Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [verb] that [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John MacGregor , Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food I am advised that hard cheese processes suppress and kill off pathogens . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm seeing that white bothy down there , ’ the driver informed me , pointing out a delightful cabin with a golden thatched roof . |
| 3 | I did not receive a thank you from the owner of these cards nor from the Midland Bank , yet I was told that common practice in Britain is to reward the finder . |
| 4 | I was informed that British Steel would be making a decision on the day that it made the decision — I was informed in confidence some days before that it would be making a decision on that day . |
| 5 | In the language of contemporary sociology , she is saying that juvenile delinquency is a subculture … |
| 6 | She was advised that formal evidence would have to be called in order for her to form an opinion under section 7(5) of the Act of 1976 as to whether the defendant should be remanded in custody or on bail on the same or more stringent conditions , and that accordingly the hearing would in effect be a trial and would require to be heard before at least two justices . |
| 7 | In Kendra Sone 's article ‘ Vetting equality ’ ( 16 February ) we are warned that psychometric testing , when used for selecting candidates , should be used with care and that candidates could find themselves open to discrimination if such tests become part of tougher selection processes . |
| 8 | When this absolute test is not met we are told that significant benefit or risk remains . |
| 9 | Now we are told that universal capping is necessary because the Secretary of State and his colleagues are frightened of trusting local people to make local decisions under the new banded system . |
| 10 | Once we 're found that favourite shape , there is nothing more frustrating than discovering that fashion has made it obsolete . |
| 11 | ‘ Also , we had introduced performance management and appraisal and have a policy here of developing staff to their full potential , ’ he said , ‘ yet we were finding that outside stress factors were preventing people from reaching that . ’ |
| 12 | But I was trained in an era when we were told that continental drift was all right for the unscientific geologists , but the " real " scientists — the physicists — said it was impossible . |
| 13 | Nor could it be argued that private property ensured an efficient allocation of resources since the market no longer resembled the model of perfect competition . |
| 14 | Never let it be said that Practical PC ignores the viewpoint of the end user ! |
| 15 | But meanwhile this is the supposition on which we proceed ; we assume that there is only one price in the market at one and the same time ; it being understood that separate allowance is made , when necessary , for differences in the expense of delivering goods to dealers in different parts of the market ; including allowance for the special expenses of retailing , if it is a retail market . |
| 16 | The arguments for the increasing assumption of public responsibility for matters hitherto considered more appropriate to the private domain were largely won , it being held that private enterprise and voluntary organizations were either inadequate or inefficient in supplying local services . |
| 17 | Either it 's argued that British life does n't show up well in front of a film camera , or that British filmmakers are n't capable of using that camera to probe behind the surface of things . |
| 18 | And while it 's said that central government intervention would ‘ not be appropriate ’ , campaigners feel the only way to improve matters is through legislation . |
| 19 | These are usually agreed jointly by the Countryside Commission and local authorities , and it is intended that strict development control should be applied within them . |
| 20 | It is recognised that full configuration control of software is not limited to source code and that it is desirable to control the whole environment in which the target machine-code is produced . |
| 21 | Some articles , however , are misleading : for instance , in several places it is indicated that continental material has not been recycled into the mantle . |
| 22 | It is said that Renish Farm at Waxholme was once used as a Quaker meeting house . |
| 23 | As an example of phonetic differences at the segmental level , it is said that Australian English has the same set of phonemes and phonemic contrasts as RP , yet Australian pronunciation is so different from RP that it is easily recognised as such . |
| 24 | It is to say that mental disengagement from the region and its ‘ troubles ’ is hardly the way to achieve an historic compromise there . |
| 25 | But it is to say that compulsive gambling with all its damaging consequences can be seen just as much in the reputable halls of commerce as in the street corner betting shop . |
| 26 | Clearly , therefore , there is further scope for finding Zechstein gas and with the aid of the sedimentological models presented herein , it is hoped that future exploration will be more successful . |
| 27 | Although the relaying from Boscarne Junction to Wenfordbridge is principally for the movement each weekday of up to 300 tons of china clay , it is hoped that occasional steam special trains can be run to enable passengers to share the undisputed beauty and charm of this part of the Camel Valley . |
| 28 | Work on the floor has commenced and will last for six months , during which time it is hoped that archaeological evidence of the original Norman cathedral will emerge . |
| 29 | It is hoped that residential care staff will continue to work closely with family members , to establish a different family network , replacing that which probably existed in the community . |
| 30 | It is hypothesized that ethnic interaction in the market place differs from interaction in other work and bureaucratic contexts . |