Example sentences of "[that] [pron] [vb mod] be [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The company 's advisers , Baring Brothers , believe that nothing would be served by making Sir Derek a scapegoat at this stage . |
| 2 | He also urged party members not to resign over the issue , pointing out that nothing would be gained from such action . |
| 3 | Despite the well-deserved victory against the Premier League outfit , Cambridge chairman Reg Smart said that nothing would be announced for at least another 24 hours . |
| 4 | Coetzee checked to see that the pockets were empty so that nothing could be lost at the scene of the crime . |
| 5 | Ladjang 's brow wrinkled as if focusing on some minor anxiety that nothing could be done about anyway . |
| 6 | She had sensed her sister 's disappointment but realised that nothing could be done about it . |
| 7 | Spain refused to recognize that nothing could be done in America without Britain , the greatest naval power ; but Castlereagh considered Spain ‘ proud and vindictive ’ , while British diplomacy showed little consideration for the susceptibilities of a declining imperialism , recommending an imitation of George III 's ‘ generosity ’ to America and the British commercial system in India . |
| 8 | I would want someone that was on my wavelength , roughly my age , preferably a supporter , and I would n't sign anything until I had at least a serious gentleman 's agreement that nothing could be issued without the artist 's agreement . |
| 9 | ‘ At present the Government 's mind-set appears to be that nothing can be done without a smile of approval from Dublin , which never comes . |
| 10 | By other forms of reproduction an image may be more or less degraded , so that nothing can be learnt from them . |
| 11 | In spite of the fact that nothing can be substituted for — ness , and it therefore participates in no contrasts , recurrent or otherwise , it is different from — s in those books , and arguments can be put forward that it should be regarded as a semantic constituent . |
| 12 | Indeed , it would bode ill for our political system if we mistrusted our state organisations , and if the courts approached the results of police investigations with the assumption that nothing can be taken at face value . |
| 13 | I thank my hon. Friend , and give to the House the absolute commitment that nothing will be done on Rathlin island without the fullest possible co-operation with all the islanders and their association . |
| 14 | Victor Mature , who has given so much pleasure in his day that nothing must be said against him , is , however , not wholly convincing sitting in a cell wearing a leather mini-skirt , reading Pythagoras . |
| 15 | For many years it was supposed that nothing should be revealed about the bargainer 's intentions . |
| 16 | Clearly this would mean that nothing should be done with respect to the EEC which was legally irrevocable . |
| 17 | Of course there would be some non-contentious business , perhaps quite a lot ; but even then , there must also be the reservation that nothing should be disclosed by the one group to the other which might prejudice its case when the business was contentious . |
| 18 | In 1666 a law was passed that everyone must be buried in wool . |
| 19 | The more infected the water , the more likely it is that everyone will be hit by an epidemic of cholera or some other disease . |
| 20 | They 've created a vibe that everyone will be influenced by . ’ |
| 21 | The trustees say they are now ’ cautiously optimistic ’ that everyone will be paid in full . |
| 22 | If I return to the matter of improving liaison is it possible that I might be provided with a list of the names of the various staff that serve the Branch and also the names of the Committee members- and this updated at whatever time of year the membership changes . |
| 23 | I learned later that , in the presence of a superior officer , he had wrongly suggested that I might be returned to the hotel after treatment . |
| 24 | The concept of an objective order demands the possibility of certain criteria of objectivity , such that I might be corrected by others on a given occasion , should I for any reason fall foul of such criteria . |
| 25 | I had a flimsy recollection of being afraid of getting drowned ; now I had a flimsy suspicion that I might be buried under snow and never rise again to the surface . |
| 26 | I was told by the FO in London that I would be met at Johannesburg airport — since British aircraft could not land in Rhodesia while UDI existed — and would be conveyed to the British Consulate there where I could have a rest . |
| 27 | I felt relieved that I had my scar from the fight at the summer party and so looked the same as everybody else — I was afraid of appearing different or clever which meant that I would be noticed by the Corporals and picked on by all the others . |
| 28 | Friends who were not knitters had been amazed that I had never met any of the people that I would be staying with . |
| 29 | I told the housekeeper that I would be staying for several days , and then went straight to my aunt 's room . |
| 30 | I had set my sights on getting a good position in training so that I would be sent to the 2ème Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes . |