Example sentences of "[that] it [modal v] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The suggestion for a community treatment order was rejected by some , on the grounds that it would infringe civil liberties , there was insufficient research to justify this extra measure , the existing legislation provided a sufficient framework to give the necessary powers to deal with the problem , and changing the law might divert attention from the real need to provide resources to support an acceptable programme of community care . |
| 2 | Turning down a request to support a US$22,000,000 telecommunications project , the Norwegian government on Aug. 22 announced that it would refuse Malawian requests for economic development aid as a result of continuing allegations of human rights abuses [ for Norwegian attitude towards Namibia see p. 39038 ] . |
| 3 | Italy was a major donor among European countries and Greece announced that it would make available US$70,000,000 for agricultural development , which was given high priority . |
| 4 | A moment 's reflection will show that it would make private members more independent . |
| 5 | Acer Inc , Taipei , Taiwan says it is considering the possibility of cooperation with Nintendo Co Ltd in the electronic games industry and plans to submit a proposal to the Japanese company soon ; Acer denied a report that it would make electronic games on behalf of Nintendo . |
| 6 | Greece opposed recognition on the grounds that no country could claim the name of Macedonia ; that the republic , if independent , would only survive as the instrument of another country ; and that it would threaten northern Greece . |
| 7 | Moldavia refused to hold the referendum on the grounds that it would worsen ethnic tensions in the republic . |
| 8 | The government announced on June 10 that it would grant limited autonomy to the Chittagong Hill Tracts ( CHT ) [ see p. 37205 ] . |
| 9 | The bill was passed despite fierce opposition from the white commercial farming community which warned that it would transform productive commercial farms into subsistence smallholdings and could turn Zimbabwe from a food exporter to an importer . |
| 10 | The IBOA has serious difficulties with the proposed changes outlined in view of the fact that it would involve additional costs to our membership . |
| 11 | In keeping with the emphasis on liberalism , there was the idea that party competition should be restrained and moderate so that it would involve gradual change and only limited state intervention . |
| 12 | It was still opposed by Danish environmentalists , who claimed that it would affect the salinity of the Baltic Sea by partially blocking the Öresund , as well as bringing greater pollution to the Copenhagen area through increased traffic flows , but supporters of the project said that it would bring new economic activity to the area . |
| 13 | I do n't accept the assertions that it would achieve limited traffic benefits or indeed would would be unlikely to bring significant environmental relief . |
| 14 | The government announced on Jan. 19 that it would privatize loss-making agro-pastoral concerns . |
| 15 | While the pervasiveness and uniformity of television news made it unlikely that it would influence different people in different ways , the press seemed likely to influence different readers in very different ways . |
| 16 | I think that it would place great strain not only on the Comptroller and Auditor General and his staff but on the budget of the Public Accounts Commission itself if it had to authorise such expenditure . |
| 17 | The CDP has hitherto resisted such a proposal on the grounds that it would represent direct competition with university applicants who might thereby fail to see the polytechnics as a clear alternative and because it would restrict student choice to a limited number of institutions . |
| 18 | The Electricity Bill then introduced followed in broad outline the plans foreshadowed by wartime working parties on the future of the industry , and , to the relief of the industry , confirmed that it would remain independent of coal and gas , and not be part of a National Fuel and Power Board . |
| 19 | I 'm glad all your transport users are , are now coming out of the woodwork , but you are the minority in this hundred , now of the majority the car drivers do you feel any resent of responsibility towards users of public transport , I mean there are all manner of er plans afoot to , to slightly further tax or er charge drivers so that roads can be subsidised , I do n't know that it would subsidise public transport , but there are penalties coming up for private car users and drivers , do you approve ? , do you disapprove , do you think that 's fair enough ? , no one 's said any thing about pollution yet , yes |
| 20 | Rising early , Miss Lodsworth prayed that it would continue fine and her guides would find enjoyment as well as fulfilment in their Jamboree . |
| 21 | The introduction of grant-maintained schools was perhaps the most controversial proposal in the Education Reforms Act 1988 , and one which was justified primarily on the grounds that it would extend parental choice in education . |
| 22 | The government justified the measures on security grounds , saying that it would end illegal infiltration by " aliens " who committed crimes including poaching and murder . |
| 23 | As you passed through the iron gates you could feel at once that it would cost real money to have your temperature checked . |
| 24 | Pigeons clock-shifted 6 hours forward should behave as if they had been taken west : a pigeon , for example , clock-shifted 6 hours in a loft at Rome and then released at midday would think that the time at home was 6.00 p.m. , deduce that it had been moved to New York , and therefore home by flying east ( if we ignore the fact that it would recognize local landmarks ) . |
| 25 | The government said that it would consider lifting the state of emergency still in force in Natal , and that it would give immediate consideration to repealing the Internal Security Act . |
| 26 | The ANC was strongly opposed to such a meeting on the grounds that it would give undeserved legitimacy to Buthelezi by treating him as a leader of equivalent standing . |
| 27 | Petar Simic ( who died on April 10 , 1990 ) , rejecting a multiparty system for Yugoslavia on the grounds that it would exacerbate national divisions within the federation . |
| 28 | Acknowledging that it would appear unjust to pay higher allowances out of taxation to the middle classes , she argued that it would only be possible if the higher allowances were paid for by the income groups or occupations which benefitted from them . |
| 29 | Mr Major bragged about his opt-out from the social chapter , saying that it would attract foreign investment from Britain 's neighbours . |
| 30 | The Libyan government announced that it would take reciprocal action against any countries expelling Libyan diplomats . |