Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [verb] [that] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have never been able to understand why anyone would want to wake up at the dead of night ( 5 a.m. ) to go and paddle a canoe , but I am assured that the challenge is worth it . |
| 2 | However , I am discovering that the church probably not the community but more a communion and that 's perhaps an answer to what Nanette ? |
| 3 | Mr Brown said : ‘ I am demanding that the Chancellor publish the letter circulating from the Treasury which itself demands that civil servants plan for 2.5 per cent and 5 per cent cuts in their budgets . |
| 4 | Essentially , however , I am suggesting that the majority of workers avoid this extreme rebellious position . |
| 5 | The reason I am suggesting that the church of Christ lives in this subcultural world is because I want to insist that God 's spiritual family , as well as the human family , has also been radically altered by modernity . |
| 6 | I am informed that the Clarion Cry is the thing to read if one wishes to be in the know . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I am informed that the Girobank is not in a position to take a decision about full ownership of the company . ’ |
| 8 | I am informed that the contract originally made between our organisation and one Anya the Apostate for demonic occupation and torment of the souls of thirty-three Gittels is now null and void . |
| 9 | Going to Maplins shop in Bristol to purchase components to build the Audio Telescope in your April issue I am informed that the Electret insert mic. is not available , a discontinued item . |
| 10 | I am advised that the press says that they are but that in practice they are not . |
| 11 | I am advised that the amendment means that the debate today is confined to the terms of the amendment , which relates to the local council tax . |
| 12 | But I am saying that the phrase ‘ there occur mental processes ’ does not mean the same sort of thing as ‘ there occur physical processes ’ , and , therefore , that it makes no sense to conjoin or disjoin the two . |
| 13 | And it is against the background of this kind of ethnographic experience that I am saying that the recognition of a distinction Natural/Supernatural ( Real/ Imaginary ) is a basic marker of humanity . |
| 14 | I am arguing that the process of creating abstractions at the level or shared consciousness — knowledge — is a social process . |
| 15 | I am told that the Under-Secretary of State gave an undertaking in the House of Commons that steps would be taken to warn claimants about the possible loss of benefits . |
| 16 | ‘ If I am told that the economy is much worse than the Government has said … there 's something wrong with the way things are run in this country . |
| 17 | I am told that the authority is not answering the telephone and that is not good enough . |
| 18 | As a devotee of Alsace ( the villages may be chocolate-boxy but the food is wonderful and the hotels unbelievably cheap ) , I am encouraged that the wines are finally gaining due recognition . |
| 19 | I am saddened that the article uses the spurious connection between dialect and poverty as a means of attacking English teaching in this country . |
| 20 | So I am pleading that the panel really take a great deal of effort in this leaflet so that it is going to be easily understood by even the people who are less well educated than some of us . |
| 21 | Oh dear me so I 'm hoping that the system that I give you will allow you to deal with all those situations as well as make a longer presentation where you do have some preparation time . |
| 22 | AND , ALTHOUGH I 'M FLATTERED THAT THE SUN IS TIPPING ME TO REPLACE CHRIS PATTEN AT CONSERVATIVE CENTRAL OFFICE , I MUST N'T FORGET WHY I ORIGINALLY DECIDED TO BACK THE TORIES IN THIS ELECTION … |
| 23 | Yeah , I , I 'm suggesting that the facilities management contract , be referred to the budget review sub-committee for consideration , and in that way we can actually consider it , and obviously if the report is not yet prepared , erm , perhaps we can put some input into it , I have to say , that it disturbs me to be given an answer , that do n't worry everybody , there 's a report coming , and then we suddenly say well , we might like to look at it in three weeks time , we 're told actually it 's not written yet . |
| 24 | I 'm told that the work also occurs in the local exter dialect of the planet Milifinil-il , where it means ’ there is a smear of faeces below your fourth ventricle ’ . |
| 25 | I 'm told that the television is on most of the time in my house — the police can detect it — and I want to say something to Liam , if he 's watching . ’ |
| 26 | Right , now I 'm told that the report to next policy committee is coming anyway , it wo n't be ready for the next budget review , but you 'd like , erm , so , cou , perhaps you 'd better word your motion so that the officers completely clear as to what you 're proposing . |
| 27 | Well , if the weather stays fine you 'll find plenty of nice walks , and I 'm told that the house at Otters ' Bay is comfortable enough these days . |
| 28 | I 'm , I 'm under pressure for two decisions , Paul is here to speak to his paper and has to be in Sandwell at two o'clock , and I 'm told that the canteen closes at one thirty . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm saying that the me-ness of my consciousness was once Ewan Famber . ’ |
| 30 | Er , the economic situation is is entirely their fault , er , not that I 'm saying that the Labour would do any better , but erm I 'd like to see a bit more er , a bit more opposition from the er , from the Labour party and er , not so much direct action , but saying , you know , things do not have to be like this ! |