Example sentences of "[that] [noun pl] [modal v] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | However , when the thromboxane generation is suppressed it is probable that endoperoxides can be proaggregatory themselves ( Bunting et al , 1983 ) . |
| 4 | ‘ I doubt that chains will be necessary . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | I hope that solicitors will be quick to adopt the new system in the interests of their existing and potential clients ’ . |
| 7 | I had always believed that housewives must be different from you and me . |
| 8 | Craig said that SACS will be happy to conduct workshops on stress , interviewing skills , performance appraisal and other subjects which we feel are needed . |
| 9 | From the investigation of distracting unattended words we can conclude that words are recognised before they are fixated , and that meanings might be useful in guiding our eyes efficiently across the text . |
| 10 | Inerting gases are capable of rapid but limited control of fires in racked storages , to the extend that flames may be subdued but smouldering may still persist . |
| 11 | The hope that owls might be effective rat catchers inspired researchers to take a closer look at the habits of these opportunistic birds . |
| 12 | Since I assume that readers will be familiar with the problem , this chapter will not be a straightforward restatement of it or a listing of offensive usages . |
| 13 | Pound replied that Aristophanes might be depressing , and that to raise the heavy phallus to its desired height Dixie folk melodies might be more effective . |
| 14 | Mr MacGregor suggested that schools should be free , amongst other things , to offer vocational courses which might include material outside the National Curriculum and , exceptionally , enable the ablest pupils to drop a non-core foundation subject in order to take a non-statutory option . |
| 15 | Among its other demands are : i ) that manufacturers should be obliged to take back and recycle products at the end of their useful life ; ii ) that the EC should take steps to set up a comprehensive system of environmental liability ; and iii ) that environmental impact assessments on construction projects and other EC-funded programmes be strictly enforced both within and outside Europe . |
| 16 | Are you putting any limits on the extra amount that shops would be able to charge ? |
| 17 | It calculates that drivers will be angry when they hear that the price of lead-free petrol could reduce performance — especially in West Germany where there are no speed limits on autobahns . |
| 18 | But the working papers state that the list in the White Paper is not definitive , and that DHAs will be able to decide what core services are appropriate for them to maintain . |
| 19 | It challenges the myth that refuges might be safe but they 're squalid . |
| 20 | available is that kids would be able to progress and their own level and independent of each other , and take the pressure of the teacher slightly . |
| 21 | Previous research with North Indian master drummers has suggested that computers may be able to throw some light on these processes . |
| 22 | Shadow Scottish Secretary George Robertson has written to the Prime Minister saying that Scots would be outraged if Northern Ireland got elected an Assembly and Scotland did n't . |
| 23 | But as fear of Soviet intentions increased , so some in Britain began to feel that concessions might be necessary in order to secure at least a degree of American backing in the region . |
| 24 | For now I would like to describe two lesser known parasites under the letter E that fishkeepers should be aware of : |
| 25 | More difficult is conveying that injections must be self-administered and must not be missed . |
| 26 | It is essential , for example , that school-leavers should be able to write a letter in polite , direct , and simple style , using appropriate formulae to begin and end it . |
| 27 | The ultimate aim is that Compacts should be self funding . |
| 28 | For the last 30 years his zany humour has shown beginner readers that books can be fun . |
| 29 | The latter accepts shelf-life [ i.e. that books will be available in the same place for a reasonable period of time ] as part of the process , the librarian-disposer wants quick clearance . |
| 30 | As an important control , this sentence was neutral with respect to the rest of the passage , so that subjects would be unable to reconstruct it from what they remembered of other sentences in the passage . |