Example sentences of "he [verb] that it be [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A child who does not understand the nature of an oath may give unsworn evidence if in the opinion of the court : ( i ) he understands that it is his duty to speak the truth ; and ( ii ) he has sufficient understanding to justify his evidence being heard ( s96(1) and ( 2 ) ) . |
| 2 | Will he confirm that it is our top priority to get back to the basics in education and to sweep away the leftist progressive teaching methods that , having been put to the test , have failed ? |
| 3 | Unfortunately , in 7 BC this neat arrangement was interfered with in order to honour Augustus by renaming the month Sextilis after him ( he believed that it was his lucky month ) and assigning to it the same number of days as the preceding month that had been renamed after his murdered great-uncle by Mark Antony . |
| 4 | He stated that it was his intention to start a Salisbury delivery but great-grandmother said that whilst she would n't change , her daughter who was about to marry might be interested . |
| 5 | My interest was aroused when he reasoned that it was his blackness which constituted the major drawback in his life at one level , but at another , proved an indispensable asset to his eventual success . |
| 6 | He guesses that it is something to do with education and reflects wryly that ‘ all we got was a bible and a thick ear ’ . |
| 7 | When the West Country clothiers ' advocate William Temple wanted in 1739 to point to the advantages of the weavers , he stressed that it was their family earnings which lifted them above the condition of the farm worker . |
| 8 | He retorted that it was nothing to the risk he had taken . |
| 9 | But when he finds there the charming young cabaret singer , Lola , he decides that it is his moral duty to save her … by marriage ! |
| 10 | He said that it was nothing to do with him ; it was a matter for the Department of the Environment . |
| 11 | And further , he said that it was his determination to see me again , to persuade me to live with him , that had streng-thened in him the desire to go on living , a desire that had been weak since the death of Montaine . |
| 12 | He considered that it was his primary duty to be a divine and theologian rather than a political bishop . |
| 13 | Equally he knows that it is something he will ignore at his peril . |
| 14 | He knows that it is his business to contribute something of his own to this store of experience ; and that he should play his part in moulding it and improving it to meet changing conditions . |
| 15 | He explained that it was something like new party policy on homelessness and would involve a march into town piling up lots of boxes and collecting signatures on a Valentine type partition to give to Hugh . |