Example sentences of "[that] [pron] [vb mod] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Some such open acceptance of our intellectual limitations would not be unrelated to Pyrrhonian ataraxia or peace of mind ; but although Locke does , indeed , conclude that the truth often outruns our ability to know it , he certainly does not accept that nothing can be known . |
| 32 | So we might add to the tripartite analysis the fourth condition that nothing can be known which is inferred from a false belief , or from a group of beliefs of which one is false . |
| 33 | By other forms of reproduction an image may be more or less degraded , so that nothing can be learnt from them . |
| 34 | In spite of the fact that nothing can be substituted for — ness , and it therefore participates in no contrasts , recurrent or otherwise , it is different from — s in those books , and arguments can be put forward that it should be regarded as a semantic constituent . |
| 35 | Indeed , it would bode ill for our political system if we mistrusted our state organisations , and if the courts approached the results of police investigations with the assumption that nothing can be taken at face value . |
| 36 | As coach Roddan says : ‘ The race is so short that nothing can be allowed to go wrong — and nothing must ever distract them . ’ |
| 37 | It is not just that dealing with Old Age Pensioners who have reported missing budgies falls outside the definition of what counts as ‘ real ’ police work , the work is also disliked because it is problematic , for policemen need to display competence in the way they convey sympathy while admitting that nothing will be done . |
| 38 | We have all felt the frustration of dealing with institutions and bureaucracy — receiving the institutional brush off , the failure to generate a spark of interest or concern , knowing that nothing will be done and nothing change in response to your grievance . |
| 39 | Well , we attempt to give the answers this week , albeit in the full knowledge that nothing will be done because no one in authority takes the matter seriously . |
| 40 | I thank my hon. Friend , and give to the House the absolute commitment that nothing will be done on Rathlin island without the fullest possible co-operation with all the islanders and their association . |
| 41 | And in addition , since the writer disassociates herself and most ‘ caring and considerate people ’ from the people who caused Zahira 's experiences , it suggests that nothing need be done to change the set-up which resulted in her tragic experience , that citizens whose government is racist and oppressive are in no way responsible for its policies . |
| 42 | Victor Mature , who has given so much pleasure in his day that nothing must be said against him , is , however , not wholly convincing sitting in a cell wearing a leather mini-skirt , reading Pythagoras . |
| 43 | She reminded herself that nothing must be touched or disturbed . |
| 44 | In the , when we dealt with the matter of children and communion , we based the whole case upon the doctrine that nothing must be allowed to stand in the way of the grace of God being available for all and sundry . |
| 45 | This was not so , said the Minister : the president 's speeches were being broadcast in instalments , on different days , so that nothing should be lost . |
| 46 | For many years it was supposed that nothing should be revealed about the bargainer 's intentions . |
| 47 | I remember excusing this by saying that I was waiting for the police and that nothing should be touched until they had come . |
| 48 | But this only confirmed the importance of AFHQ 's view , reflecting that of Churchill , that nothing should be done to provoke the Yugoslavs or exacerbate the tense situation until all military preparations had been made for full-scale action if necessary . |
| 49 | Clearly this would mean that nothing should be done with respect to the EEC which was legally irrevocable . |
| 50 | The principle always that nothing should be hidden : There is only this . |
| 51 | Jane knew from bitter experience that love is a rare thing , so she felt very strongly that nothing should be allowed to come in its way , that nobody should be condemned to endure the rest of life with those two small , sad words : ‘ if only … . ’ |
| 52 | Of course there would be some non-contentious business , perhaps quite a lot ; but even then , there must also be the reservation that nothing should be disclosed by the one group to the other which might prejudice its case when the business was contentious . |
| 53 | In 1666 a law was passed that everyone must be buried in wool . |
| 54 | I think it is right that everyone should be given the freedom to choose whether or not they want to work in a smoking or non-smoking office and separate areas created to cater for both factions . |
| 55 | We agree that everyone should be told if they have a mortal disease . |
| 56 | According to the Association of Metropolitan Authorities there was a massive 37.5 per cent increase in rent arrears in the six months immediately following the benefit changes in April 1988.37 Other benefit changes may have contributed to this increase in arrears : the change from supplementary benefit to income support ; the insistence that everyone should be required to pay at least 20 per cent of their rates ( community charge ) and all of their water rates ; and the replacement of urgent needs payments by social fund loans . |
| 57 | The more infected the water , the more likely it is that everyone will be hit by an epidemic of cholera or some other disease . |
| 58 | They 've created a vibe that everyone will be influenced by . ’ |
| 59 | The trustees say they are now ’ cautiously optimistic ’ that everyone will be paid in full . |
| 60 | Before the patients go back to the ward , they will pat their faces back into place and often ask for reassurance that no-one will be told . |