Example sentences of "[vb -s] [that] it [modal v] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have n't yet married and am not in a rush to do so , so I suppose that in this regard I am a disappointment to my father , though I 'm sure he understands that it would be unfair for me to marry with my present commitment to athletics . |
| 2 | Your dear new uncle-in-law whom I was fortunate enough to encounter on the morning train from Paddington agrees that it would be nice if our friends from the constabulary were to join us . ’ |
| 3 | He says that it would be unfortunate if this perspective were used ‘ as a rationale for distributing resources , particularly when a contrary position stressing a preference for community-based professional support could just as easily be advanced ’ . |
| 4 | She says that it would be wrong of the council to judge who is a good or bad busker , what they 're doing is setting out some rules so everyone knows where they stand . |
| 5 | He says that it would be foolish to think drugs taking does n't go on in prison , but he confident drugs are not a big problem in Gloucester jail . |
| 6 | It says that it will be patchy and hesitant and that , even then , Britain will be at the bottom of the growth , investment and employment leagues for the fourth year in succession under a Tory Government . |
| 7 | The CEGB says that it should be possible to build a PWR in Britain in six years , but it uses a period of 7 years in its calculations of the economics of Sizewell B. |
| 8 | Janet regrets that it will be necessary to raise subscriptions to the Society membership for 1981 . |
| 9 | The underlying principle of configuration control states that it should be possible at any time during the lifetime of a supported product to reconstruct a particular supported version of it to ensure that if a change is agreed and installed , then that change and no other would occur . |
| 10 | According to my sample of Hull University students , the dreams of Joseph , the Magi , and so on may have been literally true ( according to over half of those questioned ) , but it seems that it would be naive to conclude that they really believe that communications of this sort are still " possible " — that is , presumably they happened in the Bible by some unique divine intervention which will never be repeated . |
| 11 | It also seems that it might be helpful if teachers were aware of those among their pupils with particularly unsupportive home lives , that is , with few sources outside school from which they might derive a sense of their own value . |
| 12 | He hints that it would be wrong to ‘ persist in regarding knowledge as the certain and evident cognition of a thing , obtained through an acquaintance with its necessary cause , or by a proof ’ , for then ‘ knowledge through experience or appearances would not merit the name of knowledge ’ . |
| 13 | Any new module needs to have a distinct identity and market — SCOTVEC feels that it would be confusing to employers to have a proliferation of modules and titles and so the Catalogue sub-committee will not accept a new proposal if it thinks that the same outcomes can be achieved by suitable fleshing-out of an existing module . |
| 14 | But the overwhelming size of the response to an initiative like ‘ Childline ’ indicates that it would be dangerous to conclude that young people do not have problems even if first attempts to tap them fail . |
| 15 | The result of this examination indicates that it would be possible for Depts I and II to decrease their respective production by approximately 3.3 per cent , and providing Dept . |
| 16 | Although the significance of the inserted sequence for MHC function remains to be determined , the location of the small peptide sequence at the 25kDa/50kDa junction indicates that it may be important for folding of the MH molecule and/or activity in the Mg-ATPase domain . |
| 17 | This means that it would be advisable to deposit such an order in 1911 and that in turn seems to point to the desirability of making a start on the drafting process not later than 1976 or 1975 . |
| 18 | This means that it must be capable of forming the weak hydrogen bonds between the two strands which hold together all double-stranded forms of DNA or RNA . |
| 19 | This means that it should be possible to design training modules that will be equally useful in the training of end-users and intermediaries . |
| 20 | We 've been trying for some time to employ as many players as possible during the winter , and this sponsorship means that it should be possible to take the worry of finding winter employment away from virtually all of them . |
| 21 | The headline for your release must seize the attention , which probably means that it should be short . |
| 22 | Following amendments to update our Constitution approved at the last Annual General Meeting held on 27th April 1985 , three members of the Executive Committee will retire annually , which of course means that it will be necessary in future to hold elections each year to fill these vacant places . |
| 23 | This means that it will be impossible to grow it as part of the decoration , or to expect it to be self-sustaining . |
| 24 | Kodak explains that it must be stiff to resist water pressure at depth . |
| 25 | If his successor at British Coal were appointed from within the corporation he considers that it would be impertinent to tell him how the job should be done . |
| 26 | I am sure that the NRA considers that it will be able to deal with the problem with the resources that it has . |
| 27 | Since Philip realizes that it will be impossible to do away with the artifice of narration if he wants to present the results of his search , he decides instead to make the artifice obvious . |
| 28 | He admits that it may be possible to use reason to a limited extent , but he insists that ultimately the existence of God defies all proof and has to be based on faith which transcends reason .. |
| 29 | The Institute admits that it would be difficult to legislate on the personal integrity of trustees and knowledge of their duties , but suggests that there should be a ‘ fit and proper test ’ and appropriate training for trustees . |
| 30 | Midland estimates that it will be able to trade its debt for equity stakes at between 30 per cent and 40 per cent of the face value of the loans — getting equity stakes valued between $30million and $40million in exchange for an existing $100million loan . |