Example sentences of "[adj] that [num] [noun sg] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is also believed to be embarrassed that one person should be earning so much when the recession and heavy unemployment has badly affected Coventry and the surrounding area . |
| 2 | But by the time you read this , it 's possible that one manufacturer will have really stirred things up by announcing a sub-£500 pen computer running Microsoft Windows for Pens . |
| 3 | Of course , with this strategy being market-oriented , it is possible that one firm could purchase more pollution permits than it needed , with the intention of keeping out competitors , and the market would cease to function . |
| 4 | But all of them are constantly watching the keyboard for their particular call up command and it is possible that one command may affect more than one accessory — with predictable , and disastrous , results ! |
| 5 | In any game of brinkmanship , it is possible that one side will collapse suddenly . |
| 6 | They are collectively responsible for appointments , making it less likely that one person will be unreasonably held to blame if anything goes wrong . |
| 7 | There are those , however , who find it objectionable that one person should ever be permitted to take the life of another . |
| 8 | It is recommended that the number of modules referred to by an SSR are kept to a minimum : it is unlikely that one report can adequately describe the status of many modules . |
| 9 | But it 's unlikely that one method will be used exclusively throughout the country . |
| 10 | It were n't fair that one woman should fall every time her husband used her , while another never fell at all . |
| 11 | The secretary-general of the Democratic Union , Piotr Nowina-Konopka , criticized the decision , saying that it was unacceptable that one twin should be responsible for defence and national security while the other , as head of Walesa 's presidential office , was advocating the dissolution of parliament and wanted to organize public pressure to this end . |
| 12 | The language used by L implies that it is wholly desirable that one discipline should ultimately be explicable in terms of another . |