Example sentences of "that they [modal v] [be] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 One-Year courses represented a prestigious category and the formal requirements for grant-aid were similar to those for preparatory Tutorial Classes without the expectation that they would be precursors of three-year Tutorial Classes .
2 Sam could not see exactly what they were , but he knew that they would be lions with their heads between their paws .
3 Cassie could n't see her eyes , but she was sure that they would be almond shaped and green , to go with the sexy red hair and double-cream complexion .
4 From the family holiday in Tunisia , to come and stay with Jay — no question that they would be lovers !
5 The man she was here to interview had suggested she call him Ven , had even , if jokingly , suggested that they might be friends .
6 I 'm worried that they might be school maths teachers ; but the really terrifying prospect is that they might be designers of ships or bridges .
7 I 'm worried that they might be school maths teachers ; but the really terrifying prospect is that they might be designers of ships or bridges .
8 I read in Acts 1 how Jesus promised the Holy Spirit to the disciples so that they might be witnesses .
9 Other addictive relationships such as some sexual practices may be branded by society as being definitely abnormal or even criminal , yet there is evidence that they may be part of the broad spectrum of addictive disease and therefore outside the personal control of the individual sufferer .
10 Clothes and personal effects may only be seized if the custody officer : ( a ) believes that the person from whom they are seized may use them : ( i ) to cause physical injury to himself or another ; ( ii ) to damage property ; ( iii ) to interfere with evidence ; ( iv ) to assist him to escape ; or ( b ) has reasonable grounds for believing that they may be evidence relating to an offence .
11 But he is also aware that they may be conceptions of the good life for people generally and for society as a whole .
12 Pray that they may be people who rely on God 's healing and allow him to set them back on the track of feeding the lambs .
13 While all women are socialized for domesticity in much the same way — by identifying with their mothers ( and/or other adult women ) as housewives , internalizing the conviction that they must be housewives in their turn — for the working-class woman the linguistic process of role learning is such that ‘ I ’ becomes part of the role .
14 There is at least this restriction on the properties that count here , that they must be properties whose presence or absence can be registered by the person making the judgement .
15 They now had no idea where they were except that they must be east of the Ridgery and well to the west of where they believed the outlaws ' Camp to be .
16 They now had no idea where they were except that they must be east of the Ridgery and well to the west of where they believed the outlaws ' Camp to be .
17 The point was that they should be managers who took responsibility for securing the best service to the patient and could be held to account if there was failure .
18 In other words , the basic premise behind the establishment of RMCs was that they should be centres of excellence , performing a co-ordinating role for the provision of management education and its development in their regions .
19 This , plainly , would include non-litigation costs , Vaisey J. at p. 958 , referred to the costs of the action before him , i.e. litigation costs , and said that they should be party and party costs .
20 Fathers who tell their boys that they will be engineers may be delighted with their success rate , at least initially ( many such sons subsequently flood into business schools to get out of engineering ) .
21 So we can put some limits on the project : the chairs must be upholstered ; modern in the simplicity of their lines but not ‘ Cubist ’ for want of a better term ; easy on the eye and bottom ; they should fit in with other existing furniture ; and naturally should be of strong construction so that they will be heirloom quality .
22 Our culture often regards machines as a male preserve , and girls may need opportunities and encouragement to show that they can be expert in such areas .
23 I am not qualified to write in detail about such substances as LSD , cocaine and heroin but I am sure you will agree that there is no way that they can be part of a healthy and balanced lifestyle .
24 Yes that seems to me to fit that sort of bill , erm to be quite honest I would prefer that we base the promises on a previous paper that T six six one , er you know , sort of er typical success of the fact looking forward cos at least erm that 's not so erm , you know , sort of difficult to erm you know achieve as erm sort of repairing potholes within , when you consider that the reason that the potholes do n't get mended is because government legislation has it that we have to actually erm have lines painted all round them , so that they can be part of the package of er road mending in many cases , I mean urgently erm difficult ones are not that common er so I think that perhaps some of these promises are so difficult because it gives with one hand and takes back with the other , you know , it says we promise , but , I , I would say that 's not much of a promise , you say I promise to erm , you know , erm merge , I forgot about , but if it said but , you know , if it rains I wo n't tell you , er it would be very sad
25 It seems that they can be market counterparties even if the firm acts only as their agent and , indeed , even if the firm is acting for them on a discretionary basis .
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