BE + adjective + THAT clause – English Grammar Profiler
Here is an example of BE + adjective + that clause that contains notions of modality related to certainty:
Well, when you pick a Valentine,
you have to be sure that you choose the right person.
listen
There is a wide range of adjectives that are common in this structure that are not related to modality but are still preceded by more complex modality, negation and adverbs. For example:
They come from the part of our mind
that jumps to conclusions
that we might not even be aware that we have.
TED
Note that, adjectives such as ‘aware‘ and ‘sure‘ are not usually found before a noun in the attributive position.
Someone searched for ‘she is happy that’ so I thought I would do a iWeb corpus search for:
_VB _JJ that * *
There are various FOCUS, MODALITY AND HEDGING points for this grammar especially with the subject ‘it’
1 BE SURE THAT YOU ARE 3510 2 BE AWARE THAT IF YOU 2566 3 BE SURE THAT YOU HAVE 2487 4 BE AWARE THAT THERE ARE 2443 5 BE AWARE THAT THERE IS 1678 6 IS LIKELY THAT YOU WILL 1675 7 IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU DO 1484 8 BE AWARE THAT IT IS 1351 9 IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU ARE 1302 10 BE SURE THAT IT IS 1284 11 BE AWARE THAT THIS IS 1267 12 IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU HAVE 1228 13 IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU UNDERSTAND 1143 14 BE SURE THAT THEY ARE 1117 15 BE CAREFUL THAT YOU DO 1112 16 IS UNLIKELY THAT YOU WILL 1094 17 BE AWARE THAT YOU WILL 1039 18 BE AWARE THAT YOU MAY 1002 19 IS CLEAR THAT THERE IS 997 20 BE SURE THAT YOU WILL 989 21 BE SURE THAT YOU ‘RE 980 22 IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU KNOW 897 23 ARE CONFIDENT THAT YOU WILL 884 24 BE SURE THAT YOU DO 862 25 ‘S IMPORTANT THAT YOU DO 783 26 ARE SURE THAT YOU WILL 773 27 BE AWARE THAT YOU ARE 765 28 IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU TAKE 749 29 IS TRUE THAT THERE ARE 731 30 BE AWARE THAT NOT ALL 694 31 IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU KEEP 687 32 BE AWARE THAT WHEN YOU 662 33 AM SURE THAT THERE ARE 653 34 BE AWARE THAT YOU CAN 639 35 IS ESSENTIAL THAT YOU HAVE 636 36 AM SURE THAT YOU WILL 629 37 BE SURE THAT THERE IS 628 38 BE AWARE THAT THEY ARE 617 39 ‘S LIKELY THAT YOU ‘LL 615 40 BE SURE THAT YOU CAN 612 41 IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF 605 42 ‘S WELL THAT ENDS WELL 579 43 IS TRUE THAT THERE IS 560 44 BE SURE THAT IT WILL 558 45 IS POSSIBLE THAT YOU MAY 554 46 BE AWARE THAT SOME OF 548 47 ‘S IMPORTANT THAT YOU HAVE 539 48 ARE CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN 535 49 IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU READ 533 50 ‘M SURE THAT THERE ARE 525 51 IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU GET 524 52 ARE CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL 515 53 IS LIKELY THAT THEY WILL 508 54 BE AWARE THAT WE ARE 504 55 IS CLEAR THAT IT IS 502 56 IS IMPORTANT THAT THEY ARE 500 57 IS CLEAR THAT THIS IS 491 58 IS POSSIBLE THAT YOU WILL 491 59 IS CLEAR THAT THERE ARE 481 60 IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU MAKE 478 61 BE SURE THAT THEY WILL 477 62 ‘S UNLIKELY THAT YOU ‘LL 465 63 ‘S IMPORTANT THAT YOU KNOW 455 64 IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU USE 436 65 BE AWARE THAT IT MAY 435 66 IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU CHECK 434 67 ‘S IMPORTANT THAT YOU UNDERSTAND 431 68 IS IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE 420 69 WAS CLEAR THAT HE WAS 419 70 IS LIKELY THAT THERE WILL 418 71 IS LIKELY THAT YOU HAVE 418 72 BE CONFIDENT THAT YOU ARE 416 73 BE AWARE THAT THERE MAY 414 74 IS POSSIBLE THAT YOU HAVE 409 75 AM GLAD THAT I DID 406 76 ARE GLAD THAT YOU HAVE 400 77 IS LIKELY THAT YOU ARE 398 78 ARE AWARE THAT THERE ARE 388 79 IS IMPORTANT THAT WE DO 387 80 BE SURE THAT IT ‘S 386 81 BE SURE THAT THERE ARE 386 82 BE SURE THAT YOU KNOW 386 83 BE SURE THAT ALL OF 383 84 BE AWARE THAT IT ‘S 375 85 IS LIKELY THAT WE WILL 375 86 AM CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL 374 87 IS TRUE THAT YOU CAN 373 88 BE SURE THAT WE ARE 371 89 IS POSSIBLE THAT THERE IS 368 90 BE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND 366 91 IS POSSIBLE THAT YOU ARE 365 92 IS IMPORTANT THAT IT IS 357 93 ‘S GREAT THAT YOU ‘RE 356 94 ARE CONFIDENT THAT WE HAVE 352 95 IS CLEAR THAT THEY ARE 351 96 IS UNLIKELY THAT THEY WILL 350 97 AM SURE THAT I WILL 345 98 IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU CHOOSE 345 99 BE AWARE THAT IT CAN 344
100 ‘S TRUE THAT THERE ARE 343