Example sentences of "that [vb mod] [be] [adj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time we expose local people to new developments that may be beneficial to cultural activities . |
| 2 | Some manufacturers now make thicker condoms that may be better for anal sex , but the very thick varieties are ‘ too thick ’ to pass the British Standard and are therefore not Kitemarked . |
| 3 | As part of a cost-cutting exercise in the year when their franchises are up for grabs , the ITV companies have singled out eight popular shows that may be available to commercial sponsors in the future . |
| 4 | Agencies other than the state produce statistics that may be useful for sociological research . |
| 5 | It forces the researcher to take seriously questions that may be relevant to other fields of enquiry , but which are not always so sharply focused . |
| 6 | ME sources , however , also contain variation that may be relevant to non-standard varieties and casual styles of speech ; hence , there may be considerable time-depth to these variables also . |
| 7 | Reference can be made to the CFM for guidance on the terms of engagement that may be appropriate to particular types of engagement in the context of the reports involved . |
| 8 | All these characters are used in the identification of fossil species , but of course the colour patterns that may be characteristic of living species are not available in the great majority of fossils . |
| 9 | Whereas not all clinics necessarily do a full general examination , it is vital to the doctor to be able to examine the genitalia both externally and internally , because , for reasons that should be clear from preceding chapters , it is impossible to make an accurate diagnosis without such examination . |
| 10 | The ‘ User 's Guide to LIFESPAN ABLE ’ provides guidance on how to run ABLE and the conditions that must be satisfied before ABLE will allow modules to be entered into LIFESPAN . |
| 11 | In particular , given the importance attached by Williamson to efficiency , there is no clear treatment of the tradeoffs that might be necessary between short-term and long-term efficiency . |
| 12 | This in turn has led clinicians to try to identify the factors that might be responsible for poor clinical results . |
| 13 | ‘ I ca n't say it was a particularly pleasant experience — it 's a bit hairy wandering through waist high vines that could be full of black and brown snakes ! ’ |
| 14 | For example , roboticists relying on sequential processing were unable to write programs capable of computing the subtly balanced flexions of shoulder , elbow , and wrist that would be necessary for smooth movement of the robot-arm . |
| 15 | That it would be out of place to use scientific discoveries in the course of the investigation ought to be clear : if science is optional , it would be improper to use results deriving from that science in justifying it ; and , if scientific results are held , tentatively , at arm 's length anyway , they are not certain beliefs that would be appropriate for philosophical argument . |
| 16 | GOOD drawing ability used to be considered important at school , not only as a skill that might give expression to a child 's aesthetic and artistic inclinations , but also one that would be useful in practical ways — in recording flora and fauna in nature study , for example . |
| 17 | After all , a plant that was doing badly in the Amazon may well do well elsewhere , or at least contain genes that would be useful in other environments . |
| 18 | We are equipped to make mental calculations of risk and odds , within the range of improbabilities that would be useful in human life . |
| 19 | This mixture allowed ultraviolet rays from the sun to bathe the earth 's surface with an intensity that would be lethal to modern animal life . |
| 20 | In many far off lands the Commission 's gardeners have no knowledge of the English language , while their supervisors are not fluent in the native tongue ; the result has been , so the Commission reports , that a form of hybrid speech has developed in certain countries that would be incomprehensible to other natives of the country and to ordinary English-speakers , but which is ‘ very eloquent ’ on matters relating to cemetery maintenance ! |
| 21 | The chute is a perfect dish hovering a metre or so above the snow and hauling me downwind at a speed that would be unthinkable on Nordic skis . |