Example sentences of "that [vb mod] [verb] [be] " in BNC.

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31 My judgment rests upon the view that the plaintiffs had quite enough compulsion upon them from the terms of the Act itself , apart altogether from anything that may have been said or done by officers of government .
32 ‘ the plaintiffs had quite enough compulsion upon them from the terms of the Act itself , apart altogether from anything that may have been said or done by officers of government .
33 In problems on tort and criminal law the student is expected to enumerate and discuss all the possible torts or crimes that may have been committed on the facts given in the problem , and also all the possible defences that may be raised .
34 As in criminal law , look for all the possible torts that may have been committed , and consider whether their essentials have been satisfied .
35 Sir , I would like to correct an impression that may have been given in the Science Fiction , Horror and Fantasy round-up ( 2nd April ) regarding sales of James Herbert 's Portent in hardback .
36 Some younger ones too may want children to fill some need for love and affection that may have been lacking in their lives .
37 Any legal restrictions that may have been imposed by the vendor or already have been included in earlier conveyances of the land or property can be identified .
38 By analogy with " turbidites " he has coined the term " tempestites " for graded beds of shallow water sediment that may have been churned up by storms and allowed to settle again .
39 The propensity of these birds to fly off with any attractive object , is so well known to the natives , that they always search the runs for any small missing article that may have been accidentally dropped in the bush .
40 It also removes any duplicate tuples that may have been formed by the operation .
41 If you 've had office copy entries , the date from which to search is that given at the foot of each page , when the office copy entries were issued ; your search will then reveal any entries that may have been made since that date .
42 Just one more thing that may have been mentioned yesterday when Jess was going through the legal and underwriting session , this applies to both Covermaster and living assurance .
43 Officials think now that may have been a mistake .
44 The two organisations are not in fact connected and we apologise for any confusion that may have been caused .
45 IT manager said : ‘ ITED is a structured and disciplined procedure and it has enabled us to identify elements of training that may have been overlooked using more traditional appraisal methods . ’
46 That ought to have been the World Bank 's priority all along .
47 The authority says dealing with the problems caused by the squatters wasted money that ought to have been spent caring for patients .
48 I watched a world that should have been behind glass and yet I was the one who was behind glass and reality was theirs .
49 Questions that should have been asked long ago are now being asked — and , more importantly , answered .
50 Because insufficient allowances were allocated , the union argues , the local education authorities used much of the money that should have been paid in incentive allowances to classroom teachers to pay the senior staff their incentive entitlements .
51 Steve Cauthen , who rode Balla Cove , had earlier taken the other feature race on the card , the Godolphin Stakes , on Spritsail — a victory that should have been the subject of a stewards ' inquiry .
52 There are , too , a few ensemble lapses that should have been corrected .
53 AFAILURE of the signalling system — which occurred when a signal box wire that should have been removed was not , thus preventing the signal from turning to red — caused the Clapham rail disaster in which 35 people died last December 12 , according to the report of the inquiry chaired by Sir Anthony Hidden , QC .
54 He asked whether senior officers who had resigned had given falling pollution standards as the reason and whether staff shortages were responsible for the failure to carry out half the tests that should have been performed .
55 The second Adam came , however , not only to save humankind , but to take us on to the destiny that should have been ours in the first place .
56 He had this load of dead-weights working for him , old lasses that should have been given the boot years ago .
57 I felt , by doing that , I had effectively stepped back in time and discovered the one thing that should have been thought of before we even harnessed electricity .
58 So came into existence the ‘ Harborough Arm ’ a branch that should have been a main line .
59 ( Even our typewriters are mechanical horrors that should have been declared obsolete decades ago . )
60 Returning ships from the Falklands brought much detail about the campaign that should have been the stuff of correspondent 's reports in a democratic society .
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