Example sentences of "[that] this [modal v] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Some people think that this might be dangerous for inexperienced students , but it does not seem to cause any particular problems in Australia . ) |
| 2 | The Court of Appeal admitted that Ms Mountford did have exclusive possession of the property and that this might be important evidence in determining the intentions of the parties . |
| 3 | ‘ I daresay her aunt and uncle would let you have it , ’ said Melissa , aware that this might be unlikely but feeling impelled to give some comfort to a fellow human being in so much distress . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , the perception that this might be desirable was reborn , whether for good or for ill , among the twelfth-century rulers of France . |
| 5 | Increased oesophageal alkaline exposure has been previously demonstrated in patients with Barrett 's columnar lined lower oesophagus and it has been suggested that this might be secondary to increased duodenogastric reflux using discriminant analysis in a small number of patients . |
| 6 | It was hoped that the fund would raise some 6,000 million forints ( about US$80,000,000 ) in 1991/1992 , although it was widely predicted that this would be insufficient to provide for the estimated 300,000 unemployed in Hungary . |
| 7 | We have a backlog of sites awaiting shelters , but would give priority to providing one at this location if you consider that this would be helpful . |
| 8 | He said that this would be unnecessary and I got the distinct impression that I should not ask any more questions about it but be content that I had got my letter back . |
| 9 | Outside London we were the first L E A to realise that this would be necessary . |
| 10 | One might at the very least postulate that this would be influential in the more positive outcomes recorded for Asian patients . |
| 11 | Mind you , I have an idea that this would be good to use as a weaving yarn , but I restrained myself from buying any — I have enough cones in the cupboard , thank you very much . |
| 12 | It is arguable that this would be right ; but on the whole it seems to us that , whatever view is taken of the buyer 's moral duty , the law would be too strict if it made him guilty of theft . |
| 13 | The County Council fully recognizes that this would be appropriate , inappropriate sorry , and unacceptably constraining . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | After 1967 Jordan hoped that it could recover the West Bank , and believed for some years that this would be possible . |
| 16 | Scott had told him that this would be possible . |
| 17 | If the British proposals are adopted , waste will continue to be imported from undeveloped countries who lack processing facilities , on the grounds that this would be preferable to it being dumped in situ , with all the ensuing environmental hazards . |
| 18 | He stressed that this would be temporary whilst he looked for a replacement . |
| 19 | This is a remarkably brief document , providing so far as service of documents is concerned for letters of request to be addressed by a diplomatic or consular officer of the requesting state to the competent authority of the requested state , and for the execution of any request the authenticity of which was not in doubt unless the requested state considered that this would be contrary to its public policy . |
| 20 | Nothing stops a British government removing or reducing the Opposition 's freedom to attack the government for roughly a third of the parliamentary session except the belief that this would be undesirable and would hamper both parties in the long run . |
| 21 | Lucy wanted to tell her , but knew that this would be wrong . |
| 22 | While Ministers might like to please the voters by abandoning VAT on fuel , they know that this would be disastrous abroad . |
| 23 | Kim suggested that he wished to hold an early meeting with Roh , but that this would be dependent upon the Premiers ' talks yielding " visible results " . |
| 24 | Fenella fastened the garment about her waist , by no means sure that this would be sufficient , expecting it to feel uncomfortable and even grisly . |
| 25 | Her therapist had suggested that she should speak more fully and openly to her husband , but an ancient , instinctive residue of wisdom had told Scarlet that this would be inadvisable : she had not gone through any process of transference , did not therefore regard her therapist as omnipotent , and so her suspicion that she was wasting money on her treatment was not unfounded . |
| 26 | I could go on about how many different sounds you can muster from Marshall 's new baby , but there are just so many that this would be unrealistic . |
| 27 | Even Betty knew that this would be difficult to excuse . |
| 28 | However , it is strongly rumoured that this may be sometime in the early part of 1992 , when some amendments to the Building Regulations are to be introduced . |
| 29 | We feel that this may be helpful to Principals in deciding the appropriate action to take within their own colleges . |
| 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 . |