Example sentences of "that it [modal v] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He maintained that Latin America had already been drawn into the capitalist system in a dependent role , and that the activities of imperialism would ensure that it would retain this colonial status . |
| 2 | And it was such a natural thing for her to do if she truly had n't a care that it would lull any suspicion . |
| 3 | In practice one suspects that it would make little sense to the participants in any of these cases to ask who is really being supported : . |
| 4 | One view holds it might be worth preserving only information derived from the telecommunications record , but that it would make little sense to keep it all . |
| 5 | Not that it would make much difference in this bloody place . |
| 6 | Not that it would make much difference if Lee got hold of them . |
| 7 | Another point is that it would make most bit image files far longer than necessary . |
| 8 | But I ca n't see in the long run that it would make any difference to what we 've been talking about , seeing who Maggie is . |
| 9 | I must , however , confess , that , if that were so , I do not see that it would make any substantial difference . |
| 10 | General Dynamics suggested that the cancellation would force it to lay off 4,000 of its 100,000 employees , while McDonnell Douglas estimated that it would make some 3,000 redundancies . |
| 11 | But do you think that it would do that ? |
| 12 | ‘ I can not see that it would do much good . ’ |
| 13 | That may mean no more than that such a scheme may do more good than harm and that it would do more good than the obvious alternatives . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't see that it would do any harm , ’ said the Direktor glumly . |
| 15 | Concern about our motives in doing the research was combined with a feeling that it would do those participating in it little good , but would certainly benefit those in the police management and outside who wanted to do them harm . |
| 16 | He said that Buthelezi 's approach threatened to bring him into " direct confrontation " with the government in Pretoria.The ANC said that Buthelezi 's purpose was to sabotage national negotiations and that it would boycott any referendum called to test the plan . |
| 17 | The Italian government had earlier announced that it would repatriate all Albanians who had not found jobs or obtained political refugee status by July 15 , the deadline for a new immigration law . |
| 18 | In March 1967 the NILP announced that it would contest all the council seats in the May elections . |
| 19 | PRESIDENT Bill Clinton said yesterday that he would be ‘ trying to change a direction of 12 years ’ with the economic agenda he will announce this week , and that it would create half a million jobs in the short term . |
| 20 | And the Bush administration is sending clear signals that it would welcome such a deal . |
| 21 | The Act does not define what actually constitutes an artistic work , though it is generally accepted that it would cover any product made by an artist or craftsperson , which is normally unique , hand-made and makes a personal expressive statement . |
| 22 | I believe that it would cost many people their jobs and would cause far more damage than good . |
| 23 | Gibraltar 's attorney- general , John Blackburn Gittings , said that it would cost many thousands of pounds in legal fees alone for an estimated three-day contested hearing before the Privy Council . |
| 24 | The only constraint on attempts to acquire a larger budget is that it would cost more than the total value to the politicians of the service , the value of additional output being zero . |
| 25 | ‘ We also enquired about painting the LP sleeve on the side of the plane , but when we found out that it would cost another two and a half grand for the paint job we drew the line . ’ |
| 26 | The only difference was that the consortium 's report said that it would cost another £250 million for subsidence damage . |
| 27 | During negotiations Iraq proposed that it would recognize all of Kuwait 's land borders in return for full rights to Warba island and the lease of half of Bubiyan . |
| 28 | The house looked as it had done for three centuries ; Lord Cumbermound was in no doubt that it would manage another three . |
| 29 | According to early ethological studies , it seemed that the young of certain birds like ducks and chickens would follow the first moving object they met and form a lasting attachment to it ; also that this attachment could take place only within a sharply limited period early on in development , and that it would affect all subsequent relationships . |
| 30 | And this means that if on the same grounds I claim today to know that it will rain in the afternoon , I must continue to assert that I knew yesterday that it would rain that afternoon ( in the teeth of the evidence ) . |