Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] [be] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When pecuniary losses are added the outcome of an assessment of the plaintiff 's damage may be that it is worth , say , between £8,000 and £10,500 . |
| 2 | although through speculating about the role of the unobservable ‘ anticipated reactions ’ of one actor to another or considering the values and interests which failed to emerge in the policy making process , it may entertain the possibility of hidden power processes its main weakness may be that it is a description rather than an analysis of power relationships . |
| 3 | After a few months off , your main worry may be that you wo n't be able to cope with a full-time job , which will probably put you off returning to what you were doing before the baby . |
| 4 | In a rape case the typical defence argument is that the woman consented to intercourse , while in sex murder the defence may be that she provoked him . |
| 5 | An initial diagnosis of the Gettier counter-examples may be that it is just luck that Henry 's justified belief is true . |
| 6 | The consequence of this for the curriculum must be that within all subject areas both aspects must be attended to . |
| 7 | The only physical change should be that she is no longer able to have children . |
| 8 | The era of the Prison Commission was by no means the golden age that nostalgia sometimes portrayed it to have been , but the verdict must be that its abolition magnified rather than minimized the deepening crisis into which the Prison Service was falling . |
| 9 | The hope must be that both bodies have emerged from the fire hardened in their dealings with other regulatory bodies on behalf of the City and the country . |
| 10 | Fixture congestion may well nullify that advantage but Leeds ' real hope must be that yesterday 's scoring flourish will settle their nerves and give them the confidence to believe they are fully capable of winning all of their remaining four League matches . |
| 11 | But Birmingham Labour MP Robin Corbett said : ‘ The hope must be that the police have now been able to find something that will help identify the real culprits . ’ |
| 12 | They have done that before , and the hope must be that they will do it again . |
| 13 | Thus , part of the story must be that the name/noun contrast puts the two individuals in different roles with respect to situation , with the asymmetry resulting from the thematic subject component . |
| 14 | The only relaxation in such cases must be that the Admissions Committee will not insist on the passes having been attained by the date the applicant left school . |
| 15 | The unrecorded item in this narrative must be that the terms of the final peace were agreed in principle by Pleistoanax and the Athenians when the former was still at Eleusis . |
| 16 | A by-product of Labour leaders ' responsiveness to the new thinking may be that the party relieves itself of some commitments which have been electoral liabilities in the past . |
| 17 | The most pungent criticism of the president may be that so much of his attention is on the Gulf , and so little of it elsewhere . |
| 18 | If there is another rights issue , a possible result may be that the major shareholders will decide to take out the minority interest . |
| 19 | Although this may be unwelcome , particularly if you are very fond of the place in which you live , the alternative may be that you spend the next few years in a state of anxiety and misery because of money worries . |
| 20 | While a corollary of the new deal may be that some consultants will have to take a more direct role in the acute management of patients , this in no way diminishes the attraction of a senior post . |
| 21 | A longer-term effect may be that the national press will cease to act as a focus of left-wing radicalism and political challenge to established processes . |
| 22 | Even then , there may be limits to an exclusion — if it is drawn so widely as to protect a party from all liability , even for total non-performance , its effect may be that the party has promised nothing ; there is therefore no contract , or at best only a unilateral one . |
| 23 | It remains to be seen whether this suggestion will become law , but the only really confident prediction must be that so long as capitalism remains , trusts will continue to change and develop so as to meet changes in social conditions and the tax structure . |
| 24 | The fear must be that if we leave the issue unresolved then there will be other health disputes in the future and , just as certainly , the people who suffer will again be the patients . |
| 25 | The fear must be that if your application does n't use the advanced features of Windows , programs that do will be the better sellers . |
| 26 | The fear must be that Clinton might unpick some of the deals , such as the one on agriculture , but this was thought to be unlikely , given his commitment to moving out of recession . |
| 27 | The crucial lesson for all political parties must be that we can not take growth for granted , and above all , we should not plan in advance how to spend it . |
| 28 | McLeish decided that it was probably not the moment to suggest to her that the real reason any civil servant disliked lobbyists must be that the chaps were paid to make sure Ministers got a view other than the Departmental one . |
| 29 | The effect in essence must be that a Transfer Notice constitutes the Company the agent for the sale of the shares . |
| 30 | The effect in essence must be that a Transfer Notice constitutes the Company the agent for the sale of the shares . |