Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [adj] [that] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Centres must stick to the published learning outcomes and performance criteria and only vary the assessment instruments if they have permission — and they must make sure that candidates ' work is retained until the published dates . |
| 2 | It might seem strange that rapes such as these carry a lower penalty than a Category 2 case in which the defendant threatens violence against one party with the aim of securing intercourse with another , but where no violence is perpetrated and sexual intercourse does not in fact take place . |
| 3 | Given that crime is behaviour that breaks rules , it might seem odd that functionalists argue that it is necessary and useful for society . |
| 4 | As an author , he exploded at Mr Pascall for suggesting that the lists would make sure that children read ‘ suitable ’ books : ‘ What is suitable ? |
| 5 | For this reason it would appear likely that bones modified as greatly as these would be uncommon in the fossil record , and the predators that produce them unlikely to be important contributors to fossil bone assemblages . |
| 6 | ‘ It would seem odd that facilities so much sought after by the community and approved by their legislators should be actionable at common law because they have been brought to the places where they are required and have escaped without negligence by an unforeseen series of mishaps . ’ |
| 7 | It would seem sensible that strategies to help Sheffield , with the recent and very sudden collapse of its steel industry , may not be able to assist Liverpool or Newcastle , where steel has never been an important industry and where decline has been long-term . |
| 8 | It may seem strange that lawyers might have a vested interest in making the law move faster . |
| 9 | In a month when Harpers & Queen magazine devotes several pages to the lost art of manners , it may seem strange that parents should send their daughters from the most polite nation in the world to this newly graceless country . |
| 10 | It may seem obvious that employers ' work-force policies will affect employees ' experiences of work and their outlook towards work . |
| 11 | At first sight it may seem unlikely that computers and computer software could kill or cause serious injury , but negligent liability does not stop at personal injury but extends to damage to property . |
| 12 | I particularly welcome the priority given to the patients charter , which will reduce appointment waiting times and waiting lists in hospitals , and to the schools charter , which will make sure that parents get the fullest information on their children 's education . |
| 13 | Watchful conservationists will make sure that baiters who 've decimated the local badger population wo n't get their hands on these as well . |
| 14 | Under the old paradigm , companies are organized into a series of hierarchical tiers so that supervisors at each level can make sure that subordinates act according to plan . |
| 15 | You can feel confident that officers pursuing this policy will be fully supported , ’ the document concludes . |