Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [to-vb] [that] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Darwin and Spencer had been wrong to argue that women were in a state of arrested development . |
| 2 | Almost all individualists are willing to concede that actions have some causal antecedents , since they allow that people are shaped and constrained by environmental factors which form their personalities and affect what they do . |
| 3 | The rationale , however , for that is clear : while insurers are willing to concede that accidents will happen , events developing over a long period of time because of a lack of concern for the potential hazards should not be allowed to . |
| 4 | However , Northern men are likely to agree that men do n't do enough to look after their children , and they support the idea of women with young children going out to work . |
| 5 | Couples who wish to adopt a child are likely to find that conditions of acceptance are strict , and preliminary preparation and training sessions prolonged and stringent . |
| 6 | As with the determination of the carrier 's capacity , bank customers are likely to demand that banks ascertain the capacity of the issuer of the description by examining certifications issued by trusted third parties . |
| 7 | They are supposed to ensure that constituencies are as equal as possible in size of their electorates . |
| 8 | It would , therefore , have been natural to suppose that genes were made of DNA . |
| 9 | It is as if the company in some very deep way has been unable to acknowledge that customers even have choices . |
| 10 | We are reluctant to accept that rules can be formulated as probabilistic statements . |
| 11 | WE ARE able to report that contributions are beginning to arrive . |
| 12 | The problems and abuses connected with the laws of settlement will be discussed below ; for the moment we are concerned to stress that persons with a settlement in a parish had a real claim to relief should misfortune or simply age overtake them , or indeed if they could find no work or even none at wages sufficient for the support of the family . |
| 13 | ‘ Thanks , Wayne , ’ she 'd said , only a little unsteadily , and Wayne had been able to see that questions or even concerned enquiries were definitely not being encouraged . |
| 14 | Those doctors who have been trained to practise Ayurvedic medicine ( a traditional type of Indian medicine ) have been able to show that foods such as fresh vegetables , rice and pulses produce the clearest and most balanced mental state . |
| 15 | There has been a lot of anxiety about the issue since the major blast in the City of London in April , but we are happy to confirm that booksellers who are members of the BA scheme are covered . |
| 16 | In this case the cynics might be right to say that pigs will fly . |
| 17 | It would be rash to conclude that interviews have no role to play in evaluation . |
| 18 | When , in 1989 , we started to explore the involvement of this mechanism in passive avoidance learning , there had already been a lot of speculation in the molecular neurobiology literature about whether it would be possible to show that c-fos and c-jun were specifically activated during memory formation ; but no-one had yet done the key , unequivocal experiment . |
| 19 | Although it would be wrong to presume that teachers who are excellent in their off-site unit work with small groups of pupils could necessarily become the vanguard of a new service they can provide the focus for some initial developments . |
| 20 | However , it would be wrong to think that foxes are a nuisance everywhere . |
| 21 | It would be wrong to suggest that women were a liberated force for female emancipation in Huaiwiri . |
| 22 | Yet it would be wrong to believe that Hamas controls hearts and minds in the strip . |
| 23 | Since there is a waiting list for places on the course for better driving , readers may be interested to know that groups affiliated to the Institute of Advanced Motorists hold such classes all over the country . |
| 24 | With limited space , it is unavoidable that I can provide only a summary of the work of a very active Association , but I thought your readers would be interested to know that schools are not being neglected . |
| 25 | As with all the social services , it would be foolish to assume that executors of policy on the ground are always the obedient poodles of those who think up grand designs . |
| 26 | It would be foolish to imagine that GIS can assist in all hazard studies , emergencies and disasters . |
| 27 | The BBC reissue contained very poor transfers , but I 'm delighted to say that thanks to good engineering work by David Lennick on Music and Arts 's new disc we can now enjoy these 1935 performances in acceptable sound . |
| 28 | It would be pretentious to suggest that librarians can overturn the practice of censorship in non-democratic states , yet that is no reason for inaction . |
| 29 | However , while it may be easy to accept that girls are treated differently from boys in schools , the crucial issue of what is taught in schools may be more complex and controversial . |
| 30 | Many seem to be content to say that fashions change and that 's that . |