Example sentences of "[be] [indef pn] that [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For here there appears to be nothing that can not be transfused utterly with spirit , with high feeling , with fierce clean passion . |
| 2 | It had to be something that would give the prospective punter some idea of the staggering depth and scope and thoroughness of Henry 's work . |
| 3 | Series connection of the windings would therefore seem to be something that would never be used in practice . |
| 4 | This would be a Council of Ministers with majority voting being permissible on a ‘ limited field of discussion ’ , but this would still be something that would lack the reality of supranationalism . |
| 5 | It would be something that would vastly improve I think the , the link of the new hospital to the medical centre without going around over Bridge . |
| 6 | I I I I would I think that would be something that would be controversial . |
| 7 | A principle of inquiry can not be something that may keep us from recognizing a clear and settled conception . |
| 8 | It will not be something that ought to be part of our very definition . |
| 9 | ‘ I would like to think that it will not be something that will be legislated . |
| 10 | And if Jesus is consubstantial with God , the Kingdom of Heaven need not be something that will be inaugurated on earth in the immediate future , but something external — another realm , another dimension , in which one can expect a welcome and a reserved place on one 's death . |
| 11 | And as much as none of us would like that , I feel it may be , you know , it may , it will be something that will be over very quickly , er the only worry of course is that so many people will get hurt , but if that 's the way to end it all then perhaps that 's what should be done . |
| 12 | For Mill it 's very important that citizens are educated for their role and although participation on a na national level has to be something that can be restricted only to the few , Mill nevertheless wants active participation of the citizens in other aspects . |
| 13 | Let me hasten to say that in many schools , particularly in the West Riding , fine education took place , but far from it helping to increase drama in schools , it had the reverse effect for two reasons : ( 1 ) it appeared once more to be something that could only be handled by a specialist — this time a P.E . |
| 14 | I said I 'm quite sure there must be something that could be done computer-wise |
| 15 | Since the book seemed to be one that would cause some controversy , she had better proceed with caution . |
| 16 | This hope it begins to appear , admittedly with hindsight , looks to be one that must remain unfulfilled using current methods . |
| 17 | The pattern of increasing underemployment , both rural and urban , may be one that will be followed by the other LDCs . |
| 18 | This suggests that he thinks of the impression as being something that could have a name of its own . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's nothing that ca n't wait , ’ said Helen . |
| 20 | He said , ‘ It 's nothing that ca n't be fixed . ’ |
| 21 | I think any feminist movement in Britain should take on board the fact that Ireland is a colony and the fact that there is a lot of denial that goes on , people pretending it is n't happening , and saying there 's nothing that can be done . |
| 22 | He says the otters that have swallowed a lot of oil may be so ill there 's nothing that can be done . |
| 23 | For Adrian Hop there 's nothing that can ease the pain of the loss of his daughter but perhaps he says she wo n't have died in vain . |
| 24 | But Mr Weston believes there 's nothing that could have prevented this accident . |
| 25 | With a fictional character , described in the third person , there is nothing that may not be said . |
| 26 | From the point of view of the experiencing subject , the meaningfulness is not something of which he is conscious ; all he experiences is , first the word ‘ red ’ , then a mental image : there is nothing that could count as his internally and introspectably associating them which does not reintroduce the mysterious generality of thought . |
| 27 | There is nothing that could reasonably be called a head ; merely a small light-sensitive spot ; no heart , only a number of pulsating arteries ; no fins or limbs , only a slight dilation at the hind end like the flight feathers of an arrow . |
| 28 | But Professor Alan Budd , chief economic adviser to Barclays Bank , said of the Government 's predicament : ‘ In the short run there is nothing that can be done . |
| 29 | When the markets go against you there is nothing that can stop it until the market adjusts . ’ |
| 30 | There is nothing that can exist without me . |