Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [adj] that [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The arrangement of goods should be such that heavy items and liquids are kept at the lowest levels to avoid unnecessary lifting and to reduce the effect of spillage or container fracture . |
| 2 | A hotel receptionist should be sure that prospective guests are aged 18 or more , since otherwise if the bill remains unpaid a court action if brought to recover the debt will fail because the contract of booking is unenforceable . |
| 3 | Provisions not identified below as being required by the Companies Act or as being necessary to ensure a practice 's ability to comply with the Rules are simply suggested by way of guidance ; practitioners should be aware that other approaches may be taken to the matters covered by such provisions . |
| 4 | Provisions not identified below as being required by the Companies Act or as being necessary to ensure a practice 's ability to comply with the Rules are simply suggested by way of guidance ; practitioners should be aware that other approaches may be taken to the matters covered by such provisions . |
| 5 | In fact , they 'll be amazed that nineteenth-century Catholics contrived to believe for so long in the literal truth of those poetic legends . |
| 6 | Firstly , while it may be true that individual clients can and do terminate contracts frequently , they do this to move from one company to another : every year each company loses existing but gains new customers . |
| 7 | First , although it may be true that functional explanations of the kind he discusses remain incomplete until we understand the mechanisms which sustain them , they may nevertheless be explanatory . |
| 8 | Further , even if it may be true that characteristic adjectives are never barred from prenominal occurrence , there are certainly instances where occasion adjectives are ungrammatical in postnominal position , as in : ( 30 ) Eddy will present the cheque to the winner happy we have yet to overcome this obstacle immediate Thus , Bolinger 's distinction between " characteristic " use and " occasion " use is neither necessary nor sufficient for postnominal occurrence , even if it overlaps to an interesting extent with the difference in position of the adjective . |
| 9 | Considering the Hay & Maddock results for human geography , where the authors found that 40% of social scientists rarely refer to theses , and 29% do not use them at all , it will be apparent that geological theses form a significant element in the communication process , since almost half of them are cited . |
| 10 | The Minister will be aware that certain allegations have been made about incidents in homes in Gwynedd , and in other parts of Wales , during recent months . |
| 11 | Readers with even rudimentary medical knowledge will be aware that swollen joints , clenching hands and itching or scaling skin are among the baleful symptoms of advanced psoriatic arthropophy . |
| 12 | The measures introduced in the UK mean that , in the words John Gummer , the Minister for Agriculture : ‘ The consumer can be confident that British eggs are protected by the most stringent safety regulations in the world . |
| 13 | I can be sure that real teachers would have avoided a number of APU 's blunders . |
| 14 | I can be sure that real teachers would have avoided a number of APU 's blunders . |