Example sentences of "[noun pl] that [pron] [modal v] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or is it more likely to be so affected by nationalism and the historical preferences of its peoples that it will remain a heterogeneous collection of individual markets linked together in a loose customs union ? |
| 2 | As Khrushchev later admitted : ‘ It always sounded good to say in speeches that we could hit a fly at any distance with our missiles . |
| 3 | If that opportunity is denied the search company then they will have significant problems convincing their clients that they can do a good job . |
| 4 | They were under no illusions that they could do a better job from Detroit , but they had become increasingly concerned that they were getting out of touch with what was happening around the world , and that the tail was beginning to wag the dog . |
| 5 | Whenever he spoke to the woman he regretted that he had not stamped his authority and demanded that Gwen should be released from Leconfield and transferred with him , but they had said in Century 's personnel that he must have a secretary who knew the ropes of the Service , and he had acquiesced . |
| 6 | Miss Poraway told the men who were unloading the trestle-tables that she would require a good one , because she ran the book-stall and always had . |
| 7 | The answer which is usually proffered is a variant of the ‘ snapshot ’ argument : the stock of capital is so large in comparison with variations in the relevant flows that it would take a timespan considerably longer than the Keynesian short run for variations in the rate of net investment to have a significant impact on the size of the stock of capital . |
| 8 | An agenda proposal by Yeltsin 's opponents that he should give a " report back " explaining his conduct was defeated in favour of Yeltsin 's giving the customary keynote report in his capacity as Chair of the Russian Federation Supreme Soviet . |
| 9 | It was inevitable that this strength , particularly when confronted by such weakness , generated the belief in both countries that they could transact a peace settlement which safeguarded their respective concerns . |
| 10 | It is a golden political rule for Chancellors that they must ensure a pre-election boom and should never waste one post-election . |
| 11 | The statement was vague on military issues ; despite expectations that he would announce a detailed plan for military reform , Chuan merely promised to " improve the structure of the armed forces " . |
| 12 | Labour in the north of Britain and the Conservatives in the south have so many safe seats that they can suffer a loss of popular votes without this being translated into an equivalent loss of seats . |
| 13 | The UK apparently had also been exerting pressure on Commonwealth member countries with MNR sympathies , notably Kenya , to convince the rebels that they should accept a peace package . |
| 14 | It is unlikely these days that you would want a new back boiler to provide all your central heating needs , but you may well want to replace one which provides domestic hot water . |
| 15 | There were even rumblings that we might represent a sort of Karmic return of this man — who had apparently shared our obsession for their sailing craft , as well as for Bira 's surrounding wildlife . " |
| 16 | ‘ But do n't start getting any ideas that she might throw a fit of jealousy . |
| 17 | In Beatty v. Gillbanks , the Salvation Army was stopped from marching because of fears that it would incite a disorderly rabble , loosely organized as a so-called ‘ skeleton army ’ , to acts of violence against it . |
| 18 | AN ALSATIAN which ate three sheep was being hunted by police yesterday amid fears that it could attack a child . |
| 19 | The Macmillan era had aroused hopes in leftist hearts that we might achieve a mixed economy that made sense ; but the murkiness of political scandal and the absurdities of needless party discord rendered Mr Macmillan 's last months unhappy and confused . |
| 20 | When he took classes for McWhirter he stuck to the Romantics , or things that one could get a good adolescent wallow out of : Housman , say , or The Ballad of Reading Gaol . |
| 21 | To the extent that such approaches may suggest the desirability of changing over to a counter-force nuclear policy , they escape from the moral frying-pan of counter-city targeting into the strategic fire of counter-force , which has the twin disadvantages that it might put a premium on first strike and that it would in any case result in frightful civilian losses . |
| 22 | What are the prospects that we will find a complete unified theory in the not-too-distant future ? |
| 23 | President Gorbachev 's special envoy Yevgeny Primakov visited Iraq twice in October , but suggestions that he might elicit a change in the Iraqi stance proved unfounded . |
| 24 | I guess that 's fairly unusual , because travel agents in the past have n't spent money saying you can book a holiday at your travel agent , but erm we 've had a pretty high spend and backed up by window point of serve , so we have messages in our shop windows that you can buy a British holiday at Lunn Poly . |
| 25 | At present the toughest part is convincing Latin Americans that anyone could have a surname like ‘ Haythornthwaite ’ ! ’ |
| 26 | Therefore I am not able to suggest to you , and have n't been able to in my evidence which district even a new settlement er ought to go in , but I have to say that if it were part of your deliberations that you should choose a particular district , er then it is not part of my submission that you should not choose a particular district , but my bottom line is that the policy wording should at least ensure that there is commitment to a new settlement and it is inescapable on behalf of the district planning authorities , the last thing that we would want is the possibility of going round the districts , and the last one to produce a district wide plan is the one that has to get the new settlement , that seems to be a gen , fairly unsatisfactory way of proceeding , and each one should have to consider that as part of their certification process . |
| 27 | THE American government has told Welsh detectives that they can collect a former cut-price car salesman being held in Texas for extradition . |
| 28 | When the losses are recognized for what they are then the healing of the pain can begin , but so often the loss is so deeply buried in people 's minds that it can take a long while for it to come to the surface again . |
| 29 | In Romania , the government led by the reform communists who overthrew the dictatorship of Ceausescu has made so many mistakes that it may get a bad surprise in the parliamentary and presidential elections on May 20th . |
| 30 | A son of Green Desert , Magic Ring is out of an Empery mare and there are indications that he will stay a mile despite the amazing speed he displayed as a juvenile . |