Example sentences of "[noun pl] ' [noun sg] that [pers pn] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly it could not be — every comment , piece of advice or statement on the radio could hardly be regarded as official policy — and yet the broadcasters ' feeling that they were ‘ a part of the Government ’ certainly acted as an inhibitor on the manner in which some matters were handled on the air . |
| 2 | A whole series of studies , he admits , appear to demonstrate that there is a broad agreement concerning the relative worth of different occupations , which apparently supports the functionalists ' contention that it is possible to identify those positions which are most important in society . |
| 3 | The most damaging effect of the Education Reform Act would be if it snuffed out teachers ' belief that it is worthwhile thinking and talking about what they are doing . |
| 4 | The Crown Prosecution Service announced at Tower Bridge Magistrates ' Court that it was not continuing with a case against John Graham , 53 , a lift engineer . |
| 5 | This was the first of many palatial properties occupied by Franco over the next forty years — a tendency which is difficult to reconcile with his hagiographers ' insistence that he was a man of austere tastes and habits . |