Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [that] it [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Being honest about our motivation is crucial since , at this stage , we might discover that it is not our own Dream at all , or that our motivation is somewhat dubious : ‘ It will impress my friends ’ , ‘ It will be one in the eye for my parents ’ , ‘ It will ease my sense of guilt ’ , ‘ It will make me feel more secure ’ , ‘ It will give me power over other people ’ , ‘ It will make me feel special ’ , ‘ It 's what my partner keeps suggesting I do ’ , ‘ It 's the opposite of what my partner suggests I do . ’ |
| 32 | One might conclude that it is hardly surprising that the term care management is ripe for projection , if case management implementation was so confusing . |
| 33 | Such a site , once selected , may remain by inertia , occupied in the landscape on the old site , although changing defence and siege technology and political climates might mean that it is never again truly defensible . |
| 34 | He might concede that it is indeed absurd to pretend that in asserting an existential proposition we are in effect talking about all the things in the world . |
| 35 | Or you might plead that it was not slanderous because it was true . |
| 36 | We might find that it is indeed the case that the use of ‘ But ’ at the beginning of a paragraph as described by van Dijk ( 1977 : 139 ) , is a very general marker of topic change . |
| 37 | But if you look deeper into it , you 'll find that it 's really calculated to give us inferior education and deny us full rights as human beings . |
| 38 | I 'll say that it 's not . |
| 39 | You might say that it was n't such a terrible thing , but it 's not the actual abuse that matters so much . |
| 40 | Yet if we reflect a moment , we may realize that it is not so ingenuous after all . |
| 41 | You may believe that it is just because I am an extremely popular person . |
| 42 | And there was dust and everything went black , all the lights went out , so I mean from that w we could ascertain that it was fairly serious what had happened . |
| 43 | As they drew nearer to the damage and she could see that it was even worse than it had looked from afar , Ronni felt herself recoil at the very thought that her own brother could be responsible for such a thing . |
| 44 | Alice could see that it was not going to be easy for any of them to admit obligation to Jasper , even though he was being correctly impersonal , sitting somewhat to one side of the scene waiting for their approval , the image of a responsible cadre . |
| 45 | He was on a white horse but even she could see that it was not Ana 's horse . |
| 46 | But it was n't ; she could see that it was not a real smile at all . |
| 47 | Even though the figure was wreathed in shadow , they could see that it was hideously deformed . |
| 48 | As she came nearer , I could see that it was indeed Anna , and I stood up and yelled her name across the chaotic traffic of August tourists and pushy little French cars . |
| 49 | His sharp eyes had seen a figure moving in the darkness in front of us , and as the man came closer , I could see that it was indeed Stapleton . |
| 50 | In the sunlight she could see that it was indeed a rather splendid machine . |
| 51 | Via her bluelight , though , Jezrael could see that it was only a minor game of tit-for-tat . |
| 52 | She could see that it was very old — and somehow very frightening . |
| 53 | But she could see that it was too late . |
| 54 | We gave up expecting GLF to solve our problems because we could see that it was essentially a movement built around the freedom to choose and practise your own sexuality . |
| 55 | It was a long time before I could believe that it was really Kāli , come back to find me . |
| 56 | But we could tell that it was longer because of the extra tape measures it would take to get from one side to the other . ’ |
| 57 | He had told me he was going all the way to Stornoway and I could tell that it was quite an event . |
| 58 | It was soon clear that few of those present could comprehend that it was not simply another shooting incident in the army 's war against the Provisional IRA . |
| 59 | so you could say that it 's not double U |
| 60 | In particular , he could say that it is not for the Conservative Party or anybody else to determine the budget options of Parliament . |