Example sentences of "[conj] [that] it [modal v] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given time , Boulestin could perhaps with his book of menus have opened the door to organized cooking for thousands of young women who in the thirties were finding themselves on their own in flats and bed-sitting rooms knowing nothing more about how to make a meal than that it ought to taste nice and should not be a bore . |
| 2 | There is a famous passage in which he invites us to acknowledge that it would be better that a world of which no one would ever be conscious should contain beautiful objects than that it should contain ugly objects . |
| 3 | And that it might have some bearing on what has happened now . |
| 4 | And that it may have practical applications . |
| 5 | Greece opposed recognition on the grounds that no country could claim the name of Macedonia ; that the republic , if independent , would only survive as the instrument of another country ; and that it would threaten northern Greece . |
| 6 | The government said that it would consider lifting the state of emergency still in force in Natal , and that it would give immediate consideration to repealing the Internal Security Act . |
| 7 | That may mean no more than that such a scheme may do more good than harm and that it would do more good than the obvious alternatives . |
| 8 | He said that Buthelezi 's approach threatened to bring him into " direct confrontation " with the government in Pretoria.The ANC said that Buthelezi 's purpose was to sabotage national negotiations and that it would boycott any referendum called to test the plan . |
| 9 | According to early ethological studies , it seemed that the young of certain birds like ducks and chickens would follow the first moving object they met and form a lasting attachment to it ; also that this attachment could take place only within a sharply limited period early on in development , and that it would affect all subsequent relationships . |
| 10 | PRESIDENT Bill Clinton said yesterday that he would be ‘ trying to change a direction of 12 years ’ with the economic agenda he will announce this week , and that it would create half a million jobs in the short term . |
| 11 | My colleagues thought it an impracticable plan and that it would put British manufacturers at a disadvantage — unless such measures could be introduced worldwide . |
| 12 | of businesses in the region use the line and that it would take seven years to electrify from the date of commitment , it is essential that this project is linked into the Bill . |
| 13 | In short , it is that it offers a way of by-passing ‘ the awkward corner ’ , Nearly twenty years ago Professor Joan Robinson observed that the predictable consequences of the attainment of near-full employment must , if institutions and attitudes did not accommodate themselves to the new circumstances , be so far to strengthen the power of the trade unions as to prompt a vicious spiral of wages and prices ; and that it would become chronic . |
| 14 | ‘ She said that Simon denied he had fathered you , and this was the cause of the feud , and that it would get worse , unless something stopped it . |
| 15 | The influence of such men assured that the Report would be tough , as well as humane , and that it would apply sociological insights to the analysis of the conditions of schooling . |
| 16 | They say the jail 's facilities are inadequate , and that it should stay closed . |
| 17 | IT IS pleasing that there has been a stay of execution on the proposed closure of the Redmire branch line and that it will remain open for the next six months . |
| 18 | I would like them to know also that this is still first and foremost a people company , and that it will stay that way . |
| 19 | The effect on listed adjoining properties , Donithorn , Riley House and er , the other one , the name escapes me at the moment , erm , and that it will give insufficient curbage to Riley House when er , whatever development takes place there . |
| 20 | My right hon. Friend represents a seat in the south and he will know that the Guy 's and Lewisham NHS trust intends to improve the pay of more than 1,200 lower-paid workers by 6 per cent. , and that it will treat some 6,000 more patients than planned . |
| 21 | Erm , Mr explained the reason for changing this but basically it 's to , to swap us again and that it will read that for one , that for ninety four to ninety eight the standard of grass cutting be seven occasions per year and the county surveyor in consultation with the Chairman be authorized to accept tenders from suitable contractors and the contracts be let to commence on the first of March nineteen ninety four . |
| 22 | Protestors say the scheme is too big and that it will swamp neighbouring villages . |
| 23 | One view holds it might be worth preserving only information derived from the telecommunications record , but that it would make little sense to keep it all . |
| 24 | The party has to emphasise that , in contrast to the Tories , it believes public spending should rise in line with growth in output , but that it will pursue responsible fiscal policies . |
| 25 | The report suggested that all the powers relevant to school government should be formally vested in the LEA , but that it should delegate these as far as possible to the governing body of each school , who should in turn allow as much discretion as possible to the head . |
| 26 | The only way out of this conundrum would be to argue , not only that the contents of the bracket are for the tribunal , but that it can alter these at will , and put any other contents in their place at any time . |
| 27 | Careful instruction on its use is necessary : the user needs to understand that it is not a miracle cure but that it can provide real if limited help . |