Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] that [adj] an [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Even with my limited knowledge of the cost of advertising in a posh Sunday colour magazine , I realised that such an exercise would mop up at least twice Supersight 's annual spend on promotion .
2 I pressed that such an undertaking would be meaningless if they were free to take the Conservative whip in common with faulknerite unionists .
3 My Lords , I believe that such an officer is very badly needed now in Your Lordships House
4 She had a violent impulse to summon Murphy and go at once to Trelorne and find Michael Swinton , and so strong was this inclination and the need to explain to him that she was personally so very Lyddy before she realized that such an action was only a perfect sequel in childish impetuosity to her former one of agreeing to be painted in the first place .
5 She stressed that such an investigation would not hinder progress or hold up commerical companies , but would further public acceptance of the technology and so foster developments .
6 But if we assume that such an appeal can be successfully made on the economic front , this strategy needs to be knitted in with a range of other policies that appeal to altruism as well as self-interest .
7 However , they realise that such an approach may jeopardise funding of the programme .
8 Since quite serious charges have been made against the foster mother and her ‘ family , ’ it might be said that fairness to her requires that such an investigation should take place .
9 They argue that such an approach to knowledge ‘ is associated with a particular kind of masculinity that is currently hegemonic ’ .
10 Politically , they argue that such an approach may undermine social progress and " social cohesion " within the Community .
11 Does he think that such an argument will help him , given that the objections come from the doctors , nurses and auxiliaries , who are themselves the health of the hospital , and who will be responsible for its continuing health ?
12 He believed that such an event would lead to a loss of belief in the will of the USA to maintain her commitments throughout the area .
13 THE United States said yesterday that it was studying the possibility of parachuting relief supplies to civilians in Bosnia , but it emphasised that such an operation might not be successful in the rugged country .
14 Meanwhile the United States said it was studying the possibility of parachuting relief supplies to civilians in Bosnia , though it emphasised that such an operation might not be successful in the rugged country .
15 He suggests that such an analysis is for the ‘ intellectually bankrupt ’ , and that the predictive power of economics offers a more intellectually credible basis upon which to decide whether insider dealing is desirable or not .
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