Example sentences of "[adj] that [vb mod] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wrong that unemployed people are not allowed to join this great union is a wrong that must be righted today . |
| 2 | This is the Court of Chancery : which has its decaying houses and its blighted lands in every shire ; which has its worn-out lunatic in every madhouse , and its dead in every churchyard ; which has its ruined suitor , with his slipshod heels and threadbare dress , borrowing and begging through the round of every man 's acquaintance ; which gives to monied might , the means abundantly of wearying out the right ; which so exhausts finances , patience , courage , hope : so overthrows the brain and breaks the heart ; that there is not an honourable man among its practitioners who would not give — who does not often give — the warning , " Suffer any wrong that can be done you , rather than come here " . |
| 3 | The World Bank estimated in 1970 that in cities such as Bogota in Columbia , Mexico City , Madras and Ahmadabad in India , and Nairobi in Kenya , between a half and two-thirds of the households could not afford even a house of £300–£1500 — the cheapest that can be built with modern materials such as cement and fired bricks . |
| 4 | There may be some that can be combined to save money . |
| 5 | Cistus ( rock rose ) , scented-leaved pelargoniums ( geraniums ) and the curry plant ( Helichrysum angustifolium ) are a few that can be combined to provide the mixture of aromas reminiscent of holidays in southern Europe . |
| 6 | This fresco is mirrored by another that can be seen from Via Falcone at the back of the church . |
| 7 | This activity is doubly advantageous in that it helps to meet the needs of the more elderly for a variety of services and also helps to give the younger elderly person a sense of usefulness , a strong interest and in some cases a degree of insight and preparation for the inevitable transition to a greater ageing that must be faced . |
| 8 | In relation to ( e ) , the Consortium needs to know how many IDO claims have already been validated and how many are outstanding that could be affected by the outcome of the Carmel case . |
| 9 | As far as the radically mentalist view is concerned , there is clearly very little that might be said in its favour . |
| 10 | What is more , there is very little that can be called oceanic crust or trench-filling sediment ( flysch , olistostromes , etc. ) within the Hercynian massifs of Europe . |
| 11 | Pyramids of paper have been piled up on the subject of faunal provinces in the fossil record , but very few of them stand up to critical examination and even the latest symposium on the subject has produced very little that can be regarded as concrete evidence . |
| 12 | Everything that can be done in preparation for the survey should therefore be done ; there is precious little that can be done afterwards without distorting the accuracy of the survey . |
| 13 | With a study designed the way this one was there is very little that can be done to decide whether this relatively uninteresting possibility is the major factor determining the results , the studies in the remainder of this thesis are , however , designed to address this problem . |
| 14 | There is , surprisingly perhaps , very little that can be added to Professor Hoskins ' account of industrial landscapes . |
| 15 | They consulted a doctor who told them that there was very little that could be done for a rheumatic attack . |
| 16 | A database of this size is nearly fifty times greater than the largest that can be stored in a chip-based handheld . |
| 17 | He could not see too much that could be done quickly about the criminals who travelled from Wearside and Tyneside to burgle . |
| 18 | ‘ There 's so much that can be achieved , ’ he says . |
| 19 | My only hesitation when praising this excellent meat is that I have found few who like to eat cold lamb , and while curried leftovers are an option , I suggest buying a joint that can be eaten at one sitting . |
| 20 | so speaking from your knowledge , you would have made the request in or about September nineteen eighty six that should be updated ? |
| 21 | The important figure is the £6 million extra that will be allocated for capital equipment and buildings to assist police forces this year . |
| 22 | Few biologists have not at one time or another marvelled at the exquisite fit that can be found between the characteristics of an organism and the characteristics of its environment . |
| 23 | However , the division into high and low heads as general types is probably the most basic that can be made , and it would be pointless to set up a more elaborate system to represent differences if these differences were not recognised by most English speakers . |
| 24 | I think the Labour Party 's heart is in the right place , they want to take a positive approach and do what they can to help industry , to train , to put more money into training youngsters for industry then we have a skill work force , not a cheap , not a cheap unskilled labour force , er , you know , which is what we , what 's happening now , because we 've just not been trained , they 're cutting the training , but it 's all the same , anyway you know , I , I , I do n't know , you say what can I do for ya , well er in the short run not much except to help the , the people who are on lower income and the children through the budget er which will be introduced , it 'll be that why er through er child benefits and through er high , high benefits and through er , er lower taxes for the , everybody up to er twenty odd , twenty five thousand year or something , so , erm I mean that 's in the short run and little that can be done , it 's not as much as anybody would like , you put more and more into , into er , into training , er more money into industry to help them to invest , er you know you can have a sort of regional development banks to help industry to invest these in , in each of the regions , but I mean the , these are the positive plans and not like this one who 's just letting things go . |
| 25 | The worst that can be said of the new minister is that he " undoubtedly possessed a definite political programme , but he was too cautious and too indecisive to carry it out " . |
| 26 | However , if a ‘ crash ’ occurs the worst that can be expected is a rebuke from the instructor . |
| 27 | The stars blinked , somewhere out there , and the night air was cold against her flesh — a cold that could be chased away almost immediately by the white-hot intensity of his heat . |
| 28 | It is the work of the resulting army of dedicated and sincere reformers who through the centuries have fought to make mankind accept that the Second Choice is the right one , that has provided , and will go on providing for ever , the real power for the production of the good that will be assigned to the storehouse that is the Created God . |
| 29 | There is so much of good that can be done if we seize the opportunities which a modern world makes available . |
| 30 | The bowling department remains England 's main problem area , despite the batting failures , and there is not much good that can be said about the bowlers . |