Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [be] that [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although both movements have made important contributions , my judgement is that their frameworks and policies share significant and disabling weaknesses . |
| 2 | My contention is that our understanding of what animals really are has not been portrayed with rightful subtlety . |
| 3 | My belief is that my brother wanted no intrusion from the outer world . |
| 4 | and my concern is that our children are going to go into the er work place to try and you know establish their own |
| 5 | My reason is that our cities are now designed round the motor car . |
| 6 | ‘ And even if it was , my guess is that our Addams Family friend could just take it off its hinges without trying . ’ |
| 7 | I 'm sure they would enjoy a family holiday , and my guess is that your mother would approve as well . |
| 8 | My guess is that your vendor was scared that if she waited much longer it would be impossible to sell the place as a going concern and she would lose out completely on fittings and goodwill . |
| 9 | My understanding is that Her Majesty the Queen is visiting the Council of Europe because its headquarters are also the seat of the European Parliament . |
| 10 | My thesis is that our institutions must be so structurally altered that , so far as regards permanent legislation , the will of the majority will always prevail against that of the party composing the executive for the time being , and that , whoever may form the government of the day will be compelled to follow procedures and policies compatible with the nature of Parliamentary democracy and the rule of freedom under law . |
| 11 | Q My problem is that my hair falls out all the time . |
| 12 | My hunch is that your lump is a ‘ breast mouse ’ or fibro-adenoma . |
| 13 | ‘ My view is that our officials overstepped the mark . |
| 14 | ( groan , groan — you all know what i want ; - ) ; - ) — with Frank playing 11 games from start my bet is that his goal tally would have exceeded 2 — of course he still misses some qualities — but he knows how to make a goal … as the commentaries said it : ‘ He is under-21 and is still learning the game ’ ) |
| 15 | My conclusion of the strength of her faith is that her convictions are in fact not so deep-seated or so fundamental as to constitute an immutable decision by her as to her way of life — or her way of death . |
| 16 | One reason cited for its downsizing is that its mix of skills is no longer appropriate , given that the mainframe software business is declining , and its Unix and client-server applications are only now coming to market . |
| 17 | Her tragedy is that her boyfriend Jamie ( Alan Rickman ) died young and this event has disturbed the balance of her mind . |
| 18 | One of the reasons for Bell Lawrie feeling that Brewin Dolphin was the right answer to its future was that their approaches are similar and therefore such integration as there needs to be is largely confined to systems . |
| 19 | Its claim is that their actions should reflect reasons which apply also to their subjects , but these need not be reasons advancing their interests . |
| 20 | The Cecilia Zino Foundation was created after the death of Cecilia Rose Zino in 1953 by her immediate family as her wish was that her estate be used entirely for the creation and maintenance of a hospital for poor children , Today the Foundation is administered by the Zino family with the strong support of the Dominican Nuns from the Order of Santa Catarina de Sena . |
| 21 | Finally a framework which stretches back to distant school days but which retains its validity is that your presentation must have a clear beginning , a middle and an end . |
| 22 | Unlike Wellington , Harriett was a political animal through and through , whose ambition was that her men should succeed . |
| 23 | In 1914 Bramah began an entirely different set of stories with Max Carrados who , on the dust jacket of the first edition , is described as ‘ a detective of a totally new and unexpected type , for he is blind ; but the alluring peculiarity of his case is that his blindness is more than counterbalanced by an enormously enhanced perception of the other senses ’ . |
| 24 | His difficulty is that his party has nothing to tell him about what it would spend if it were returned to power , which it will not be . |
| 25 | I have suggested that what Gandhi may be trying to point out by referring to the convertibility of the terms means and ends in his teaching is that our ideals not only inform the ends we aim at but also the means we employ to reach them . |
| 26 | The popular explanation of his condition was that his mother , in late pregnancy , had been knocked over by a runaway circus elephant , and the shock had imprinted itself on the unborn child . |
| 27 | The only detail known of his marriage is that his wife survived him , and died at Mile End in London in 1793 , aged eighty-four . |
| 28 | His conclusion was that his data ‘ provided support for neither Mallet nor Blauner ’ ( Gallie 1978 , 298 ) . |
| 29 | Rather , his argument is that our consciousness of ourselves conveys to us that we are not self-enclosed or self-sufficient , not our own cause or our own explanation . |
| 30 | His assertion is that our ancestors were too stupid to have created the most impressive of surviving ancient architectural and artistic works . |