Example sentences of "[vb base] [that] it [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 Has he seen its estimates , which suggest that it would increase business costs by an extra £50 million and cut 150,000 jobs ?
2 Most experts are hard pushed to explain why normal , healthy people should not take E. Some suggest that it may promote Parkinson 's disease — after all , the symptoms are fairly similar : short-term memory loss , the shakes , jaw-ache and constant chewing .
3 The controversy over Dow Corning 's role in introducing silicone breast implants increased in January when some US newspapers , including the Wall Street Journal , published summaries of internal documents and claimed that they suggest that it may have rushed the product through without adequate testing .
4 As oral amiodarone had no adverse effect on the liver function in our patient , we suggest that it may have been one of the other constituents of the intravenous solution which was responsible for the hepatotoxicity .
5 However , even simple estimates for the W particle suggest that it should weigh in at something like 30 times the proton 's mass .
6 How much money went with this is not known but the scale of the ruins — the shell of the reactor is still visible — suggest that it must have been several million dollars even in 1950s prices , perhaps 1 per cent of the gross national product of Argentina , or roughly the equivalent of a whole year 's research budget for a developed country .
7 However , as a strategic planning authority , it is through the Structure Plan process that it can influence the protection of natural resources such as peat lands , and the opportunity for this will arise in the current review of the Plan which will be available for public consultation in the New Year .
8 Most scientists expect that it will show , as in Hiroshima and Nagasaki , that low doses of radiation have no detectable effect on humans or animals in the first years after an accident .
9 How long does the Secretary of State expect that it will take to complete the valuations and how long will it take to deal with householders ' objections to those valuations ?
10 Critics of the deal , which was worked out at ministerial level , say that it would have been more sensible to spend the money on rebuilding the Villahermosa Palace to be an annexe for the nearby Prado , which is urgently in need of more space , as well as the kind of modern facilities which have ‘ put the Villahermosa among the ranks of intelligent buildings and the top museums of the Nineties ’ , as the press release boasts .
11 He had his widowed mother living with him and two sisters who had to get husbands ; both Mr James and Constanza say that it would have been considered an almost monstrous act of selfishness if the prince had insisted on marrying one of the Montecativi or Roccarosa girls for their beaux yeux .
12 Contemporary accounts say that it could reach quite high speeds on the rails and that it saved fuel .
13 While many hoteliers get upset because successive governments appear to ignore the industry 's needs and say that it can look after itself , he regards that as a compliment .
14 If Microsoft decides not to sue — and we wonder if it can decide before WABI is introduced — observers say that it will hassle Sun to death .
15 Manufacturing companies such as ICI and Du Pont say that it will take between five and seven years to develop suitable alternatives , and in some cases much less , so compliance with a 1995 withdrawal should pose few problems .
16 The most cautious believe that it will stabilise at between 0.5 and one per cent of the total beer market and even the most bullish say that it will take more than five years to reach four per cent .
17 per annum in West Yorkshire , how can a Minister stand in the House and say that it will keep West Yorkshire 154 police officers under strength this year and next year ?
18 I think with the the people who say that it should have clear instructions , it 's not immediately obvious which button you should press , and maybe you , maybe something which says , Visitors , please press here , or something like that .
19 I concede that it will do for judging in retrospect the spontaneity beyond the margins of my rationality , as when jumping like an instinctive animal for the side of the road , and for such primitive choices as the child 's refusal of another helping ; but I continue to insist that at the centre of me I differ from the child in having escaped being restricted to choice between spontaneous goals .
20 Misunderstanding and lack of trust — People do not understand its implications and perceive that it might cost them more than they will gain .
21 Some Berliners want it preserved as a historic site , others fear that it could become the focus for neo-fascist demonstrators .
22 Others fear that it will contain metals especially copper from the pipes and boiler , and choose to boil drinking water to bring up the temperature .
23 The dam is to be built on the Bio Bio river , Chile 's largest , and environmentalists fear that it will open the way for a further six dams on the river , as well as damaging the monkey puzzle Araucaria araucana pine forests , which the government has declared a national monument .
24 The programme , which involves four hydro-electric power plants , has already drawn opposition from Greenpeace , the World Wide Fund for Nature , and Greek environmental groups , who fear that it will damage the ecosystem of Thrace , which straddles the border between the two countries .
25 I fear that it will cause great panic in the City and in America and do harm to the Allies .
26 In his message of congratulations , WACC 's General Secretary , Rev Carlos A Valle , wrote : ‘ We welcome this award as a recognition of your courage and commitment in the field of human rights , and we trust that it will inspire other groups and individuals who are engaged in the struggle for justice , both in Brazil and throughout Latin America . ’
27 In his message of congratulations , WACC 's General Secretary , Rev Carlos A Valle , wrote : ‘ We welcome this award as a recognition of your courage and commitment in the field of human rights , and we trust that it will inspire other groups and individuals who are engaged in the struggle for justice , both in Brazil and throughout Latin America . ’
28 These rules mean that it might benefit the owner of a topography right for him to sit on that right until such a time as it can be exploited to its full potential as long as this is done a reasonable period before the 15 years have expired .
29 ‘ I mean that it might have taken me some time to see through your ‘ innocent abroad ’ act .
30 That a court should take account of such a rule would [ and should ] not mean that it would have to accept it .
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