Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] that the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I stripped off and dipped my arms into the steaming bucket I wished with all my heart that the porcine uterus was a little short thing and not this horrible awkward shape . |
| 2 | ‘ I came in for a lot of criticism but I know in my heart that the good things I did there were very conveniently swept under the carpet at the time . ’ |
| 3 | Certainly , it will be my case that the political culture has neither declined nor been threatened to the extent suggested by Beer and other Jeremiahs . |
| 4 | Sadly , it is my experience that the general standard of golf etiquette at club level is deteriorating . |
| 5 | There is no doubt in my mind that the many years spent wrestling indifferent cars around the track , trying to make up for what Lauda calls the ‘ evil ’ that dwells in all of them , must take its toll . |
| 6 | Under these circumstances , there is little doubt in my mind that the supposed advantages of support teaching are more than outweighed by the disadvantages which it presents . |
| 7 | The thought ran through my mind that the old man probably had a pocket full of money he had begged and stolen . |
| 8 | The words ‘ prevent ’ and ‘ independently ’ convey clearly to my mind that the prosecuting authorities regarded themselves as inhibited for all practical purposes from making use of material disclosed in consequence of the court order and that they felt free to pursue their own inquiries and to use material thereby discovered . |
| 9 | The figure does tend to confirm my contention that the general order of magnitude is about right . |
| 10 | erm I , in m I in my opinion that the Communist Party aim of increasing productivity was n't actually achieved and because of all these problems erm could that their policy of favour of erm promoting rich peasant economy did n't significantly contribute to industrialization erm I mean there was a little bit of an economic growth but that it was n't particularly significant . |
| 11 | It is now my opinion that the main things to remember if you 're going back to work after having a baby are that as long as you find someone you 're happy with to look after your baby while you 're at work , you 'll be happy and so will your baby , and that you will be able to do the job when you go back , even if the thought of it scares you to death in the months leading up to your return . |
| 12 | It is my opinion that the heavy grade mesh with the narrower width ( 6 inches ) between verticals is by far the best value in the long run although considerably dearer in the first instance . |
| 13 | Chairman may I just read the conclusions of a letter from Miss , she says in my , it is my opinion that the local licensing scheme should be endorsed with a review after six months . |
| 14 | Erm going back to my point that the existing development plan system has n't served Selby District particularly well . |
| 15 | When I came to think about it , it struck me that almost all the aspects of my eidesis that The Fat Controller played upon had preceded his intervention , rather than followed from it . |
| 16 | Unless there are an appreciable number of genuine deaths from asthma in people aged over 65 this supports my belief that the annual number of deaths due to asthma nationally is nearer 500 than 2000 ( even allowing for some genuine deaths from asthma not certified as such and given that some areas such as West Cumbria and perhaps Hertfordshire seem to have a lower mortality than Norwich ) . |
| 17 | Scotland 's management have already verified my belief that the playing standards here set new highs in the abbreviated game . |
| 18 | John Orton ( Points of View , 9 February ) disagrees with my assertion that the Labour Party has no prospect of ever again governing the UK . |
| 19 | Juliet , it was n't my idea that the whole truth should be kept from you . |
| 20 | May I also say on behalf of my party that the personal code of conduct of the Secretary of State is an example to us all ? |
| 21 | May I express my satisfaction that the Prime Minister does not now take the reluctant attitude towards the establishment of a rouble stabilisation fund that he did in July and August last year when I put that proposal to him ? |
| 22 | Does my hon. Friend accept my view that the Labour party would really like tied workers living in tied cottages ? |
| 23 | The pressures for independence or at least a greater measure of autonomy that emerged in the Baltic republics were the most serious of their kind that the Soviet leadership had to confront in the early Gorbachev years . |
| 24 | The Commission emphasised in its decision that the selective nature of the price cuts , and the circumstances in which they were made , amounted to ‘ loss leader ’ tactics making it impossible for the much smaller competitor in the market place to stay in business . |
| 25 | The duchess also attended the founding meeting of the new International Alliance of Motor Neurone Disease Associations and spoke of her hope that the global effort would hasten a breakthrough in the disease . |
| 26 | ‘ We 'll see , ’ Emily said softly knowing in her heart that the old woman could hardly bend , let alone light fires and carry coal . |
| 27 | We supported their case that the future prosperity of the Valleys depends on healing the scars of the past and building a new industrial and commercial base that actually improves and protects , rather than destroys , the environment . |
| 28 | The RSC suggests in its response that the new agency could have a useful policy-making role to reflect its range of interests and expertise and should have its own in-house R & D capacity . |
| 29 | In an unplanned discourse the decision to reformulate an utterance may be based on the speaker 's recognition that the original formulation was not an appropriate means of achieving communicative success , or , in relevance theoretic terms , on his or her recognition that the original utterance did not , in fact , achieve optimal relevance . |
| 30 | The pupils found that new seating would be the most cost effective answer and Miss Hall was so impressed with their research that the old seating was replaced . |