Example sentences of "that [adj] a system [modal v] " in BNC.

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1 The danger , then , is that such a system may suffer from a deflationary bias as a result of the attempts of deficit countries to resolve their payments imbalances by reducing domestic demand .
2 For although one might be able to construct an elaborate system of control and accountability , there is never any guarantee that such a system would produce programmes of a high quality .
3 It was argued that such a system would generally be more favourable to employees and would be more likely to curb ‘ the exercise of managerial prerogative in the interests of individual job retention as well as avoiding the tendency to legalism ’ .
4 Others , like Dr Barclay , a staff surgeon-major , argued that such a system would destroy the men 's self-respect and counteract the good effects of environmental reforms , a position upheld in the report of the 1871 Royal Commission .
5 When we considered the impact that such a system would have on my city of Leeds , when it was thought that it would be about £187 per head , we realised that that in itself would be disastrous .
6 In proclaiming the supposed need for regional government in England , the hon. Member for Gateshead , East works from the assumption that such a system would bring government closer to the people .
7 De Klerk insisted that such a system would not provide for preferential treatment for any group at the expense of any other .
8 At that time the orthodox view was that such a system should be selective and tripartite , with children routed at eleven-plus into grammar , technical or secondary modern schools according to their aptitudes and abilities .
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