Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [vb infin] be that " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what he must not pretend is that he was led to this solely by his ‘ rational doubt ’ when in fact he was led to it by his faith , that is , his humanism . |
| 2 | Scottish Office Minister of State Lord Fraser , launching the package in Edinburgh , said : ‘ What we must always remember is that the victim is never to blame . |
| 3 | However , what you should always remember is that the picture must contain a reasonable amount of detail if it is not to look dull . |
| 4 | What the prosecution must now prove is that D was committing a crime ( not being a crime of negligence or a crime of omission ) , that in committing this crime he caused V 's death , and that what he did when committing this crime was objectively dangerous . |
| 5 | I did , you 'll have to forgive me , I mean I think for the sake of those who were not at the meeting erm what we should really say is that actually said that he wanted to hear what kind of a parish we are so that he could attempt to match the , the incoming priest with you know the need of the parish . |
| 6 | What you must never forget is that I am not and never have been an ethnic of any description , and that I have never found any evidence that justifies any cretinous claim by you , or by any of your co-morons in the sewers of lofty racist Neanderthal , that Eurocentrism warrants any positive attention from those like myself who inherit — and consciously — a civilised tradition and philosophy going back millions of years . |
| 7 | ‘ What your map may not show is that the only way down to Thira anchorage is by mule-track down a precipitous cliff . |
| 8 | What he may not realize is that often when he puts money in , the bank effectively takes money out . |
| 9 | The only belief I 'll never recant is that every single undamaged baby is born with fabulous , infinite intellectual potential . |
| 10 | What Ferguson had found and what the left just could not see was that when Hollywood really tried they produced a thing that ought not be pedantically analysed for ‘ the thing exists by itself for its moments on the screen , unquestionable ’ . |
| 11 | What he could not foresee was that generals would renew their political role after 1814 , not as representatives of the old order , but as liberal paladins . |
| 12 | This Edouard knew : what he could not understand was that in the years since the end of the war Jean-Paul had made no attempt to restore the house . |
| 13 | What she could not know was that by refusing to deal with the Protestant threat until the crown matrimonial had been obtained , she would throw away the strongest card in her anti-Protestant hand before having a chance to play it . |
| 14 | What Labour could hardly claim was that it had a magic formula for preserving peace with the unions , although the St Valentine 's Day ‘ concordat ’ with the unions was milked for what it was worth . |
| 15 | For example , it could well have been that families of cave dwellers came to realise that it was possible that they could agree to respect the privacy and boundaries of their respective homes , and by so doing relieve themselves of the eternal vigilance likely to be necessary in the absence of such agreement . |
| 16 | Part of his objection may also have been that one 's trade and one 's home had in most cases parted company by that date , a development that William Morris was later to deplore . |
| 17 | It may also have been that the government was unwilling to lend further strength to the clamour for the reform of the Official Secrets Act ( which has now happened ) that had been mounting for some years . |
| 18 | It may even have been that John , anticipating his imminent doom , ratified some such arrangement , perhaps in the ceremony at the Jordan . |
| 19 | From the outset , as in 1854 , it may well have been that Napoleon hoped to coerce Austria into negotiating a settlement by underlining her isolation in Europe , and thus avoiding an armed conflict . |
| 20 | If all members of the human race had arrived roughly at the same time at the point when the need for a ‘ god ’ had started to influence human behaviour , it may well have been that the existence of a disastrous diversity of ‘ gods ’ , all of whom according to their worshippers conferred privileges , would never have become established . |
| 21 | One of the reasons why Constanze did not really come into her own until after Mozart 's death may well have been that she spent much of her married life in various debilitating stages of pregnancy , bearing six children ( of whom only two survived ) . |
| 22 | So that the split may well have been that er he was gon na to do a lot more work than perhaps the er civil engineering design group . |
| 23 | If your wife is unhappy , now it may well have been that a better policy could have been put on the vehicle . |
| 24 | One particular exception which may well apply is that contained in sections 8 of the Factors Act and 24 of the Sale of Goods Act . |
| 25 | Or it may simply have been that he was hiding : that his confused sexuality could at any time have brought him down . |
| 26 | The last thing you would ever imagine was that he was an art museum director ’ . |
| 27 | I think what we would now say is that of course women are extremely competent programme-makers , but there is n't a lot of evidence that they want to cover different topics . |
| 28 | If you buy a ‘ Rolex ’ watch for £50 , you know it 's unlikely to be genuine , but what you would n't know is that it may only be worth £5 . |
| 29 | But one thing you ca n't disguise is that you 'd rather not be there . |
| 30 | But what they ca n't stand is that I hate them when they do n't behave in their own way . |