Example sentences of "[noun] that [pers pn] be [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Hodge hoped that the Joint Commission would resume its work and he did not wish to convey the impression to Koreans that it was American policy to prevent unification .
2 ‘ He must tell the judiciary that it was this accountant Morris who abused the trust the firm showed in him . ’
3 At first she had thought with a shock of fear that it was old age , that old age was like silicon , water-soluble , it flowed into you and as you dried out , it hardened , recasting you in blurred shapes and muted tones .
4 Suddenly the Whitley was entirely surrounded by strange aircraft I learned later after much research that they were Fairey Foxes ) .
5 Astute readers might also have found a small note , placed in the magazine 's gossip column , referring to the front page story and reminding readers that it was 1 April — placed there by Birbeck as a precautionary measure .
6 Trade Minister , Lord Hesketh , told Peers that he was confident entry would help reduce inflation , but warned :
7 If they had realised when they answered the advertisement in the Evening Citizen that it was bare metal , they would have gone elsewhere .
8 The Labour benches had several new members and , dare I suggest , green Councillor , with no memory of the disastrous economic policies of the last Labour Government , or the ensuing distress that it 's huge army of unemployed .
9 ‘ Internal command radio , ’ Juron 's voice said in Yeremi 's ear , startling him with the recognition that they were all parts of one united body now .
10 So eager was she to experience another session of past-life regression that she was fifteen minutes early for her appointment !
11 A similar statement was issued by the Ringaskiddy Residents ' Association ( RRA ) , which took the opportunity to inform the IDA , Cork County Council and the IIRS that they were opposing applications to dump asbestos both at Currabinny and Ringaskiddy .
12 But the scorecards overwhelmingly supported my assessment that it was one-sided tedium .
13 There was one girl in particular who interested Harriet , a small girl with hair cut gamin short , whose face was so expressive that it seemed to reflect every one of the emotions that they were all feeling , these midinettes who had basted hemlines and stitched hooks and eyes into place , positioned trimmings and sewed them into place with such tiny stitches that they were all but invisible to the naked eye .
14 Three other LEDs are used to set up the operating status , arranged in a horizontal ‘ traffic light ’ formation : red indicates that the input signal is below the Threshold level , yellow that it has reached Threshold , and the green that it is above Threshold .
15 The first contends that the word ‘ appropriate ’ has built into it a connotation that it is some action inconsistent with the owner 's rights , something hostile to the interests of the owner or contrary to his wishes and intention or without his authority .
16 Firstly that they 're more likely to get it , but secondly that that greater likelihood is because women perceive themselves as being constantly dealt with at the on the basis that they are sexual objects .
17 The matter had been taken up with the Bank of Ireland and he would be recommending to the incoming Executive Committee that it should be referred to the Labour Court , on the basis that it is gross discrimination .
18 One apparent reason for the delay was the Bush adminstration 's fear that to conclude a free-trade pact in mid-1992 as originally envisaged would be an electoral liability in the US presidential contest , opening Bush to attacks from protectionists that he was encouraging US companies to relocate to Mexico in search of cheap labour while unemployment continued to rise at home .
19 Is it is it because having taxed the disabled and taxed the divorce the government are aff afraid to face to the music and make an announcement that they are increasing tax on the sick .
20 You could easily forget how good tracks like ‘ Achilles ' Last Stand ’ from the 1976 album ‘ Presence ’ or ‘ Ramble On ’ from ‘ Led Zeppelin II ’ were , but their inclusion here drives home the point that they are absolute classics .
21 You could easily forget how good tracks like ‘ Achilles ' Last Stand ’ from the 1976 album ‘ Presence ’ or ‘ Ramble On ’ from ‘ Led Zeppelin II ’ were , but their inclusion here drives home the point that they are absolute classics .
22 He was respectful but unalarmed when the King appeared and after a moment 's silence he chose to laugh at the likeness and the revelation that they were distant cousins ; indeed , so little was Rassendyll impressed that he noted that the King 's mouth lacked ‘ something of the firmness ( or obstinacy ) which was to be gathered from my close-shutting lips ’ .
23 DUNCAN FERGUSON and Scott Booth will this afternoon get the opportunity to justify Craig Brown 's opinion that they are full internationalists of the future when they team up for the first time in Scotland 's Under-21 side .
24 It was only by convincing political authorities , the religious denominations , and the agents of respectable opinion that they were responsible citizens that showmen were able to retain control of the highly profitable business that they had created .
25 Hyndman drew the pessimistic conclusion that it was British power , rather than any kind of pacifism , which held the key to peace .
26 ‘ When I told Martin that I was 10 weeks ' pregnant with my second child , he enjoyed telling people how clever I was because I 'd arranged it between the interims and the final results ! ’
27 The latter were again vulnerable to the charge that they were inveterate appeasers .
28 We are drinking 60 per cent more Alsatian wine that we were five years ago ; in the first six months of 1990 imports from Alsace rose by 26 percent .
29 Yet mystics have been saying for thousands of years that we are all aspects of a greater whole — that our separateness is an illusion , that we are ultimately One .
30 There were so few possessions or comforts in the room that it was clear Mr Sikes had met hard times .
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