Example sentences of "that [noun] [modal v] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , no — I ca n't see that payment will be necessary . |
| 2 | The Captain was aware that at this stage she was still sufficiently frightened by what had happened to her to be hiding something , but experience told him that U would be useless to try and force her . |
| 3 | In reality , the changes may be positive for the staff , but they may be perceived as negative ( there is also the possibility that change will be negative and resistance to change is therefore a positive thing ) . |
| 4 | I have tried to er persuade him that , that Colin would be good for that job . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I hope that that means that support will be forthcoming . |
| 7 | Love managed his second successive 68 , adding : ‘ We were warned that play would be slow here but I could n't believe it would take six hours . |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | It was unkind of Dorrainge to criticise and say that Medoc would be able to see them , and that Medoc would be able to tell everything they did . |
| 10 | It was unkind of Dorrainge to criticise and say that Medoc would be able to see them , and that Medoc would be able to tell everything they did . |
| 11 | They know that faith must be reasonable . |
| 12 | However , when the thromboxane generation is suppressed it is probable that endoperoxides can be proaggregatory themselves ( Bunting et al , 1983 ) . |
| 13 | The Miyazawa government , conscious of recent regional criticism of the behaviour of imperial Japanese troops in occupied south-east Asia , however , was concerned that Akihito might be embarrassed by questions or protests relating to Japan 's conquest of large portions of China between 1931 and 1945 , and to the millions of Chinese civilians who were killed in this process . |
| 14 | ‘ I doubt that chains will be necessary . |
| 15 | 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 . ’ |
| 16 | I hope that solicitors will be quick to adopt the new system in the interests of their existing and potential clients ’ . |
| 17 | And fifteen minutes later , with all the completed questionnaires returned , there was good reason to suppose that Morse could be right , since three of those concerned , Eddie Stratton , Howard Brown , and John Ashenden , appeared temporarily unable to provide corroboration of their individual whereabouts and activities during the key period of the previous afternoon — the afternoon when the original groups , three of them , had been re-formed slightly ( following Kemp 's telephone call ) , and when anyone wishing to absent himself for some purpose would have been presented with a wonderful opportunity so to do . |
| 18 | I suggest that Converse might be interested in their star logo , a kind of Captain America hangover , but it might be worse … they do know that there was a '50s band called Eugenius , who cut two LPs for RCA ? |
| 19 | Whether or not they support Saddam Hussein 's call for a holy war , there is a feeling that Islam should be solid for Iraq . |
| 20 | However , as I have said , I am impressed by the quality and the attitude adopted and therefore hope that Strathtay will be successful . |
| 21 | Vendors should not rely on the possibility that protection may be available under the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 . |
| 22 | The newspaper , relying on the Lewis case , said that the words would mean to the ordinary reader no more than that an inquiry was underway , and that Hayward would be able to assist it . |
| 23 | I had always believed that housewives must be different from you and me . |
| 24 | That 's not to say that Widnes will be complacent . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm sure that Jim will be able to get her some sort of job but , to begin with , she can treat it like a little holiday , until she sees if she likes it . ’ |
| 26 | Craig said that SACS will be happy to conduct workshops on stress , interviewing skills , performance appraisal and other subjects which we feel are needed . |
| 27 | Anne worried that Sarah would be upset , but she assured her that she was perfectly happy , and certainly seemed so . |
| 28 | Time to remember why she was here , she decided firmly , as she banished any crazy light-headed notion that Ven might be responsible for the way her heart fluttered when , looking at him , she found that his eyes were still on her . |
| 29 | Previous studies which suggest that loperamide may be effective in the treatment of diarrhoea associated with acute radiation enteritis provide no insights into the mechanisms of action , as only symptoms were evaluated . |
| 30 | 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 . |