Example sentences of "it [be] something that [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I 'm not for a mom , I 'm not for a moment suggesting that it 's something that would be picked up on a regular basis , but I think it does mean , as you rightly say , that er , if , if , if such a procedure does arise then I 'm conscious that I 'm in a one off situation , I know there 's at least one of our colleagues on our benches who has this on , with children on a more regular basis . |
| 2 | Tampons are something that only women use , but it 's something that must become part of our voc vocabulary if we 're to save lives . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's something that should have been done a long time ago . |
| 4 | It 's something that should never happen . |
| 5 | One of the other the other things that we will erm be taking responsibility for is , is something called the Front Line Review which I want to come back too , because it 's something that will interest you as a group erm , but that 's basically again a Council learn initiative , where the Council 's want to look at over the next month all of the front line services we provide , the , the services that you come into contact with on a day to day erm level and look at , you know , are we providing a service as you want , are we providing them efficiently , how would you like to see them better provided . |
| 6 | Er , it 's something that will be welcomed by the trade union movement , a new forward , a new beginning to join once again the fruits of our labour with partnership with other unions and the Labour Party which was what we all need , but it must be done with careful planning and the brains at the top of the union must be telling the of the union , the members on the shop floor , the right direction in which to walk . |
| 7 | It 's something that will help me to go on . |
| 8 | This is a minor thing , but in view of what erm Colin was saying about religion and nationality I think it 's something that will matter . |
| 9 | I mentioned earlier that I encountered a problem with the bass E string , but it 's something that can be easily rectified . |
| 10 | And it 's something that can be avoided so easily . |
| 11 | It is something that can not be explained away . |
| 12 | It is something that can have an independent existence , that is , can be distinctly identified . |
| 13 | It seems to me that he must abandon or reformulate his thesis because , as he says , ‘ it is something that must be understood , as it were , by brain and heart ’ . |
| 14 | Wester Ross , Orkney and North Yorkshire provided most of these replies but it was something that might be encouraged in remote areas or where most of the farms were part-time . |
| 15 | He had played the worst of tricks on her , making her lose all her self-respect , and it was something that would rankle in her heart for the rest of her life . |
| 16 | Well , it was something that should n't have happened and it 's very regrettable , without a doubt , very regrettable . |
| 17 | It was something that could be felt or pinched . |
| 18 | Yeah , I think that we need to look into more depth the issue of the County Farms estate , we agreed from the start it was something that could not be rushed , and we had to , the principle question that needed to be answered was that was there a viability for County Farms or role for County Farms in the nineteen nineties . |
| 19 | I do not mean , of course , that it was something that can not be explained yet , but rather that it was something of which no explanation can conceivably be found . |