Example sentences of "[be] that they [vb mod] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite this , if the three immediate hurdles discussed above can be overcome — and the signs are that they will be — then the next six months will see the crisis management of the last half year replaced by more positive discussion about the pace and nature of convergence . |
| 2 | Two other requirements that Beccaria makes of punishments for them to be effective are that they should be prompt and certain . |
| 3 | Similarly , if the police believed ( thanks to psychological theories ) that ‘ real ’ delinquents came from broken or otherwise disrupted homes , it could be that they would be more likely to take official action against offenders from such backgrounds , with the result that subsequent analysis of official ‘ delinquents ’ would automatically confirm the theories . |
| 4 | Or it could be that they would be appropriate for the reception area in one of the factories , or we might give one to a distributor and say , here you are , this you know , put this in if you 've got the right sort of area and would like to use it for a bit , stick it in there . |
| 5 | So if you have house guests for the festive period it could be that they might be staying four or five days . |
| 6 | Given that redistribution is a characteristic of the social services , the general presumption must be that they will be rendered only on evidence of need , i.e. of financial inability to provide each particular service out of one 's own or one 's family 's resources . |
| 7 | I think it is most likely that the Course will be completed by then but because they have to have their final papers in , the week or two before , it may be that they will be staying on to around that time . |
| 8 | Even if the tentative identification of the advantages of specialist working for this client group were to be confirmed by more extensive data , it may well be that they could be offset by other features of a generic social work service to the area . |
| 9 | The message to teachers seemed to be that they could be flexible in the prescribed way but not in their own . |
| 10 | It may be that they should be cos they are the ones that work more weekends than anybody . |
| 11 | All the indications were that they would be a stern and forbidding lot , which is my least favourite type of person . |
| 12 | The demands made by the rebels provide the clearest guide to their grievances , and according to the Anonimalle Chronicle those put forward by the Essex men at Mile End on 14 June were that they should be allowed to seize and punish traitors , and that no man should be made a serf nor do homage or any type of service to a lord in return for land ; instead they should hold it at a rent of 4d. an acre . |
| 13 | For the crucial characteristic of these tests is that they may be taken at any time , according to the readiness of the student . |
| 14 | Hoyle may seem to be an unlikely bedfellow with the Bible-believers , but his stated objection to the Civil Liberties Union case is that they may be imposing a theory on the schoolchildren of Arkansas which is scientifically wrong . |
| 15 | One of the problems of some shares being illiquid is that they may be incorrectly priced ( i.e. the market may exhibit pockets of inefficiency ) . |
| 16 | I 'm worried that they might be school maths teachers ; but the really terrifying prospect is that they might be designers of ships or bridges . |
| 17 | ‘ The message for those involved in chemical warfare is that they might be detected , even years afterwards ’ , says Hay . |
| 18 | So the impression which I get from the locals , is that they 'll be happier when the flats are down . |
| 19 | The unstated part of the equation is that they must be tough on the Vietnamese boat people because they are poised to be tough on Hong Kong 's own claims to British passports . |
| 20 | It is not just that things could be other than they are — it is that they must be . |
| 21 | The second lesson is that they must be thorough . ’ |
| 22 | So , I mean to me , I do n't know whether I 'm right , but that my first thought is that they must be buying it very |
| 23 | The attitude to the Asian women employed is that they should be hired and fired as needed . |
| 24 | Without this element , there would be no way of excluding planned revenge killings , and the argument is that they should be excluded from the defence because a person who plans a response to an affront or a wrong ought to ensure that the response conforms with the law . |
| 25 | The key requirement is that they should be selective , which suggests that an authority on the subject has sifted through the literature and identified the most important books , periodicals , etc . |
| 26 | The point is that they should be reasonable rules . |
| 27 | The best hope for tree-nests is that they should be inaccessible . |
| 28 | The important thing is that they should be non-invasive : in other words , play music rather than leave crystals . |
| 29 | The thing to remember about these batteries is that they should be stored in a way which prevents the accidental short-circuiting of their contact terminals : if they are shorted , the battery quickly overheats and will become unfit for further use . |
| 30 | The general idea with pro-formas is that they should be filled in as the procedure progresses in order to qualify as ‘ notes made at the time ’ . |