Example sentences of "[that] [pron] [is] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Mother Pig tells Tottie that she 's having a new baby , and that it might arrive on Tottie 's birthday , Tottie is n't very happy . |
| 2 | When she outgrows her cot , it is important for her developing limbs and back that she is given a new bed , not a hand-me-down that has been shaped by somebody else 's body . |
| 3 | It would be heartless to deny her the pleasure of feeling that she is making a useful contribution to the preparation of meals , but it would be equally unkind not to make it clear to her from the beginning just who will be in charge and wearing the chef 's hat ! |
| 4 | More mysterious is the news that she is preparing a new Vague column on shaving . |
| 5 | The immediate answer might well be that one is making a financial profit and the other a loss . |
| 6 | Having the feeling that one is making a useful contribution . |
| 7 | The working party on the theology of marriage is finding its task stimulating but arduous and it will surprise no one that it 's taking a long time . |
| 8 | She says that it 's made a great difference , the swan can now struggle to it 's feet . |
| 9 | Although French Unix distributor TopLog International SA has n't officially signed-off on a deal with Univel Inc to market UnixWare ( UX No 400 ) in Europe , the Paris-based company last week said that it is forming a new company , Newnix , to handle its Unix and UnixWare business from November , after the paper is inked . |
| 10 | I know that it is taking a full part in the exercise being undertaken by Scottish Enterprise . |
| 11 | It means that the proletariat is leading the entire working nation behind it , that it is responsible for the development of the whole of society , that it is becoming a great collective organiser of the entire national economy , that the direction of development is not towards a widening of the gulf between the fundamental class ( the working class and peasantry ) and that things are not moving towards a ‘ third revolution ’ , etc . |
| 12 | He said that it is doing a good job . |
| 13 | ‘ All signs are that it is making a real impact in reducing the spread of Aids , ’ Mr Roberts said . |
| 14 | On Humberside , Sandtoft has recently announced that it is to make a machine-pressed plain tile for the first time . |
| 15 | In any event , the Purchaser will wish to be satisfied that it is acquiring a viable Business which has the right amount of saleable stock and working equipment . |
| 16 | If the focus process suggests one candidate in an earlier ‘ batch ’ than another , we can say that it is imposing a strong preference between those candidates ; so strong that the second one will only be considered at all if the reasoner decides the first is completely implausible . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've had a message from one of the members of the consortium that he 's providing a multi-lingual stenographer . |
| 18 | But he denies that he 's deserting a sinking ship . |
| 19 | The King of Blefuscu has always wanted to defeat Lilliput in war , and now we hear that he 's prepared a large number of ships , which will attack us very soon . |
| 20 | People think , well now , here 's a man who 's been accused of fraud and so forth and shortly after that it comes out that he 's given a big thing to the government . |
| 21 | And , of course , he 's so revered for this sleight-of-hand that he 's constructed a two and a half hour show to appeal mainly to his legions of cultish disciples who 've been waiting quite a few years for him to make sense again . |
| 22 | He says that he 's joined a few agencies , with no luck . |
| 23 | Manager Elliott Roberts has arrived with news that he 's found a new room with a jacuzzi bath . |
| 24 | Part of me thinks that he is setting a useful precedent . |
| 25 | We must remember that he is waging a dirty war . |
| 26 | Will they think that he is getting a massive discount , as he will have to pay only a small amount ? |
| 27 | Or even that he is conducting a stealthy operation to ensure the BBC 's survival that depends on elaborate deception . |
| 28 | My hon. Friend will realise that his statement on corporation tax for small companies needs slight adjustment and I am sure that he is considering a major adjustment on capital gains , which I understand is one of the taxes where the cost of collection exceeds the revenue . |
| 29 | Despite the unpopularity of politicians , John Major is considered one of the best of the political bunch , with 67% agreeing that he is doing a good job as Prime Minister , housewives , particularly , approve of his performance ( 74% ) , which should raise his confidence for the election . |
| 30 | Does he think that he is doing a good job in alerting the country to the rapid rate of convergence at which he is aiming in the exchange rate mechanism and the possible move towards European monetary union ? |