> I would write it with "to":
> ....it had ordered Thursday that the cables _to_ be tightened.
> Is there any difference?

Again, I don't know what the rule is, but here are two ways I could think
of writing that:

"... it had ordered Thursday that the cables be tightened..."
"... it had ordered Thursday for the cables to be tightened..."

I believe that "be" is correct when using "that," while
"to be" would be
correct when using "for."

I could also be very wrong.  :)

Mike

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