Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [that] he [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it would be absurd that he should be able to plead the jury 's verdict in the first trial as a bar to the second . |
| 2 | It must now be doubtful that he will ever do so , doubtful , but not impossible that he should . |
| 3 | He started to be afraid that he would have to slow down , even to walk . |
| 4 | He suddenly remembered that the Budmouth coast was famous for the number of swimmers drowned there every year , and he began to be afraid that he would soon be one of them . |
| 5 | After the dozenth girl Killion began to be afraid that he would not recognize her ; but when she came out , even with a single dimmed-out light bulb behind her head , she was so much more than his memories of her . |
| 6 | A girl who is very tall for her age may fear that she will go on growing at the same rate indefinitely , while a boy who is shorter than his mates of the same age may be afraid that he will be permanently undersized . |
| 7 | He had hung the battered sword over the spice cupboard in Lucille 's kitchen , and had claimed to be glad that he would never again have to draw the war-dulled blade from its metal scabbard . |
| 8 | The line being spoken is always in the same spot , so that if he turns his head from a familiar sentence he can be confident that he will be able to pick up again where he left off . |
| 9 | ‘ If things are as you say , then a man can never be sure of his wife ; never be sure that he 'll find her there when he comes home at the end of the day . |
| 10 | ‘ How could you be sure that he would n't pick her up from there ? |
| 11 | he served with the Irish Guards before he volunteered for the Commandos , and you can be sure that he will have you playing that tune as often as possible , as long as you do n't play it around this H.Q , I do n't mind . ’ |
| 12 | He has been wrong once ; can he be sure that he will not be wrong again ? |
| 13 | Far from being a fault , it may be essential that he should accept massive bodies of conventional knowledge on trust ; not merely assimilating it as a chore , but thoroughly enjoying it . |
| 14 | However , the tenant should not be subjected to oppressive powers of inspection and he should resist an attempt to make him pay the costs of an inspection , although it would be fair that he should pay the costs if there is a material discrepancy between the information supplied by him and the results of an inspection . |
| 15 | A life prisoner can not be certain that he ever will be released on licence , but he can be certain that he will be considered for release , at latest 17 years after his sentence and periodically thereafter . |
| 16 | A defence is available only where the defendant was in his own or another 's house , and he failed to realise and had no reason to be aware that he would be overheard . |
| 17 | Not only does the trusting Christian need to worry about the placebo effect , he also needs to be aware that he will want to please his therapist , having placed so much faith in him . |
| 18 | Then , almost so certain as to be positive that he could not abide a clinging type of woman , she hooked her arm through his . |