Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [be] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore , all we must hope is that Tendulkar hears the right voices in the crowd when he has edged a few seaming balls at Headingley into the gloves of the ‘ keeper and when the tiny bundle of sweaters frozen in the outfield at Middlesbrough drops a catch . |
| 2 | The conclusion might have been that Ealhfrith abdicated in a voluntary acceptance of the religious life were it not for Bede 's silence on the matter and his statement that Oswiu was attacked in the course of his reign by the Mercians , his nephew , Oethelwald , and by his own son , Ealhfrith ( HE III , 14 ) . |
| 3 | Right I think one of the things we 'll be looking at tomorrow is learning styles and people 's preferred learning styles and what we 'll find is that people in this room you 'll all , you might have a slightly different way that you prefer to learn . |
| 4 | All he could remember was that TOWs were shipped at some point ; that ‘ the price asked for the military was twelve million two ’ ; that the aircraft could turn round and abort the delivery if the hostages were not released , which he thought was ‘ a most unusual thing ’ ; and that it was definitely not ‘ the Khomeini ’ with whom he had been doing business . |
| 5 | The only bright spot on the horizon as far as she could see was that Barney must have turned the corner and be getting better . |
| 6 | But all he could discover was that Gustav 's roadname had been Schickert , and the marriage certificate at Sangerhausen . ’ |
| 7 | He just stood there looking out , his large leathery hands clasped tight behind his back , while Ellie wondered what on earth it could have been that Madame Gautier had said to him . |
| 8 | All Nora could say was that funds in all the banks were exhausted and their known outgoings over the next four weeks exceeded their best estimate of income three-fold . |
| 9 | It may have been that Morse had smiled a little at the question . |
| 10 | It may have been that writers felt that every variation in their particular game had been played , but recognised that a public appetite for detection had been created and would repay feeding . |
| 11 | It may have been that Harvey enjoyed such seniority in the Church that in his case such deviation was permitted , but given that two or three other committed Free Presbyterians have been active in the Official Unionist Party ( in 1985 there were two Free Presbyterians in local government as Official Unionist councillors ) , it is more likely that the Church leadership was genuinely able to maintain some distance from Paisley 's politics . |
| 12 | The reason why Hope should advocate Scott in particular , when a limited competition might give the ecclesiologically sounder Street the work , may have been that Scott was more likely to carry out the work successfully . |
| 13 | It does n't matter a whole lot , I mean because the er , all it would show is that metaphors need n't take the form of constituents in sentences . |
| 14 | The only differences which Clare would notice are that machines have replaced axes , and that the moles are now gibbeted on barbed-wire fencing . |
| 15 | The most he would concede was that positions should be filled by the advice of the lords and the council around the king , and that officers should take an oath in parliament to act justly . |
| 16 | What I would say is that Liam was inexperienced in management when he took over at Celtic Park . |
| 17 | I think the danger is , though , that what will happen is that hotels will shed staff |
| 18 | What will happen is that staff will go behind the bike sheds . ’ |
| 19 | What I will say is that Gerry Addams is a member of the Republican Movement . |
| 20 | It 's a ludicrous game of make-believe and let's pretend , and the biggest let's pretend is that Britain is fighting a war of principle , on its own terms , for purposes which the people understand and support , and for aims which can be realised by war . |
| 21 | The most generous excuse one can make is that Brooke was deliberately misled by his advisers . |
| 22 | And what we can see is that Mr Williamson 's interpretation of strictly controlled means not normally be permitted . |
| 23 | I can hear is that Thomas we can hear shouting ? |
| 24 | While the Government have to admit that , after pursuit of the policy of privatisation for 12 years , substantial problems have arisen that must be corrected , the best that they can propose is that Ofwat , Ofgas and Oftel should be raised to the standard of OFFER , the Office of Electricity Regulation , as if OFFER were the champion of the consumer against the might of near-monopoly power . |
| 25 | The only problem I can foresee is that Mr Kinnock 's move could stimulate two-way traffic . |
| 26 | All we can say is that girls do as well as boys at the mathematical skills which primary teachers value , such as computation , but that the APU surveys , and the analysis of other researchers such as Hilary Shuard ( 1986 ) , have picked up differences in the performance of girls and boys which mathematics educators regard as significant . |
| 27 | Birdland 's manager Wayne Morris told NME : ‘ All I can say is that reports of the band leaving Lazy are totally untrue . |
| 28 | All I can say is that people who hear my voice keep saying do n't you sound like Pam Ayres . |
| 29 | The only thing you can say is that DB gave us good service and for this we should be grateful . |
| 30 | All we can say is that assurances were given , and that for a short time they were accepted as having been given in good faith ; but they were not honoured . |