Example sentences of "[that] [noun pl] [vb mod] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Functional studies were essentially positivist in nature and depended upon the notion that phenomena can be explained as instances of repeated and predictable regularities in which form and function can be assumed to be related , and indeed form and process figured in the titles of a number of books concerned with processes ( e.g. Carson and Kirkby , 1972 ; Gregory and Walling , 1973 ) . |
| 2 | Factor analysis indicates a structure of attitudes similar to that reported earlier ( Turner and Clift , 1985 , op. cit. ) for Solihull teachers : that attitudes might be classified under five headings , towards the professionalism , potency and enthusiasm for SSE , about all of which Oxfordshire teachers are moderately positive and towards the efficiency and collegiality of SSE about which they are moderately negative . |
| 3 | One might say that attitudes can be discovered post hoc . |
| 4 | In the case of mapping theses , it is logical to assume that researchers would be interested in adjacent areas , or in areas within the same major structural or stratigraphic units . |
| 5 | Stork maintains that researchers should be strictly focused on research , working on one assignment at a time , with little movement of staff between researcher and consultant , believing that distinctly different skills are involved . |
| 6 | During the last few years there have been a number of discoveries suggesting that conodonts may be vertebrates . |
| 7 | One major principle of unit cost funding is that institutions would be treated equally according to some notion of the cost of their lecturers per student . |
| 8 | In the universities competitive bidding is to apply to all student places , although the Council has said that institutions will be protected from sudden and drastic cuts in funding as a result of unsuccessful bidding . |
| 9 | A Midland-based company , British Contact Sports Supplies , is currently trying to make the suit knife- and bullet-proof and , although no one from the Met Police could confirm or deny the rumours , it seems that plans may be afoot for them to adopt the suit in the future |
| 10 | But I am sure you are aware that plans must be made . ’ |
| 11 | This is not to suggest that plans should be left to evolve in a natural way . |
| 12 | We still had one Munro to go in our master plan , which was Meall Garbh to the north of Ben Lawers , but two minutes of huddling behind a rock reminded us that plans can be changed . |
| 13 | If you doubt that vegetables can be as attractive as flowers , then take a closer look at globe artichokes . |
| 14 | However , when the thromboxane generation is suppressed it is probable that endoperoxides can be proaggregatory themselves ( Bunting et al , 1983 ) . |
| 15 | ‘ I doubt that chains will be necessary . |
| 16 | Qaddafi , at only one point , seems to say that states may be legitimate if they coincide with nations : ‘ The nation-state [ al-dawla al-qawmiya ] is the only polity harmonious with natural social structure . ’ |
| 17 | Both accounts demonstrate that , until Stanislav Ulam 's observation that X-rays could be used to propagate an instant fusion reaction , Teller had been working on a fundamentally impractical design . |
| 18 | We know that X-rays can be extremely hazardous , and it is possible that the frequencies associated with laser printers and microwave ovens may also be suspect . |
| 19 | Two months ago the company was confident that sponsorships would be in place by Christmas . |
| 20 | During 1964–65 , Hayes received a number of reports that attempts would be made to free Blake . |
| 21 | Note that attempts will be made wherever possible to conciliate between solicitor and client where the client is dissatisfied with the solicitor 's charges , and the dispute has not been resolved under the firm 's internal PR15 procedure . |
| 22 | He stressed that attempts should be made to minimise any hardship they might experience to the greatest extent possible , as long as these did not prejudice the children 's best interests . |
| 23 | Yemen , which held the presidency of the UN Security Council in December [ see pp. 37870-71 ] , had proposed on Dec. 2 , through its UN permanent representative Abdallah Saleh al-Ashtal , that attempts should be made to " clarify the positive consequences " , including the lifting of economic sanctions and the withdrawal of all foreign troops from the Gulf . |
| 24 | I hope that solicitors will be quick to adopt the new system in the interests of their existing and potential clients ’ . |
| 25 | Leave was refused at first instance and in the Court of Appeal , though a few months later a Practice Direction ( [ 1986 ] 2 All ER 226 ) was issued indicating the collective view of the judges that solicitors should be permitted to appear in the High Court or Court of Appeal in formal or unopposed proceedings . |
| 26 | It was agreed that law and order should be restored immediately , that the conflicts could only be resolved in accordance with the USSR and Moldavian Constitutions , and that moratoriums should be declared on the resolutions by all sides which had produced the crises ( not only the Gagauz and Russian secession declarations , but also Moldavia 's August 1989 language law — see p. 36855 ) . |
| 27 | The team had already identified the capability of the switchboard equipment itself as a major cause of delays and one recommendation was that Direct Dial In [ DDI ] facilities should be installed so that calls could be dialled direct to specific people , by-passing the switchboard . |
| 28 | It believes that audit committees and the obligatory rotation of audit partners may not go far enough to convince the public of their independence , and suggests that shareholders should be more involved in appointing auditors , determining the scope of the audit , and in the decision to obtain other services from the auditing firm . |
| 29 | Recognising that some form of help is required by these fish as they are invariably suffering from stress , damaged fins and shock brought about by different water conditions , and not wanting to use anything alien to their systems , I felt that herbs would be gentler and less likely to result in any problems with breeding the fish later . |
| 30 | Container growing is convenient , too , in that herbs can be protected in winter , the containers can be put where most convenient or most suitable for the herbs , and they can be used for decorating otherwise austere sites such as paving , basement areas and concrete yards . |