Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [verb] that [noun] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It used to be salted char that was popular — I 'm told that Henry VIII ordered it in barrelfuls — and then there were char pies — some of them three or four stone in weight : now they seem to want it potted in little jars . |
| 2 | It is said that Nos. 25 and 34 were taken out of service and loaned to the War Office for use as Searchlight cars . |
| 3 | It is presumed that staff concerned with training and with the operation of special work creation schemes will remain with the Manpower Services Commission . |
| 4 | It is hoped that sections 10-2-10-4 have provided sufficient analytical tools to be able to appreciate the differences in perspectives contained in the major schools of thought discussed below . |
| 5 | It is understood that South African premier , F W De Klerk , is planning to fly in for the game , which could spark a resurgence of anti-apartheid demonstrations . |
| 6 | Being one of those select few companies that have been able to secure access to initial deliveries of Texas Instruments Inc 's SuperSparc RISC processor ( UX No 384 ) , it is understood that ICL last week totted up numbers required by its various departments and placed its order with TI for the part , which will feature in the DRS6000 workstation range from the fourth quarter . |
| 7 | It is estimated that Leigh Environmental deposited 400 million gallons of toxic liquids into the old workings . |
| 8 | If , therefore , after permission has been granted , it is found that Section 26 has not been complied with , the permission is of no effect . |
| 9 | It is known that Edward III another great royal builder , compared Westminster favourably with the apocryphal resting-place of the Three Kings at Cologne . |
| 10 | It is known that Coomassie blue staining can vary from protein to protein [ 32 ] and consequently the ratios of subunits obtained here are not necessarily the absolute values for the stoichiometry , but serve as internal comparisons between wild type and mutant endonucleases . |
| 11 | It is expected that £41 million a year will be raised from companies which hold official consents to pollute waterways . |
| 12 | Here , it is suggested that symbols such as words and gestures are introduced and initially learned as devices to mediate interaction . |
| 13 | It is anticipated that RIBA Visiting Board representatives will go to Chile , China , Hong Kong , Russia and Sri Lanka . |
| 14 | It was concluded that North Korean strategy was ‘ synonymous with Soviet strategy ’ and that if North Korea did not push a guerrilla campaign further , it was because this did not assist the Soviet Union . |
| 15 | The measure , which would have involved the first overseas deployment of Japanese forces since 1945 , was condemned by the opposition as unconstitutional ( it was argued that Article 9 of Japan 's post-war Constitution prohibited the country 's participation in acts of collective defence ) and by the governments of many of Japan 's neighbours as an undesirable manifestation of nascent Japanese militarism . |
| 16 | In November 1 172 he had met his father-in-law on the Norman border and it was believed that Louis VII had urged him to demand what was rightfully his . |
| 17 | It was accepted that s 287 had to be construed as one with s 286 . |
| 18 | In mid-1990 it was announced that June 4 , 1991 , had been chosen as the date for the referendum on future constitutional status . |
| 19 | Then it was discovered that birds such as pigeons and swifts have difficulty navigating if their sense of smell is damaged . |
| 20 | In discussing the various types of eruption that are generally recognized , it was emphasized that labels such as ‘ Strombolian ’ or ‘ Plinian ’ should only be applied to recognizable phases of an eruption ; they may not necessarily apply to the whole thing . |
| 21 | It should be stressed that in the Goff v Gauthier case , the misrepresentation was of fundamental importance in inducing the defendant to enter the contract and was not a minor misrepresentation which it was suggested that clause 10 would have excluded . |
| 22 | Now , it was suggested that Mr X 's alleged subnormality did not seem consistent with a lifestyle that involved successful gambling in London clubs at a complicated card game called Kalooki , savings of £30 000 , and familiarity not just with English and French but with Hebrew and Arabic as well . |
| 23 | It was agreed that chapters 15 to 17 should be printed on yellow-tinted paper , with the following explanation at the top of the contents page : ‘ For ease of reference , chapters 15 to 17 have been placed at the front of the report , adjacent to the proposals , and are printed on tinted paper . ’ |
| 24 | In purely administrative terms , it was thought that authorities concerned with distinguishing between applications for exempt development , excepted development , designated relevant development and non-designated relevant development could not also be expected to distinguish between Class A and Class B applications , and between outline , illustrative , detailed and guideline applications . |
| 25 | By 1988 it was claimed that £200 million of Urban Development Grant and Urban Regeneration Grant had successfully ‘ levered ’ more than £800 million of private investment into the inner cities ( although how much of the latter sum might have been invested in any case is difficult to say ) . |
| 26 | In September it was reported that South African lawyers would be brought to Swaziland to prosecute 15 people charged with forming a party to overthrow the government . |
| 27 | On July 31 , 1989 , it was reported that South Korean police had arrested two men on charges of selling to East Germany 12 machines designed to produce nuclear weapons and spy satellites . |
| 28 | The next day it was reported that Henry VIII was ‘ sorry for the death of Mr Redman his mason ’ . |