Example sentences of "that [vb mod] [vb infin] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Prisoners are brought up to date with new legislation that may affect them , such as housing and social security . |
2 | Given that over 20% of A-level papers are failed , that is reasonable : why gamble two years of lost earnings on studies that may leave you with no certificate at all ? |
3 | Different groups have different access to resources that may enable them to make such a move . |
4 | ‘ He may have some dreadful secret in his past that he wants to confess to you — something that may shake you to the core . ’ |
5 | Og course that may mean we 're shutting the door after the horse has shot its bolt . |
6 | Very often , with the benefit of hindsight , people can look back on their lives and identify stressful times more easily than identifying the present stresses that may surround them . |
7 | The plaintiff must agree , expressly or impliedly , to waive any claim for any injury that may befall him due to the lack of reasonable care by the defendant . " |
8 | The plaintiff must agree , expressly or impliedly , to waive any claim for any injury that may befall him due to the lack of reasonable care by the defendant . " |
9 | In examining these conflicts and changes the particular aims of the researchers are to : elucidate the changes that occurred in the UK defence science and technology system in the 1980 's and to analyse their dynamics and interactions ; ii identify and examine the assumptions about the future being made by firms and governments to guide their current decision-making in this area ; iii consider whether clear and stable structural trends are emerging , and the factors that may influence them in the 1990's , including the transition to a single European market ; iv establish a better framework for assessing contemporary developments in defence technology policy and their consequences for other areas of science and technology policy . |
10 | However , if many people blithely ignore the ‘ nasties ’ that may await them overseas , an even more common mistake is to misunderstand their UK tax liabilities after their departure . |
11 | ‘ Applying that test , and bearing in mind that there are persons on the fringes of subversion that may make it difficult to draw the line ’ , the Commissioner has been satisfied that the Home Secretaries ' warrants have always been justified . |
12 | Slightly clumsy hard rock that may make it in America later . |
13 | Which is why any passing busybodies who choose to peer into the rear seat of a parked London taxi are rewarded with a sight that may give them pause for thought . |
14 | Do nothing that may give it a bad name . |
15 | When looking for a stretch that may contain them I 'm after variety in depth and flow , lots of lovely gravel and plenty of watercrowfoot for shelter . |
16 | Instead of becoming frustrated with the futility in solving the problem , the celebration of success combined with the reflection on limitations nourishes people to choose the next action that may bring them closer to real community change . |
17 | Their size alone is enough to intimidate any other animal that may threaten them . |
18 | The American scene should be a piece of cake for these lads after several years of sharing a camper and traversing huge chunks of arid land to play in one-day pro-ams that may net them a couple of hundred pounds . |
19 | I am going to say something about you that may shock you . |
20 | Vocatives in general are an interesting grammatical category , again underexplored , Vocatives are noun phrases that refer to the addressee , but are not syntactically or semantically incorporated as the arguments of a predicate ; they are rather set apart prosodically from the body , of a sentence that may accompany them . |
21 | There were one or two things that may concern them ( the scratchy sound of the orchestra for one ) , though nothing that should deter them from tuning in , for the singing was generally fine , with particularly good contributions from the basses ( Michael George and Peter Harvey ) , the soprano Nancy Argenta , the tenor Andrew Murgatroyd , the ‘ cantor ’ Nicholas Robertson and the choir itself , here expanded , of course , to The Twenty . |
22 | His apprehensions are fuelled by a crop of injuries that may deprive him of Paul McGrath ( hamstring ) , Kevin Moran ( bruised back ) and Steve Staunton ( ankle ) . |
23 | ‘ There is nothing I can tell you , Officer , ’ said Iris in her stilted French , ‘ but my friend has something that may interest you . ’ |
24 | ‘ You mean that you do know something that may help them ? ’ |
25 | When Northern crops crash up against a new pest or a new processing requirement , breeders hightail it back to the gene pool in search of the genetic variability that may help them . |
26 | This booklet has been prepared to give general information about adapting your homes and about other options that may help you establish and maintain independence . |
27 | One point that may help you is that the lower the potency the more frequently it is likely to need repeating . |
28 | Here are some questions that may help you further define the values of your department and/or organisation : |
29 | Their vision of ‘ the planet being as it were wrapped in telepathic or electronic thought of more and more brains working away ’ seems to her ‘ dangerously like the pollution that may stifle it ’ and ‘ essentially an elitist dream ’ ( 1981:388 ) . |
30 | To inform them of who to contact if they have a problem plus benefits , discounts etcet etcetera , with particular emphasis on accrual benefits that may be lost if membership lapses , and the possible mention of loyalty benefits that may assist them in helping to recruit and retain other members . |