Example sentences of "[to-vb] [that] [pron] be [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the familiar language from the confessional about ‘ having doubts ’ , there is a tradition within Christianity that refuses to accept that there is any conflict between intellectual doubts ( including doubts about the existence of God ) , and religious belief . |
| 2 | You might be interested to know that there was considerable narrowing of the arteries , which could have produced spells of dizziness . ’ |
| 3 | So it comes as a surprise to discover that there is one section of the department which does have regular problems of robbery and criminal damage — our Parking Section . |
| 4 | All through this conversation he had the impression that Frank no longer sneered ; and as he went back to Liverpool he was sure that he was more tolerant and sympathetic and ‘ was willing to grant that there was some sense in some of the things which I longed for him to share ’ . |
| 5 | We are therefore not surprised to find that it was this part of his work which most nineteenth-century readers chose to ignore , as any Victorian anthology will prove with its selection of passages relating to Nature . |
| 6 | Napier was not the only sheriff to find that there was more honour than reward in his office , for according to the petition submitted by Erskine of Alva , who had been appointed sheriff-depute of Perthshire in 1748 , his salary of £250 per annum did not take him very far , for his county , |
| 7 | The main purpose of this chapter has been to indicate that there is considerable scope for both academic research and practice-oriented analysis of the possible interrelationships between financial management and strategic portfolio analysis . |
| 8 | He stepped from the dais and glanced back , only now noticing that the altar stone was n't quite set in place , and that there was a thin gap beneath one end , which seemed to indicate that there was another pit beneath the stone . |
| 9 | Early in the war a postcard was issued at Crewe Station showing women railway workers holding out their hands to indicate that it was clean work . |
| 10 | I have to observe that there are some business leaders who have apparently succeeded in doing this , very frequently by forming conglomerates ; but I have never believed very much in the conglomerate . |
| 11 | The wooden houses off Blackfriars Street , already referred to ( p. 51 ) , were ultimately rebuilt at least twice in masonry , and it is interesting to observe that there was little change in the original property boundaries through to post-Roman times , despite changes in use . |
| 12 | When the same question about age limits was addressed in terms of voluntary agencies rather than statutory bodies , it was interesting to observe that there was less tension in the answers . |
| 13 | When you look more closely at this apparently innocent use of words , it is easy to see that it is all part of a very carefully engineered process . |
| 14 | Does a senior member of staff check at least daily to see that there is fresh soap at every sink and that the sinks are clean ? |
| 15 | The patrols are expected to react to these , and an umpire accompanies them to see that there is fair play . |
| 16 | I was led to see that there was much dis-ease within me , and exhorted to have my own counsellor when I left the Centre . |
| 17 | Gable is honest enough to acknowledge that there 's some truth in the saying that no publicity is bad publicity : ‘ The cynical and worldly part of me tells me it 's been wonderful because the production must be the most talked about in 20 years of dance . |
| 18 | Abolitionists successfully used the convention drastically to reduce the freedom of parliamentary action and to claim that it was more representative of national opinion than the legislature . |
| 19 | That is , we initially categorise them as this or that type of person and interpret or distort subsequent information to confirm that s/he is this type of person . |
| 20 | But we need also to remember that there is another entitlement — the privilege of feeling at home somewhere , of understanding something in depth , of being immersed in a culture . |
| 21 | It would seem reasonable to suggest that it was this waking preoccupation of his that Qused his subconscious to produce the relevant dream . |
| 22 | There is also some evidence to suggest that there is little variation by social class in the amount of practical support given and received . |
| 23 | Most of the live and frozen foods are available in freeze-dried form and there is evidence to suggest that there is little nourishment lost in the freeze-drying process . |
| 24 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that to suggest that there is one kind of school that can cater for the needs of all kinds of pupils is an example of the naive theorising that has caused so many problems in education , which we are seeking to address today ? |
| 25 | ‘ Law and order prevail from the highest to the smallest , and to suggest that there is any chaos is merely to display our lack of information . |
| 26 | I am not trying to suggest that there is some conspiracy at work to centralise the importance of Shakespeare when it should be more widely shared or go to some other figure . |
| 27 | Identifying the typifications of abnormality used by Easton 's section police in this way should not be taken to suggest that there is universal agreement on the abnormality of each specific incident . |
| 28 | To suggest that there was any prayer on the other side , any divine sheltering or confidence in God , was almost unthinkable . |
| 29 | It is impossible to imagine that there is any purpose to life that makes any sense at all other than that life is to be enjoyed . |
| 30 | But he was quick to perceive that there was little future in such arguments , at least for a Government Minister . |