Example sentences of "that [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He believes that talk of the so-called ‘ post-industrial society ’ is raising some unnecessary fears that may be causing some talented managers to have second thoughts about aspiring to a top job . |
| 32 | In 1950 , in a curious or consistent coincidence ( as Castedo Pointedly calls it $ , Pope Pius XII declared the Archangel Michael patron of police — a decision that may well diminish the archangel 's prestige in Latin America . |
| 33 | All agreed it was n't ‘ a designer 's car ’ but a pragmatic commercial shape that may well look imposing outside a posh hotel but will never win any design awards . |
| 34 | Before continuing with our main theme there are a few points that may need clarifying . |
| 35 | Daikin said he had indications from ‘ people involved in making a better South Africa ’ that ‘ if the tour were not to take place there are certain advantages that may flow from that decision , a highly attractive package for young South Africans of the future that involves more than cricket ’ . |
| 36 | Uncertain , too , is the broad political picture that may emerge in Europe under the influence of the radical changes now in progress . |
| 37 | Mr Stan Hardy , the league 's new director-general , said yesterday that anybody could ask for material that may be held on them . |
| 38 | Where Musgrove and John Hopkins , who put it all together , got lucky was that they chronicled a period of success that may never have been equalled , let alone exceeded , by any British golfer . |
| 39 | We should park a little of our funds in those societies either tipped to convert to a public company or ripe for takeover to benefit from any freebies that may be on offer . |
| 40 | Bierwurst is a large German sausage that may be pork or pork and beef , has a fine texture and is usually spiced with peppercorns and white mustard seed . |
| 41 | Being an air-dried product , Parma ham is raw and should be referred to as ‘ prosciutto crudo ’ — prosciutto is the Italian word for ham and may refer to cheaper hams that may look like Parma but are not . |
| 42 | Now luxury-goods firms are suffering a hangover that may last for years |
| 43 | But if the negotiators do allow them to fail after all , or if the United States Congress rejects any compromise that may be worked out during the next two months , the effects will be disastrous . |
| 44 | The one chain that may yet escape the decline is the John Lewis ( ‘ never knowingly undersold ’ ) Partnership , which continues to outrun its rivals . |
| 45 | Crudely speaking , this is the principle behind a breed of microscopes that may turn out to have as much impact on the microchip-production line as they have already had in the laboratory . |
| 46 | The case of the ‘ pinocheques ’ is not the only case of apparent corruption that has come to light since the general left power , though it is the one that may touch him directly . |
| 47 | It no longer makes 9mm rounds for small arms , or Giant Vipers , a weapon that may play a vital role in opening up Iraqi minefields during an allied offensive . |
| 48 | In 1992 the forecasters think growth will recover , rising by an average of 2.7% in the 13 countries — an optimism that may wane as this year wears on . |
| 49 | Given that over 20% of A-level papers are failed , that is reasonable : why gamble two years of lost earnings on studies that may leave you with no certificate at all ? |
| 50 | The YF-22 was conceived in the days of the cold war , and many of its exotic features were developed to defeat predicted Soviet advances that may or may not now materialise . |
| 51 | It is a row that may never be fully resolved . |
| 52 | Mr Jencks concludes that to search for a comprehensive policy to tackle the underclass is a waste of time ; different policies are needed for different problems that may be only loosely related . |
| 53 | The deputy prime minister , Don Mazankowski , will make a more jovial finance minister in the run-up to the next election than Michael Wilson , whose demotion — to a handful of trade and industry posts — has been covered with talk of the undoubted need for Canada to become more competitive in a free-trade area that may soon include Mexico . |
| 54 | It is this increased amount of aluminium that may damage the heart by interfering with its electrical activities . |
| 55 | In that case switching away from equity and into debt offers two potential advantages : it tends to concentrate ownership ( both equity and debt ) into fewer hands that may care more about how the firm is run ; and it provides a clear discipline for managers . |
| 56 | Except in his early letters to Helen , his reticence about his passionate courtship is almost complete — a fact that may explain , if not excuse , the coldness with which many of his friends and family received Helen 's slightly idealized accounts of their life together in As It Was and World Without End . |
| 57 | in such a condition , there is no place for industry ; because the fruit thereof is uncertain : and consequently no culture of the earth ; no navigation , nor use of the commodities that may be imported by sea ; no commodious buildings ; no instruments of moving , and removing , such things as require much force ; no knowledge of the face of the earth ; no account of time ; no arts ; no letters ; no society ; and which is worst of all , continual fear , and danger of violent death ; and the life of man , solitary , poor , nasty , brutish , and short . |
| 58 | They leave the state of nature ‘ by setting up a judge on earth with authority to determine all the controversies and redress the injuries that may happen to any member of the commonwealth ’ . |
| 59 | This is the earliest novel that may reasonably be termed a thriller — a strongly atmospheric work , replete with midnight encounters , the eponymous mysterious and rather worrying white-clad lady and a highly dislikeable villain in the form of the obese and oleaginous Count Fosco . |
| 60 | The only element that may be called modern , or contemporary , is the training , the direction , the motive . |