Example sentences of "that it [modal v] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously , not all elderly parents who live alone are in need of a great deal of assistance : they just like to know that it would be available if they wanted it . |
| 2 | However , administration of the scheme is costly in terms of time and it seems unlikely that it would be feasible to operate it on a large scale . |
| 3 | I suppose she thought that it would be mild occupational therapy , but it changed my life . |
| 4 | Firstly , it might argue that so much of what doctors do lacks solid scientific support that it would be ludicrous to try to insist that all doctors practise scientifically valid medicine all the time . |
| 5 | to me that it would be perverse of us to fall into the trap if we were to do so of endorsing Policy E two and not know that what we were endorsing was in fact what the Secretary of State specifically rejected on the grounds perhaps that it was unduly restricted or detailed or inappropriate for some of those other reasons that are set out in the earlier part of that notice of approval . |
| 6 | I thought the idea of kids doing their own thing was that it would be cheap and for everybody , not a clique . |
| 7 | A referendum in the Ukraine on 1 December , however , resulted in a majority of over 90 per cent in favour of a fully independent status , and this appears to have convinced Yel'tsin that it would be unprofitable to pursue the goal of political union any further . |
| 8 | Easing London 's increasing traffic congestion by road pricing has effectively been ruled out by the Transport Secretary , Mr Cecil Parkinson who told the Commons transport committee that it would be impractical . |
| 9 | Style is such a complicated phenomenon " that it would be impractical to demand hard evidence for every observation made . |
| 10 | The Committee , however , declined to recommend any statutory definition of non-consent on the ground that it would be impractical to do so . |
| 11 | He suggested that , in the vast majority of cases , the procedure was accessible to unrepresented appellants ( though he did concede that they should receive assistance ) and that it would be undesirable to extend legal aid generally to cover such appeals ( Micklethwait , 1976 ) . |
| 12 | A third objection which could be raised is that it would be undesirable if the suggested approach were to be applied to certain types of jurisdictional error . |
| 13 | It was argued that it would be undesirable to open up the possibility of private prosecution , and that the sensitivity of the area was such that it was imperative that prosecution policy be consistent . |
| 14 | The Home Office may think it necessary on security grounds to make regular changes , perhaps believing that it would be undesirable for the routines of governors to be known to the general public . |
| 15 | As he said , ‘ I am not an irreligious man and I am not an immoral man and therefore it struck me that it would be offensive . |
| 16 | What actually happened is that my Group said simply that our proposals for 11 to 16 year olds were built on our work for the primary stages , and that it would be absurd for us to bring out our second Report if its proposals were out of tune with the earlier attainment targets . |
| 17 | And certainly there is a good deal of empirical evidence to show also that it would be successful . |
| 18 | It was agreed , therefore that it would be appropriate in certain circumstances for other nurses to carry out treatments prescribed by the ENP . |
| 19 | However , as I have already remarked , I do not consider that it would be appropriate for this House to make new law in this instance . |
| 20 | Er what we tell these patients is that they do n't have evidence of obstruction , or if they do have obstruction , then that obstruction does not threaten their kidney and that it would be appropriate to wait and watch their symptoms . |
| 21 | Greg felt that it would be appropriate to leave a Remembrance Day silence in the room when he finished speaking . |
| 22 | Further consideration led to the conclusion that it would be appropriate to certificate all unit-based provision , and to record all group awards on the same document which will be known as the RECORD OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING ( RET ) . |
| 23 | But I must say to the hon. Gentleman who suggests that it would be appropriate at present for this country to scrap its nuclear weapons and Trident that to do so would leave the country wholly defenceless . |
| 24 | I do not think that it would be appropriate for Ministers to get involved in those local negotiations , least of all from this Dispatch Box . |
| 25 | We are currently in discussion with the TECs about their budget and I do not think that it would be appropriate for me to comment on the particular circumstances of my hon. Friend 's local TEC . |
| 26 | However , may I ask the Minister to take on board the fact that it would be appropriate for a statement to be made to the House tomorrow . |
| 27 | We had tried to get a couple of er , here in Portsmouth but he had to attend , so we thought as we prepared for this conference this morning er , on the miners , that it would be appropriate to get a miner 's lamp to put and have them simply inscribed with the erm , the memory of the occasion , which turned out to be |
| 28 | Mrs said that quote , when the time comes that Mr and Mrs are unable to provide all or any of the care themselves , I consider that it would be appropriate to employ carers direct and not via an agency . |
| 29 | Your learned friend very fairly set the sort of orders one would expect in the case of this sort , erm , can I only add one thing which erm there is still a , failing erm his right there should have been an adjournment this morning that the question of a structured settlement could be investigated , all these people who have indeed , it must be from the plaintiff 's point of view as well , desirable that those investigations be erm carried out , with the greatest , greatest speed possible , obviously it takes time to er instruct the and so on and erm , it seemed er to me that it would be appropriate to include some of the I happen to discuss with my friend , erm providing for the matter to be brought back not later than a certain time |
| 30 | For Lord Strathclyde , the then agriculture minister , his private secretary wrote : ‘ Lord Strathclyde does not consider that it would be appropriate for the Scottish Office to be directly involved in the commissioning or management of investigations of the type suggested in the consultant 's report . ’ |