Example sentences of "[modal v] be [adv] [that] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The difficulty arises partly in differentiating between what the user needs to know about the workings of the system , i.e. , how transparent the system should be so that the task can be performed effectively and efficiently . |
| 2 | She explained to Deborah James , chosen from 300 applicants , how she wanted ‘ the design system to be as perfect as it could be so that the accountants could not spoil it ’ — ‘ accountants ’ having now become for Laura a generic term for anyone not on the design team . |
| 3 | That seems unusual , but it may be just that the home warren attracted more elil than other places . |
| 4 | This may be entirely proper for the evolution of knowledge in a particular field ; or it may be simply that the researcher has developed a tunnel vision , and is unable to see beyond a very narrow focus . |
| 5 | In political terms , the worry in carrying out free market reform may be less that the reform fails than that it might succeed . |
| 6 | His reply would be perhaps that the proof of the pudding is in the particular cases . |
| 7 | ‘ The nature garden has given everyone a lift and will be somewhere that the children can enjoy . ’ |
| 8 | In the case of respondents whose arguments will be simply that the judgment of the court below is correct for the reasons given , counsel for the respondent can send in a letter to that effect in lieu of a skeleton argument . |