Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [verb] that [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am thinking that if all the Jews in the world come to the island it would into the water sink , ja ? ’ |
| 2 | I think we I 'm assuming that as long as we do n't get more than say three hours of one type of recording from each place , we can get as much , apart from that constraint |
| 3 | He could get up to all sorts of tricks and I was told that when another one of the lads at the same farm applied for a job as a coachman , Grandad gave him a reference . |
| 4 | Well I mean I a asked Christine yesterday and she was saying that because this is n't a project any more it 's actually supposed to in the end of week three . |
| 5 | Second , it seems on this criterion that we shall never have more than the slenderest of reasons to believe that we know something ; for in believing this we are believing that when all the truths are in , our justification will remain , and it looks as if much more is required to support that belief than is required to support an ordinary claim to know . |
| 6 | We were told that because most counties adopted a political strategy of economic growth and expansion , they almost always revised the base estimate upwards . |
| 7 | The Soviet Union , for its part , let it be known that if serious trouble did break out in East Germany Soviet troops would not move in , as they did to quell the 1953 revolt — so long as the West did not interfere either . |
| 8 | Introducing the variable , it is seen that when this second contribution is but when it is To summarise , the foregoing analysis has established that the complete Fourier spectrum of a unit step function comprises a delta function centred on zero frequency that provides the mean direct level of one-half and a continuous spectrum of sinewaves with amplitude that provides the unit step about the mean . |
| 9 | In sum , it is argued that whilst much more research needs to be done in the field of business organisation , management and labour , sufficient evidence already exists to identify these as key areas in the explanation of Britain 's comparatively poor economic performance . |
| 10 | It is argued that whilst this tradition continues today it has been accelerated by the arrival of North Sea oil money and consolidated by the housing needs of incoming workers many of whom desire to own their own property . |
| 11 | It is assumed that if all medical services are the responsibility of one level of government , then there will be no perverse incentive to close outpatient departments and thereby shift the cost from state to federal funds . |
| 12 | It is sometimes admitted that there are dangers in this in that they can take the wrong decisions , about new technology , or marketing a product , or about industrial relations , and it is implied that if these decisions lead to the wrong strategy then all will be lost for everyone . |
| 13 | It is recommended that if many errors occur , the LIFESPAN Process should be shut down while the source of the errors is determined . |
| 14 | That finding effectively determines the agreed figures on which damages relating to the provision of suitable accommodation in turn , it is agreed that if two carers are to live in the household , that suitable new accommodation for the plaintiff can be acquired for two hundred and seventeen thousand , five hundred pounds , the house in which he at present lives will fe fetch eighty two thousand , five hundred pounds , a difference of a hundred and thirty five thousand pounds . |
| 15 | There seems no reason why an express provision could not be included in a contract to achieve the same result ; for instance : It is agreed that if any of the goods included in the Buyer 's order have been delivered before the formation of this contract , the provisions of this agreement shall apply to those goods and govern the rights and liabilities of the parties in relation to those goods . |
| 16 | It is thought that while this force is insignificant in large voids it can be sufficiently strong in the small pores in very fine-grained material to cause rock fracture . |
| 17 | The optional words in brackets in subclause 8.1.2 should be included for obvious reasons , and it is suggested that if those words were included then so should the words at the end of subclause 8.1.4 so as to avoid a conflict . |
| 18 | In the course of this conflict it is shown that whilst much of the relevant legislation — for example , on school admissions — may emphasise individual parents ' rights , in practice it is not always easy to accommodate them . |
| 19 | It is considered that after large trees are felled it may take up to I 2 months for the sub-soil to achieve stability . |
| 20 | It was argued that since any payment above the standard rent would be illegal and indeed a criminal offence under section 17 of that Act , the lease itself was unlawful and accordingly the agreement for commission fixed upon the amount of the rent stipulated in it was also illegal and irrecoverable . |
| 21 | Given the above potential for arbitrage profits , it was argued that if enough investors acted on this opportunity , the price of ABC Ltd would rise and that of XYZ Ltd would fall in response to the changing pattern of demand . |
| 22 | Should coal run out , it was argued that as long as hydrogen could be obtained ( eg from solar or nuclear sources ) plus carbon dioxide ( from chalk or air ) such processes would still be viable . |
| 23 | In laboratory studies where male cats were kept isolated , awaiting mating tests with females , it was discovered that if one male was placed in a cage belonging to another tom it was often ‘ raped ’ by the cage owner . |
| 24 | Consequently , it was felt that while this had not so far been excessive , we needed to keep it under very careful scrutiny to prevent our increasing requests becoming unnecessarily burdensome for the visitors . |
| 25 | In addition it was felt that if regional studios were established as well as transmitters , these would be able to originate their own material for local transmission , which would help redress any cultural imbalance in programming . |
| 26 | It was felt that if such unity could be achieved in the poorly organized wool textile trade then it was even more likely that it might be achieved in better organized industries . |
| 27 | The girl had suffered from tuberculosis of the lungs , but it was agreed that although that would ‘ probably at no very distant period have terminated fatally ’ the immediate cause of death was in the stomach . |
| 28 | It was agreed that where possible a system of barter would operate , with for example Estonia bartering electricity for Latvian gas ; where this was not possible accounting would be based on the deutschmark . |
| 29 | It was agreed that where possible this should be extended into other areas . |
| 30 | Surveying 150 companies — half UK owned and half foreign owned — it was found that while 69 per cent of companies recognized trade unions for the purpose of collective bargaining , non-recognition was higher in the newer industries , i.e. , those likely to supply most of the new employment in the decades ahead . |