Example sentences of "[be] that children [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be that children can be happy and well behaved but also abscond and be frequently punished , but I would need to resolve this apparent contradiction . |
| 2 | Thus the simple but overall goal is that children should grow up properly equipped for adult life . |
| 3 | Erm , I do n't think either a father or a mother intrinsically has to be necessary , I think what 's important is that children should have access to a variety of loving adults , one or two , or maybe three of those who they should have a special relationship with , does n't matter whether they 're male or female , so long as the , the children are loved and they feel secure and happy , it does n't matter about , you know , this is mother , this is father . |
| 4 | The balancing truth is that children can never know what parents owe to them . |
| 5 | The reason given was that children would not be religiously and educationally prepared for the reception of Holy Communion and Confirmation because they had not been educated at a catholic school , irrespective of their parents ' alternative provisions : in one area , parents had set up their own Sunday schools as an alternative . |
| 6 | What Hill had found was that children would claim to have seen video-nasties , rather than that they had actually seen them . |
| 7 | One of his principles was that children should not be forced to attend lessons unless they wanted to do so . |