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

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1 That was a general possibility and there was no reason to suppose that that would be the conclusion .
2 But , somehow , he sensed that that would be an uphill battle .
3 ‘ I suppose , ’ Hawkins said , ‘ that that would be what one might call the grand-daddy of them all ? ’
4 The head said that that would be the case and that Balbinder would stay for as long as he needed their help .
5 TI blames itself for telling the newsletter that that would be the ‘ average price for 1993 ’ because it forgot to factor in the industry practice of constantly repricing in the face of better yields .
6 And everybody knew that that would be a great journey .
7 I respectfully agree with the judge that that would be an inappropriate way of achieving the result which clearly ought to be achieved , which is that a child abducted in the way this little boy was should be able to return home pending a decision as to whether he lives with his father or with his mother .
8 It seems to me that that would be a very anomalous and inconvenient result .
9 It seems to me that that would be wholly inappropriate — it would involve further analysis of the history relating to the local authority 's care of these children and that , I think , can be in the interests of no one , certainly not of the children .
10 I think Mr. Lloyd accepted , in principle , that that would be so .
11 And it was fifty-fifty , he said , that that would be said to be too big , which it was of course , in that room , taking up far too much space .
12 and Mark , he said it was suggested , and it was a general feeling that that would be more
13 Erm well , I mean that that would be be erm
14 Erm er and if you had done some researches into the job opportunities and you you could decide that then that that would be good .
15 A more accurate appraisal of the new status quo is that that would be the case … except for the small print .
16 Brian opened his mouth to tell his wife she was a liar and then realized that that would be too strong .
17 " I do n't know that that would be quite the right thing to do . "
18 Er a specific on only thing that might have been I think was really , erm the erm the concern that some people expect erm are for rural areas , whether there was going t there were going to be con whether things were going to be spread thinner on the ground in rural areas , particularly sort of transport costs , and of course erm there 's one , but nevertheless , the concern that that would be underlying that and the erm the erm the the rural community
19 She knew that that would be what she would feel if the roles were reversed .
20 He had thought that that would be the last he would hear of her , but a few days later she had sent him her first piece , and he had been so impressed by it that he had printed it and asked her to write more for him .
21 Will he confirm that that would be possible ?
22 Is it true that Le Pen is to meet a number of Tory Members and , if so , will the Home Secretary make it clear that that would be wrong ?
23 As someone who has recently paid an enormously increased premium , I think that that would be an excellent idea .
24 I would hope that that would be the policy of Mr. Shamir 's Government should they be re-elected in June .
25 The regional CBI believed that that would be of great benefit and was grateful for my right hon. Friend 's measures to alleviate the uniform business rate .
26 I went to the cinema considering that that would be of more benefit than taking a Latin exam that I could not pass .
27 If that were to happen , let it be clear that that would be typical of the cynical manipulation by Labour councils of the most vulnerable in our society , and nothing to do with the new council tax .
28 I appreciate that the hon. Member for Bolsover and the right hon. Members for Bethnal Green and Stepney ( Mr. Shore ) and for Chingford ( Mr. Tebbit ) believe that that would be a good day 's work .
29 But the Prime Minister has declared that that would be unacceptably damaging to us .
30 I believe that that would be useful , because some aspects of the proposals that have been put forward , not least on the Scottish convention , bear a great deal of scrutiny and the real choices have not been put forward .
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