Example sentences of "and that it [modal v] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An opinion made popular by a Dr David Macbride held that scurvy was due to an inadequate supply of fixed air in the human body , and that it might be cured by a dose of that gas . |
| 2 | Mr Crowden told them of the terms of the will and suggested that Violet 's legacy seemed a poor reward and that it might be improved . |
| 3 | It is certainly true that pigeons with bar magnets attached to their heads navigate incorrectly on overcast , but not on sunny , days ( Figure 4.9 ) ; which suggests both that pigeons have a magnetic sense , and that it may be used by pigeons as a back-up compass sense when the sun is invisible . |
| 4 | The essential qualities of a tenant 's fixture are that it may be removed without causing irreparable damage to the building and that it may be set up and used again in another building or place ( Webb v Bevis ( Frank ) Ltd [ 1940 ] 1 All ER 247 ; Young v Dalgety plc [ 1987 ] 1 EGLR 116 ) . |
| 5 | It must above all be clear that perestroika was taking place under the auspices of the CPSU and that it would be conducted within the framework of socialism . |
| 6 | Britain , he said , needed to obtain satisfactory improvements in the deep-sea mining regime and that it would be exploring the prospects for these . |
| 7 | They pointed out that the school was important to the community and that it would be missed . |
| 8 | As an alternative to the last submission it was argued that the money was paid to and received by the revenue under an implied agreement that it would be held as a deposit against tax that might be held to have been due at the dates of payment and that it would be repaid if and when it turned out that no tax was due . |
| 9 | The Blood Banner Society , the shadowy Japanese ultra-nationalist group , have issued a declaration to the effect that the Mishima , coincidentally named after one of the heroes of the movement , was lost through an unprovoked sneak attack , and that it would be avenged . |
| 10 | ‘ Nevertheless , I have come to the conclusion , after much hesitation , that Mr. O'Brien did falsely represent to her that the charge was limited to secure £60,000 and that it would be released in a short time , when the £60,000 had been raised by remortgage . |
| 11 | Sparc International , which is currently at version 8 of the Sparc interface definition , said the 64-bit stuff in version 9 will be just ‘ the tip of the iceberg , ’ and that it would be putting out the new specifications ‘ relatively soon : ’ it still has to go and dig up the stuff from down at Sun Labs . |
| 12 | The UNITA leader , Jonas Savimbi , announced in London on April 29 that the two sides would initial the peace agreement the following day , and that it would be signed formally on May 30 . |
| 13 | The republic proclaimed , as a sovereign and independent state , that the Constitution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( SFRY ) was no longer valid on its territory and that it would be continuing the process of assuming de facto authority . |
| 14 | Contrary to declarations that there was no government policy for sterling and that it would be left to the markets to decide , by late 1981 the government intervened to reverse a fall in the exchange rate , and raised base rate to 16 per cent . |
| 15 | I have tried to convince you that problem solving is important and that it can be taught and learned by means of guided problem solving . |
| 16 | While both these objections have truth to them , it is also clear that a range of critical writings which share more preoccupations than differences has emerged and that it can be contrasted to other forms of writing about texts and history . |
| 17 | access road is accepted and that it can be included in the design list for nineteen ninety four and five . |
| 18 | But the examples all have this feature of getting the student to appreciate that it is possible to approach the objects of interest within their subject — chemicals , human behaviour , literature , technology — from the perspective of an external discipline , and that it can be illuminating to do so . |
| 19 | The belief that the unconscious mind is wise and good , and that it can be identified with God , is another signpost , false though its trail is . |
| 20 | The government therefore took its stand on the position that the confidentiality rule operated between members of the Cabinet and in the general context of a minister 's official duties , and that it could be invoked in a court of law to restrain revelations of Cabinet and other official discussions . |
| 21 | perhaps the single most important effect of the Cuban revolution was that it proved beyond all doubt that Marxism was not an exclusively European doctrine and that it could be applied successfully in Latin America . |
| 22 | Aldercine Hodson , who has long felt that Medau 's possibilities were under-exploited and that it could be developed , for instance , as a valuable coaching-aid in sport , tells the following story , which she thinks illustrates her point and makes Medau News . |
| 23 | These data suggest that platelet activating factor may be involved in the pathogenesis of Crohn 's disease and that it could be used as a marker of the mucosal activity of the disease . |
| 24 | The engineers tell us that the core of the building is intact and that it could be rebuilt and restructured . |
| 25 | He hinted that there was a Mandela autobiography , and that it could be published if Mandela were released . |
| 26 | The plaintiffs contended that their business plan was confidential , that the items of information relied upon were sufficiently confidential to be protectable after termination of the defendants ' employment and that it could be inferred that the defendants had used those items by virtue of alleged similarity between figures appearing in the respective business plans . |
| 27 | When one of the witnesses pointed out that the testator had not signed the will the testator replied that he had signed it at the top and that it could be signed anywhere . |
| 28 | Social learning says that unacceptable behaviour ( such as tantrums ) is a consequence of faulty learning ( through operant processes ) , and that it should be tackled by the input of correct learning through operant processes . |
| 29 | believe that there is further that can go and that it should be exploited by Mr Major or Mr Reynolds , or by Mr Major ? |
| 30 | Spencer argued that sexual difference was a product of mankind 's successful adaptation to social survival and that it should be understood in terms of women 's individual evolution being arrested earlier than men 's to permit the conservation of their energies for reproduction . |