Example sentences of "[noun] [that] [det] [vb mod] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , the perception that this might be desirable was reborn , whether for good or for ill , among the twelfth-century rulers of France . |
| 2 | It is a peculiarly appropriate irony that this should be the only poem in this group with the Our/ We form , establishing on the grammatical plane a congruence with the semantic one : seen from the outside , held up for inspection , they are united — at the level of mutual deception . |
| 3 | At the far end , once again my , detector gave a nice small signal , quite different from the copper halfpennies , and as I dug down to retrieve this I had some idea in mind that this might be a hammered . |
| 4 | Although the chief focus of this chapter is the ‘ house ’ and ‘ home ’ , it should also be kept in mind that this can be extended to apply to any circumstances or environment to which a woman gives structure and form . |
| 5 | It suddenly flashed into Jack 's mind that this must be Ho , Mr Chan 's son — the boy he had been asked to protect and whose existence he had virtually forgotten in the confusion of events . |
| 6 | Any computer shop will tell you about the various comms packages available for your machine , though bear in mind that some can be quite difficult to set up ( and that most American software can not handle the Prestel standards ) . |
| 7 | The constant writing against stereotype , afraid to say a truth , or create real characters , for fear that this could be used as a justification for institutionalised racism , was also a constant source of constraint for these writers . |
| 8 | Greenfield picks up as most pertinent to her own argument his attempt to trace ‘ this failure to a lack of conscious differentiation of self from others ’ and his prediction that this will be ‘ reflected in the structure of communication , as , for example , in failing to make one 's point of view known ’ ( ibid . ) . |
| 9 | The experiment gave every indication that this would be possible and was a great technical success — but when the elected representatives were asked to agree a city-wide scheme , they voted against it . |
| 10 | While hearings will normally be oral , there is no fixed rule that this must be so . |
| 11 | In spite of the trusts imposed on the former matrimonial home or its proceeds of sale , the husband may remain liable in respect of any mortgage secured thereon , the intent being in effect that this should be deducted from or charged on his equitable share . |
| 12 | The court made no recommendation that this could be used as a basis for impeachment , however , and Interfax news agency said a reference on these lines had been deleted . |
| 13 | Er in fact it was put to me as as an option by Superintendent that this could be , if this could be done er at the time er if I recall one of the reasons erm that we were n't able to do it in such a way was that there are numerous exits to the block of flats and each exit would have had to be covered by at least two armed officers we only only had in the region of twenty five officers available to us at that time in the police who were authorised to be armed and to maintain such a surveillance , erm not only would be very costly in the terms of the number of officers . |
| 14 | It is in the interests of the ordinary citizen that that should be so . |
| 15 | City investors accepted shares on condition that all could be placed but by last night potential buyers had been found for only about half the stake . |
| 16 | Hoare found buyers for nearly half the stake on Tuesday — but institutions agreed to take shares only on condition that all could be placed . |
| 17 | ‘ There is only one way ’ , he says to Frodo , and it is essential to the story that this should be accepted as true : the Ring can not be kept , it has power over everybody , it has to be destroyed . |
| 18 | It is certainly not the case that this can be discerned in the work of all the nouveaux romanciers at the same time ; however , that such a development did indeed take place suggests that a new poetics was being tacitly formulated . |
| 19 | I was pleased about the lower rate of increase last month and I very much hope that that will be the trend . |
| 20 | He also thanked all employees for the tremendous efforts involved in building the new Johnson Matthey and on a day when South Africa was celebrating National Peace Day , he expressed hope that this may be a new beginning in a much broader sense . |
| 21 | Pauline Kenward welcomed the teachers who had come from Norfolk to share the day with London teachers and expressed the hope that this would be the first of many such visits . |
| 22 | Without that leverage , the RPF could either take a vow of self-imposed isolation ( in the hope that this would be rewarded by electoral victory in 1956 ) or risk its anti-system character by participating in parliamentary politics and even holding a share of power in coalition governments . |
| 23 | In the hope that this will be agreeable to you I am sending you by post two copies of the agreement we would wish you to sign . |
| 24 | Albert Morris and Bernard Hill now live in South Africa and all hope that this will be the first of many meetings . |
| 25 | In Poland ( which had close historical and cultural links with Lithuania , and a common border ) the government published a statement on March 12 supporting Lithuania 's " self-determination " and expressed the hope that this could be achieved peacefully through negotiations . |
| 26 | It is not really a good idea to buy a few packets at random in the hope that these will be the type of thing you need . |
| 27 | Dame Frances walked towards the fire , muttering a short prayer that all would be well . |
| 28 | The central committee had decided in March that these should be nominated by primary party cells . |
| 29 | Gabriel knew in his heart that this must be true . |
| 30 | Others have paid their full-time church planters a proper salary but have felt that there is a limit to the number of times that this may be possible . |