Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] [that] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does he accept that another element of the patients charter in this day and age should be that hospitals are constructed in a way that shows that we have learnt the lessons of the past ? |
| 2 | The message should be that schools are about education and learning and that worthwhile learning is hard work and we in good schools try to make this work as pleasurable as possible . |
| 3 | Rather , the reason must be that principles not generated by the Rawlsian method will fail to fulfil the social role of a doctrine of justice . |
| 4 | Our fundamental assumption must be that genes are ‘ selfish ’ entities , working for their own propagation in the gene pool of the species . |
| 5 | A possible explanation might be that coins were used in the same way as in Italy but by fewer people , namely only those in urban settlements . |
| 6 | Examples of such core values might be that customers are always right , that we need 100 per cent product reliability , that we are a computer company and will stick with it , and so on . |
| 7 | A reasonable reply might be that sociologists are interested in those aspects of human behaviour that are the result of the social context in which we live . |
| 8 | A further explanation could be that rats have a small ductular component of bile secretion which may have been the primary target of the observed response , as evidenced by the increase in biliary bicarbonate output observed in the canine studies . |
| 9 | Another explanation for the relatively high proportion of those in residential homes reported to be bad tempered could be that relatives , friends or neighbours were less likely to report or perceive the person who died as being bad tempered than staff of institutions . |
| 10 | But it could be that President Bush is aware of this , and it could be that things are about to change because of the return to Washington this week of one Sig Rogich . |
| 11 | It could be that subjects who know the route well perform differently to those who do not know the route . |
| 12 | It may be that questions asked at T 1 cause respondents to develop and shift attitudes during the T 1 — T 2 period possibly through private discussion or , if the study is sufficiently large , public controversy . |
| 13 | It may be that friends and relatives who are less affected by the death of the family member , could give some special attention to the children who are wanting to be comforted and to be told what is going on . |
| 14 | But because the weight of explanation is preponderantly biological rather than cultural or social , it may be that women 's moral perspective will continue to be one which reflects a distinctive range of values . |
| 15 | Boys appear to outnumber girls by about five to one , but it may be that girls with the problem are less overtly hyperactive , and tend to display more subtle symptoms , such as inattention , speech disorders and mood changes , which may not always be identified as hyperkinetic syndrome . |
| 16 | It may be that learners have internalized aspects of the system which for one reason or another they can not access on particular occasions , that circumstances of different kinds prevent them from acting on this knowledge . |
| 17 | It may be that depredations had occurred before they got to Strichen ; Boswell , who had visited fifteen years earlier , clearly expected more from the druidical circle , although whether to impress Johnson further , or to avoid being thought an inaccurate provider of anticipations , is difficult to tell , as he does not expand beyond saying , ‘ … |
| 18 | If a need for parental protection in part constitutes the superego — and a fundamental , primitive part at that — then it may be that disturbances in later superego-formation will bring these earlier , more primitive , aspects of the superego to the fore . |
| 19 | In these cases it may be that searches may have to rely on matches with length , shape and first letter . |
| 20 | ‘ But often it may be that parents are just being overprotective . |
| 21 | As a consequence , it may be that efforts to secure cost reductions actually produce greater benefits than direct price reductions of equivalent size . |
| 22 | In an old house , it may be that gaps in the skirting boards are the chief causes of heat loss and/or draughts , in which case a quick brandishing of wood filler around the home will solve that problem . |
| 23 | To some extent it may be that things are now different , but then it could be that parliamentary democracy is no longer a truly viable form of political organization . |
| 24 | It may be that responses from within the universities were shaped as much by an unwillingness to accept a national role for the universities , as — by the Report 's unprecedented prioritization of English studies . |
| 25 | A second reason for such high reported levels of satisfaction may be that respondents are answering the question in terms of their level of expectations . |
| 26 | If it is found that a particular form of therapy is effective for a group of individuals with a particular pattern of language difficulties , or for those who share a common aetiology ( that is , they have the same diagnosis ) , it may be that others with similar difficulties may be helped by the same form of therapy . |
| 27 | In the area of questioning , it may be that boys assume they know the answers because in society men have traditionally taken the lead and are seen in positions of authority and superiority . |
| 28 | It may be that boys tend to ask almost twice as many questions as girls , not just because of natural assertiveness but also because of the position society allocates to the male . |
| 29 | Given this variation in language forms and use , the danger may be that teachers do not realise the extent of the variation , or that they regard the creole language forms as haphazard . |
| 30 | Employees may feel a sense of powerlessness in taking on a large organization or it may be that advisers are more reluctant to take on large organizations . |