Example sentences of "that it [modal v] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course I realise that the fallacy is so crude that it would be below the dignity of any academic economist to soil himself with such much . |
| 2 | When Nenna was not in the witness box , she sometimes saw herself getting ready for an inspection at which Edward , or Edward 's mother , or some power superior to either , gave warning that they might appear — she could only hope that it would be on a falling tide — to see where she could be found wanting . |
| 3 | On January 22nd Alan Greenspan , chairman of the Federal Reserve , suggested that it would be at the low end of that range largely because much of the equipment being used would not be replaced . |
| 4 | Last week , John Wright , another CEGB witness , warned that it would be at least another decade before the board would be able to assess the potential of renewable and alternative energy sources . |
| 5 | Not that it would be at all necessary , she reassured herself as she felt a sudden burst of fright . |
| 6 | With less than an hour of daylight remaining , he carried a flashlight — not that it would be of much help with the rain cascading down as if the Maya Rain God had corralled every raincloud in Central America and pulled the plugs out . |
| 7 | There was a celebrated individual who devoted a large part of his life to carefully recording everything that he observed ; upon his death , this complete set of observations was presented to the Royal Society in the hope that it would be of use to scientists . |
| 8 | This may not be hard news in the sense that it would be of interest to the news desk of the daily newspapers , but it must have something to interest a specific readership . |
| 9 | A post in Italy , the nature of which I never fully learnt , save that it would be of sufficient importance to take me out of uniform if I were in it , fell through with Italy 's declaration of war . |
| 10 | But then , as Blackstone pointed out , the opinion gained ground that it would be to the advantage of trade , and of creditors in general , if debtors outside the scope of the bankruptcy laws who were on the point of insolvency could also surrender their property for the benefit of their creditors , and in return be protected from legal process . |
| 11 | There is no doubt that it would be to the advantage of school children if they could find out what happens in the countryside . |
| 12 | Well the proposals in the Good Report as I said for final salary schemes is that a third of the trustees should be elected from he actually says from the active members er we know and comments that in great length a about the difficulties that it would be to er actually er elect er er members who are pensioners or from the deferreds Er I find that er somewhat simplistic view point in that er er the pensioners at least get communications from the administrators of the scheme every month , they get a monthly cheque , so it sh should n't be beyond the wit of man to be able to er be able to contact the pensioners and organise pensioner meetings but pensioner trustees to be elected . |
| 13 | 1791 The Gentlemen of the Parish of Kildaltan represent that the Church is much Injured by the Schools being kept therein and that it would be for the General benifit of the Parish to have a School House Built seperate from the Church … appoint a Committee for fixing the Stance of the School House and getting the same Built . |
| 14 | I did n't know what a kidney was , that it would be worth money . |
| 15 | I did n't know what a kidney was , that it would be worth money . |
| 16 | I do not know of any direct evidence that sexually transmitted diseases increase the libido of sufferers , but I conjecture that it would be worth looking into . |
| 17 | Inspection of the scatterplot suggested that it would be worth trying to fit a line ; the task is to find one which will come as near as possible to the data points . |
| 18 | The idea needs a lot of working up , of course , but far less than an SEC , and I really believe that it would be worth doing . |
| 19 | Codron had gone up to Cambridge to see the show and knew then that it would be worth bringing to London . |
| 20 | Kingfisher claims the combined company would have a market share of 22 per cent , though other estimates are that it would be above the 25 per cent threshold for a reference . |
| 21 | But she caught sight of her watch and realized that it would be half-past three in the morning in New York . |
| 22 | Neither was I to know that I should indeed one fine day have a son who would make me very proud of him at the ‘ Other Place ’ , but that it would be from green eyes that the light of intelligence and wit would shine . |
| 23 | I have been speaking to him on the phone and we have decided that it would be in everyone 's interest to postpone First Holy Communion until the last Sunday of term , July 15th . |
| 24 | What is needed is some mechanism for enforcement of the agreement , so that it would be in no one 's interest to break it . |
| 25 | The doctor may withhold all or part of the report from you if he thinks that it would be in your interest , or that of others , to do so . |
| 26 | The doctor may withhold all or part of the report from you if he thinks that it would be in your interest , or that of others , to do so . |
| 27 | Although our son had only one more year to spend at Liphook Junior School , we decided that it would be in his best interests to send him to another state school in Haslemere . |
| 28 | Because we felt that the application for mining , the timing would be picked by the companies , there would be immense pressure on the people to change their position because at that stage it would be out in the open that there was money there and that it would be in the government 's hands and we felt we would lose that so what we had to do was get it stopped before it got to that stage ’ . |
| 29 | After much thought , I have decided that it would be in everyone 's interests to terminate the lessons . |
| 30 | In human beings , some individuals might perceive that it would be in the general interest if queue jumping was prevented , particularly if a complete breakdown of the queue made the resource unavailable ( if the driver sees a fight at a bus stop , he does n't stop ) . |