Example sentences of "be [pron] that [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 I 'm so self reliant that I if I was going o do anything it 'd have to be me that would do it , for the simple reason I could n't trust anybody else , not in that particular thing anyway .
2 It had to be something that would give the prospective punter some idea of the staggering depth and scope and thoroughness of Henry 's work .
3 This would be a Council of Ministers with majority voting being permissible on a ‘ limited field of discussion ’ , but this would still be something that would lack the reality of supranationalism .
4 A principle of inquiry can not be something that may keep us from recognizing a clear and settled conception .
5 Since the book seemed to be one that would cause some controversy , she had better proceed with caution .
6 This hope it begins to appear , admittedly with hindsight , looks to be one that must remain unfulfilled using current methods .
7 This suggests that he thinks of the impression as being something that could have a name of its own .
8 For Adrian Hop there 's nothing that can ease the pain of the loss of his daughter but perhaps he says she wo n't have died in vain .
9 But Mr Weston believes there 's nothing that could have prevented this accident .
10 From the point of view of the experiencing subject , the meaningfulness is not something of which he is conscious ; all he experiences is , first the word ‘ red ’ , then a mental image : there is nothing that could count as his internally and introspectably associating them which does not reintroduce the mysterious generality of thought .
11 There is nothing that can exist without me .
12 When the markets go against you there is nothing that can stop it until the market adjusts . ’
13 There is nothing that will make you a better surfer . ’
14 Collecting all the raw material to create the final page or document is only the beginning of the desktop publishing process and is something that would have to have been done whatever system was being used .
15 Looked at from Scotland , it is sadly tied up with Thatcherism , which , we hope , is something that will pass , since it goes against a better , more basic feeling which is still there .
16 The amount of detail in a plan is something that will vary with circumstances and a student 's knowledge .
17 ‘ Yes , ’ he said , ‘ this is something that will take a long time to develop .
18 The " otherness " of the past ( the contrast between life today and life in the past ) is something that will come into sharp focus .
19 Many mothers of sons never see them to talk to on their own from the day they marry , because their daughters-in-law always expect to be present on every conceivable occasion , and this is something that can build up a very understandable resentment .
20 It is something that can have an independent existence , that is , can be distinctly identified .
21 Learning how we measure time is something that could link effectively with cross-curricular work on telling the time , learning about the calendar and the seasons .
22 Could , could I just say that Homeward , I mean there the , the parking is obviously a problem , that that is something that could go by , but I mean , I went to , the last time I went to Homeward , and walked out , and it 's before we had all this rain , my shoes were under water .
23 ‘ The essence of the patent for you is surely that you believe the heat is there and if it can be scaled up , as you hope it can , that is something that could have manifest benefits to everybody .
24 Playing the exact same solos every night on tour is good too , because the notes are firmly ingrained in your head and that makes it harder for you to mess up in a major way , which is something that could happen if you were winging it every night .
25 Erm , so that 's an illusion , a delusion , in other words , an illusion is something that could happen , but the difference between an illusion and an error , is an error is just a cognitive mistake , an illusion is a cognitive mistake that is kept going by a wish .
26 In answer to his question , the right hon. Gentleman knows very well that the commitment to income tax is one that would extend over the lifetime of the future Parliament and perhaps beyond that .
27 Among them is one that would lift restrictions on the voting rights of shares .
28 His film , Kwietniowski straightforwardly claims , is one that would have been approved of by Noel Coward 's unconscious .
29 Despite the recessional climate , your sign is one that can thrive by going into expansion mode .
30 The reason why this amendment in my view is one that can take us forward is that it places responsibility now for clearing up the mess clearly where it belongs and that 's with the Labour group .
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