil heating . |
| 2 | Not that it would be any hardship , for she found him very attractive . |
| 3 | I read it doggedly in the hope that it would be some kind of follow-up . |
| 4 | When he left Williams for Ferrari , I remember Frank Williams reminiscing at his annual press luncheon that he had fond memories of Alan Jones and Keke Rosberg , but that it would be some time before he had similar memories of Nigel . |
| 5 | Sarah soon began to recover , although it was clear that it would be some time before she was completely well again . |
| 6 | But the lack of a well-established party system in the republics , and the general economic and social crisis , suggested that it would be some time before institutionalized pressure-group systems were operating , if at all . |
| 7 | Paige found her appetite quickly satisfied , and knew that it would be some time before they would be eating normally again . |
| 8 | He predicted that it would be those publishers who were prepared to embrace change and take risks that would gain a competitive edge and succeed in the tough marketplace of the '90s . |
| 9 | He thought for a moment that it might be some kind of game , that their running would cease as suddenly as it had begun , that they 'd stand like statues on the sand , waiting for him to catch up with them . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've heard that it might be some test of our will near the end of my presidency , but those F-16s sent the message to him pretty clearly . ’ |
| 11 | It is still early days for C&P 's programme and Arthur Thomas points out that it may be many years before some changes will be seen : ‘ For example , look at the way we view the building of plants . |
| 12 | Mr Patten said this would put Britain in front of Europe but acknowledged that it may be some time before it can be implemented . |
| 13 | The hon. Gentleman is so distinguished that it may be some time since he has sat on a Standing Committee . |
| 14 | With their team on the verge of relegation and Boro pushing for promotion , the Argyle fans savoured their beer , contemplating the prospect that it may be some time before they drink in the Tap ‘ n ’ Barrel again . |
| 15 | It 's marvellous that it should be that way and and good that it should be that way too because you know the air waves seem to be full of very noisy songs at the moment that that jar a lot of people . |
| 16 | It 's marvellous that it should be that way and and good that it should be that way too because you know the air waves seem to be full of very noisy songs at the moment that that jar a lot of people . |
| 17 | So I think we can say that it will be many years before we have a workable wave energy extraction scheme . |
| 18 | Business , Accountancy and the Environment : A Policy and Research Agenda ( see p 78 for review ) says that it will be those companies responding fully and promptly to environmental issues which will be in the strongest competitive position in the future . |
| 19 | Subsidiarity may be even worse than worthless , because if people of the intellect of my right hon. Friends the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary believe that it will be some protection when in fact it will not , that illusion may lead to a great deal more movement to the centre than they would like to see . |
| 20 | It 's also a way of saying that Pentiums will be with us for a while , overlapping the life cycles of both the 80486 and P6 , and that it will be some time yet before they reach a competitive price-performance curve . |
| 21 | It 's also a way of saying that Pentiums will be with us for a while , overlapping the life cycles of both the 80486 and P6 , and that it will be some time yet before they reach a competitive price/performance curve . |
| 22 | I believe that it will be another stage towards reaching an agreement that will take us forward . |
| 23 | Scientists believe that it will be several years before they can confirm the existence of the greenhouse effect . |
| 24 | The firm abandoned the idea that it could be all things to all people and decided to focus on identified areas of expertise examples are the legal profession , building societies and the construction industry — and build a reputation for quality of service by becoming pre-eminent in those fields . |
| 25 | As I 'm sure you 'll understand , when I first came to see this awful situation I was consumed with a feeling of frustration — knowing , as I did then , that it could be some time before we 'd be in a position to intervene . |
| 26 | Following his interview , I wrote an urgent letter about his circumstances to the local housing department , although I recognised that it could be some time before he received any offers of accommodation . |
| 27 | As I stared at her wondering what had caused the condition , I decided that it must be some kind of vitamin deficiency . |