Example sentences of "be [vb pp] that [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Billions of pounds have been squandered that could have been invested in energy conservation and the development of alternatives . ’ |
| 2 | If being Maori were a significant variable this might arise because of an inherent effect of being Maori or because there are other confounding variables that have not been considered that could explain the difference between Maori and non-Maori children . |
| 3 | Machines have been built that can add , subtract , multiply and divide ; and do other quite difficult calculations in arithmetic . |
| 4 | It is how the facts are used that should form the touchstone of our discussion . |
| 5 | During this disintegration , particles of energy are ejected that can smash into our body cells causing damage that can lead cancer mutations . |
| 6 | In some cases statistical techniques ( regression analysis ) are employed that may use past expenditure on particular services as a proxy for need . |
| 7 | But the non-legal aspect of citizenship is also vital , and appropriate institutional and procedural arrangements need to be developed that will promote the practice of citizenship and harness senses of national community , social cohesion and ‘ civic virtue ’ to the benefit of both the state and the community of citizens . |
| 8 | If that could be added that would achieve my objectives and we can all get on to the debate about V A T on . |
| 9 | Previously when bottlenecks arose in the benefit delivery system regional or local decisions had to be made that might affect implementation , now there is a central ‘ directorate ’ which is likely to be involved in the examination of policy feasibility and which plays an important part in determining how policy is implemented . |
| 10 | They must stop trying to persuade themselves or the country that some sort of semi-detached arrangement can be made that will serve Britain 's interests — there is no such arrangement . |
| 11 | This means no donations or sponsorship can be accepted that would compromise Amnesty 's overall independence or impartiality . |
| 12 | ( Skinner 1954:97 ) Based on his remarkable work with pigeons and other creatures , and upon the theory of stimulus-response and operant conditioning that developed from it , Skinner 's belief was that quite simple and inexpensive equipment could be fashioned that would revolutionize education and render it more scientific . |
| 13 | I hold no specific brief for the Baxter scheme , but it has attempted to demonstrate that alternative schemes could be produced that would retain the Government 's proposal for a terminus — an interchange — at King 's Cross , but states that the plan would be more satisfactory if it were achieved without creating an enormous hole in the ground which British Rail proposes , with all the consequent destruction of homes , jobs and local neighbourhood . |
| 14 | A new type of knowledge , Said contends , must be produced that can analyse plural objects as such rather than offering forms of integrated understanding that simply comprehend them within totalizing schemas . |
| 15 | Building on this , targets and benchmarks could be introduced that could overcome the lingering tendency to see risk management as simply an overhead ( ’ even though , ‘ Ure said , ‘ it costs nothing to sit down and work out threats and actions ’ ) . |
| 16 | The plan is not a blueprint for the future , it stresses , merely the starting signal for a process in which dialogue and choices made by individuals , private industry and government will shape the environmental programmes : ‘ What we want to do , in the realization that we do not understand all the relationships , is to indicate the conditions under which an environmental quality can be attained that will provide future generations with as many options as possible . ’ |
| 17 | However , some processes still need the human touch — as in the case of Steinberger strings , loop-end strings and , believe it or not , the machine has yet to be invented that can put strings into their packets . |
| 18 | In most bargaining circumstances a deal can be struck that will satisfy all sides . |
| 19 | If knowledge was to be imparted that might threaten me , then it was time to show a clean pair of heels and , perhaps , indulge in some honest lechery . ) |
| 20 | It may well come to pass that … legislation could be enacted that will offend the objective moral law . |
| 21 | It may be that a separate recogniser could be constructed that would concentrate on these sort of features , i.e. the shape of a word found from its ascending and descending characters . |
| 22 | But it is the means by which these desirable ends are to be achieved that must shock and dismay . |
| 23 | It is possible , however , that quick approximations could be devised that would reduce the work-load by a factor of 5 , while improvements in hardware over the next few years may well absorb the rest . |
| 24 | A system is being considered that would place shield-type support beams in front of a drum cutter opening up tunnels while being operated 10–20 metres behind . |
| 25 | For the first few years , that would be the big problem for the resettlers too , but a pipeline was being built that would bring a supply down from Canada . |
| 26 | A Health and Safety Executive spokesman said : ‘ Research like this can help us take steps to reduce the risk of a mistake being made that could have catastrophic consequences . ’ |
| 27 | Secondly , in order to maximize the use of scarce capital resources , industries were selected that could utilize the backlog of technological change that had been developed in the Western economies . |
| 28 | In the event of it being correct it should be established whether any undue difficulties were involved that could have led to the fault arising and whether the approach to the task could be improved . |
| 29 | From a consecutive series of 50 referral letters sent by general practitioners in Sunderland to the local department of child psychiatry , 15 items of information were identified that could account for all the information contained in the letters . |
| 30 | All the same , smuggling routes are being established that could serve more dangerous trades , and customs authorities are beginning to be stretched . |