Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] that [pos pn] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the spring of 1993 at least nine republics or regions within the Russian Federation were insisting that their own laws took precedence over those of the Federation as a whole , and the Chechen republic had gone still further and declared itself a fully independent state . |
| 2 | Some women , and hopefully more women , will turn that into political action — whether that 's demanding a playgroup for or whether it 's demanding that their political leaders were mainly male , pay more attention to women . |
| 3 | Little systematic evidence on Asian girls is available at present , but it is emerging that their educational achievements are continually improving and it is clear that the common image of the docile Asian girl uninterested in education and ‘ torn ’ between western and Asian cultures is a gross stereotype ( Brah and Minhas , 1986 ) . |
| 4 | Already in 1928 he was protesting that his own pronouncements at the time of the Imagist manifesto were tailored to the specific needs of 1914 , and should not be taken as binding fourteen years later . |
| 5 | I was hoping that our humble efforts would help bring S.B. back . |