Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] that [prep] " in BNC.

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1 17.33 With regard to spelling , the aim should be that by the end of compulsory schooling pupils should be able to spell confidently most of the words they are likely to need to use frequently in their writing ; to recognise those aspects of English spelling that are systematic ; to make a sensible attempt to spell words that they have not seen before ; to check their work for misspellings and to use a dictionary appropriately .
2 The general principle should be that in assessing potential obsolescence actual stock levels should be compared with expected future usage .
3 In a third part , the objection must be that with respect to confirmed hypotheses as to condition-sets , it can not be that those condition-sets are causal circumstances as conceived .
4 Our first observation must be that to a gratifying extent the numerous anomalies in constituency results cancel themselves out when these are aggregated to give national totals of votes received and seats won by each party .
5 His intention , quite clearly , must be that on her death she should be succeeded by her intestate heir .
6 The consequence of this for the curriculum must be that within all subject areas both aspects must be attended to .
7 One of the most charming portraits in the gallery must be that by K. Škréta of Marie Maximilián of Sternberg in pastoral costume .
8 I also think that Mrs somewhat underestimated the formal hours required , I have noted from the er , the B M A documents setting out the charges to be expected to be levied by agencies in relation to nurses that extra hours will be charged per hour and I can foresee that if an agency contracts to provide ten hours formal care that er , it might be that with a number of carers they would find themselves very , very frequently putting in for extra hours of care .
9 It might be that in a list of names every tenth name is the leader of a section of ten people ; to sample by every tenth would then result in either a sample of nothing but leaders or a sample with no leaders at all .
10 ‘ It 'll be that in any case , wo n't it ? ’
11 It could be that at some future date we may wish to consider running DOS-based PCs from a Unix file-server , but it is preferable that we leave this as a possible option at the moment , rather than a definite commitment .
12 The Kings Collins Cross terminal as it says here the Kings Cross er terminal for the cross channel route is also of vital importance and in fact it could be that with the development of a high speed , the high speed train services between not only London but also the North of England into the European local structure , that the need for
13 One possible reason could be that in addition to a general sense of guilt associated with the organs of sex and reproduction , there is the added fact that most surrogate mothers belong to the economically disadvantaged classes ; and it is arguably a case of exploitation if a woman is driven to use her reproductive organs to escape from a state of poverty .
14 It is perhaps noteworthy that two chroniclers refer to the plague of 1361 as the pestis puerorum , the plague of the children , and if it is true that children in particular had perished in that outbreak , it could be that by the early 1370s the supply of labour was being reduced by a shortage of new recruits , particularly as the survivors of 1361 would also have been attacked by another outbreak in 1369 .
15 ‘ It may be that despite what has happened , he will simply stay on in Kigali until the time he was due to fly out .
16 ‘ Is it safe to do that , knowing one outcome may be that at the end of the process we exclude sexual abuse ?
17 It may be that at a low level of a graduated test scheme teachers may wish to acknowledge a pupil 's recognition of only an equilateral or isosceles triangle as a triangle .
18 It may be that at the national political level in the late twentieth century it is harder to identify discrete instrumentalist land interests than it is when looking at specific places , although even at the national level it is easy enough in 1988 .
19 It may be that at this time he was retained also by Simon of Montfort , Earl of Leicester [ q.v. ] , who had awarded him a money fee before 1245 .
20 Modem linkage for Dawyck will be needed within the next five years , and it may be that at that point we could decide to install a multiplexor to deal with all of our external computer links — use of local EUCS services , JANET , PSS , Royline and others .
21 It may be that at various stages the teacher will rearrange the room .
22 Deep down inside , our belief may be that on the whole we 're a bad lot .
23 Indeed , it may be that on occasion physical ill-treatment is a consequence of the tension this sort of situation produces .
24 The Pope is the Vicar of Christ on earth , and it may be that on the basis of Freud 's analysis there is an important difference between those who are loved by the Pope as well as , and on behalf of , Christ , and those who are not loved by the Pope , and may indeed be actively hostile to him or his representatives .
25 It may be that on such a consultation the Lord Chief Justice will take a different view from that of the trial judge , but under the present procedure the prisoner will be unaware of any variation of the trial judge 's original advice .
26 It may be that on the facts of our problem the death of the leader is certain , hot merely probable , if the rope is not cut .
27 Erm now it may be that on a particular site erm conditions could be laid down to ensure and secure that there were significant employment benefits accruing from the development of that site .
28 It may be that by now his authority is too weak to hold up his end of a coalition bargain .
29 It may be that by the end of the century , when we are carrying all before us , some fair-minded matron will survey her predominantly female team and announce that the time has come for a Ministry for Men .
30 Even so it may be that regarding each individual , he is less likely successfully to follow right reasons which apply to him anyway if left to himself than if he always obeys the directives of a just government including those which are morally reprehensible .
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