Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [verb] that [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am determined that this exciting opportunity should not be lost , ’ he said . |
| 2 | I have never seen an avocet in Cornwall , but I 'm told that this rare and unique bird has been spotted on these marshes . |
| 3 | ‘ The one and only thing you share ultimately together is sex and if you step outside your marriage you are sharing that one ultimate thing with another body another person , ’ Claudette tells him . |
| 4 | You 're suggesting that these simple tasks are beyond my capabilities ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You 're saying that this crazed man fitted the picture ? ’ |
| 6 | You 're told that that particular function is equal to that . |
| 7 | She is saying that this good thing , this knowledge , can be used — to tell us , for example , that Amis is not a Tudor writer : but she is rather more moved to say at the same time that it ca n't or can hardly be used , devoted as she is to the thought of a separation between , in this case , Amis 's friendships and politics , his life — and his art . |
| 8 | Instead we are arguing that all academic texts are effectively working with a particular brief and it is important that this be either spelled out in the production of academic texts or taken apart systematically by the readership . |
| 9 | Then , we are told that this constant presence of God guiding and helping his people has been completed . |
| 10 | Can we be assured that those regional representatives will reflect the political majority in those regions and will not simply be Government nominees , as we have seen in so many quangos and regional bodies that have been set up in recent years ? |
| 11 | And they are insisting that any cross-channel transfer fee for O'Hare or winger Johnny McIvor be ploughed back into strengthening the team locally . |
| 12 | However , while there is extensive evidence of assortative mating ( O'Donald , 1980 ) , of the importance of plumage characteristics in courtship ( Williams , 1982 ) and of female preference for males who can defend superior breeding territories ( Pleszczynska , 1978 ) only very recently has it been demonstrated that consistent female choice for any continuous morphological character in males is an important source of variation in male reproductive success . |
| 13 | STV propagandists let it be understood that each major party will put up a candidate for every seat . |
| 14 | Nor can it be contended that this harsh judgement on Socrates was in any way typical of Athenian democracy 's attitudes towards its critics or even its enemies . |
| 15 | But , as one eminent Scottish judge pointed out in MacCormick v Lord Advocate ( above ) , why should it be assumed that successive reconstituted Parliaments at Westminster have inherited the attribute of ‘ sovereignty ’ peculiar ( and , as is above suggested , perhaps with a limited meaning even then ) to the English Parliament . |
| 16 | Now it 's hoped that these hungry youngsters will soon have a mother of their own too . |
| 17 | It 's estimated that 5,000 Somalian children are dying every day ; 3 every minute . |
| 18 | ‘ It is fitting that these important landscape features should be given priority and where possible repaired or rebuilt , ’ said a spokesman . |
| 19 | It is hypothesised that most existing studies of adoption are not sufficiently long term to , demonstrate these effects . |
| 20 | When the new system is introduced the caretaking staff will not be amongst those identified as operators and it is intended that these revised hours will assist caretaking staff by freeing them for more appropriate duties . |
| 21 | It is intended that this new sponsorship will become an annual event . |
| 22 | It is recognised that primary sclerosing cholangitis may exist ( on histological criteria ) in the absence of cholangiographic abnormalities , and it is possible that early AIDS related sclerosing cholangitis may likewise be present with a normal cholangiogram . |
| 23 | It is recognised that many permanent staff are concerned about getting a job associated with the Council Tax . |
| 24 | ( It is said that distinguished foreign guests of the Swiss Confederation visiting Bern are invariably taken out to dine somewhere in the Emmental . ) |
| 25 | It is said that these underground beings , djinn , rise in the half light of pre-dawn and in the twilight . |
| 26 | In 1885 it is recorded that transparent thin sections of rocks were sent to London for microscopic investigation and 3 years later sections of English and Irish rocks were being made in Edinburgh . |
| 27 | It is hoped that new international standards will also be set for code marks that identify which polymer has been used in plastic packaging manufacture , making recycling that much easier . |
| 28 | In addition to the volunteers and paid members of the Civil engineering Group who will be attending , it is hoped that contemporary senior members of staff most closely associated with Project Blaenau will also be present : |
| 29 | The differing styles of these articles mean they are not all suited to publication in similar outlets , but it is hoped that unlike past years ' winners we shall see all of them published in some form or other in the coming year . |
| 30 | It is hoped that this phenomenal increase will soon level out . |