Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [verb] that [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 My hon. Friends are right to emphasise that that status operates within the NHS .
2 Using specially arranged cognitive tasks it has been possible to show that this inhibition is weaker than average in psychotic individuals , otherwise ignored information being relatively more available for conscious processing .
3 In fact I am sorry to say that many aspects of the book are disappointing .
4 But , I am afraid to say that this month 's Ultimate Brandy Snap , filled with gooseberry fool ( page 124 ) , is best served either on its own , or with a small tot of brandy .
5 Patrick had been interested to see that all traces of the damage the insurgents had wrought in the Green — the trenches they had dug , the trees they had felled — had vanished , and the only evidence of the 1916 Rising were the bullet holes in the stonework of the hotel where the rebels had fired on the British troops positioned on the roof and in some of the upper rooms .
6 With great respect to the learned Lord Justice I am disposed to think that this reasoning rests on an ambiguous use of the word ‘ duty . ’
7 We are fortunate to announce that this year George Hatfield will be demonstrating on the Woodworker stand , at the Woodworker Show for the Saturday and Sunday ( 19–20 October ) .
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9 The opinion , which comes ten years after a joint opinion by Arden and Leonard Hoffman QC and which supersedes it , not only concludes that standards are likely to be accepted as authoritative by the courts but that they are likely to accept that that compliance with abstracts of the UITF ‘ is also necessary to meet the true and fair requirement ’ .
10 Instead , they are likely to suggest that some methods of discipline can be used to help prevent a young person absconding from care so long as this does them no harm .
11 Universities are supposed to ensure that all posts approved by them for general clinical experience meet the GMC 's recommendations .
12 I am glad to say that these tactics backfired .
13 I am glad to say that this act of faith has since been amply rewarded and the blazer 's fit is perfect .
14 I am glad to confirm that these lessons have been learnt from our consideration of the Gulf conflict .
15 They are nevertheless honest enough to praise the good points of the car but are unable to concede that these points add up to a first-class package .
16 Counsel in support of the application this morning has not been able to say that that claim or allegation has been abandoned .
17 For instance , how many people have watched a woman carrying a load of shopping and a three year old child , or cleaning up after an incontinent elderly relation , and still been able to maintain that some jobs are too heavy and dirty for women ?
18 It would be absurd to claim that this day is already near .
19 It would be possible to acknowledge that this type of emotional layer exists in human beings , and that it finds expression in the brutality men are capable of inflicting on one another .
20 By the use of control accounts in both the financial and cost accounts it will be possible to ensure that both sets of accounts are balanced and integrated .
21 It would be pleasant to think that this decision was made purely on conservation and environmental grounds , but on all the evidence of the past this seems unlikely .
22 Although monitored allocations of the kind suggested above are the only way to ensure that library policy is translated into practice , it would be unrealistic to believe that all authorities manage their budgets in this way .
23 It would be unrealistic to assume that any assessment process based solely on one assessor 's judgement of another 's competence would always be regarded as completely valid and reliable .
24 At best , the vendor may be willing to warrant that such forecasts and opinions are reasonable .
25 On the other hand , however , although 20th Century publications , taken as a whole , showed a lower-than-average proportion of items in need of repair ( 3% ) , it would be wrong to conclude that such material is in no danger .
26 These studies were not " wrong " , but it would be wrong to conclude that this pattern of interest-group politics holds for all issues .
27 It would be wrong to conclude that either material is inferior and far wiser to use such information to your advantage when choosing drawing materials .
28 Nevertheless , it would be wrong to suppose that all mergers were approved .
29 However , it may be wrong to assume that this inability to create a coordinated response is a bad thing : a truly-integrated response to the cities from the Conservative governments elected in 1979 and after might have been even more detrimental to the major conurbations than it has been .
30 It would be wrong to suggest that any segment of an eighteenth-century electorate was truly independent , and a number of ties joined the freeholders to the party , or interest , of a local politician .
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