Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [adj] that this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The College and its staff and graduates have made many significant contributions to the science and practice of veterinary medicine and I am delighted that this history has been written to coincide with its bi-centenary . |
| 2 | I welcome very much the opportunity to raise on the Adjournment the question of the working of the police national computer mark 2 and the need for effective safeguards , and I am delighted that this debate is starting at a relatively civilised hour . |
| 3 | I persuaded our Chairman , Hilary Weedon , to come with me as she speaks fluent German and I am keen that this contact shall continue into younger generations . |
| 4 | First , we are , obviously , environmentally friendly and I am sure that this aspect of the connection would be of benefit to NFC ( I note , too , that the NFC Foundation already support environment-oriented groups such as Intermediate Technology . |
| 5 | I am confident that this subject will now appear on a regular basis on the agenda of this committee . |
| 6 | Slater says : ‘ I was looking for a new challenge and I am confident that this club will win honours . ’ |
| 7 | And I am sorry that this day has come . |
| 8 | The senior management of the force has required him to involve himself in politics , to deal with an authority out to undermine him , without adequate resources or support : ‘ I am conscious that this job gives no backing to senior officers who are libelled , and as far as I am concerned , the job is derelict in its duty to police chiefs . ’ |
| 9 | I am conscious that this section on specific deviations has consumed more space than was originally intended . |
| 10 | The over-riding priority in deciding on cuts was that our essential core-funded research activities should not be harmed in the short or longer term , and I am satisfied that this objective has been met . |
| 11 | I am satisfied that this reference did not emanate from anyone representing the ports authority or the dock company . |
| 12 | The MP demanding an inquiry said : ‘ I am appalled that this man was given parole . |
| 13 | I am clear that this policy remains appropriate . |
| 14 | But I am afraid that this experience will be denied me . ’ |
| 15 | I am afraid that this war , which started for all the reasons I have mentioned , is turning gradually into a similar kind of war to the Lebanese . |
| 16 | I am amazed that this practice has been allowed to go on for so long without anyone kicking up a fuss . ’ |
| 17 | I am aware that this viewpoint is a personal one , and is by no means accepted by all teachers . |
| 18 | I am surprised that this case was not indicted in the High Court . ’ |
| 19 | How can I be sure that this year 's cures will not be in disgrace and condemned by the time you read about them ? |
| 20 | I 'm sorry that this word box office keeps occurring . |
| 21 | And I 'm sure that this report on the health action area is going to show some fairly , erm give us some fairly staggering erm revelations about about the health of Oxford citizens that 's going to surprise people at large when they find out how badly people have fared over the past ten years when we 've had the Tories in office who 've really done their very , very best to make the health divide of this country in a very poor state . |
| 22 | We believe that we 're entitled to represent the interests of the vendor ; indeed , I 'm sure that this picture has been sold in good faith several times since 1945 . |
| 23 | Erm , I hope that I wo n't detain the council for too long , I 'm sure that this motion er wo n't be controversial . |
| 24 | And so I 'm delighted that this week , reporter Alison MacDonald 's looking at our so-called child friendly society . |
| 25 | I 'm amazed that this country appears so stable as inflation , they say , has gone up 250% ( ! ) in the last 3 years and wages have only kept pace with about half of that , and only yesterday a newspaper posted on the canteen wall announced a massive corruption deal whereby the country 's leaders made 81 billion cruzeiros out of currency exchange . |
| 26 | We are one of the biggest clubs in the country , the second best supported at home and I 'm afraid that this season I 've become very disappointed with some of the players and management decisions — I think we deserve better and while we 're not in the position of say Swindon something needs to be done if ( and I 've ussed this line before ) we 're not to become perenial mid table finishers . |
| 27 | We are one of the biggest clubs in the country , the second best supported at home and I 'm afraid that this season I 've become very disappointed with some of the players and management decisions — I think we deserve better and while we 're not in the position of say Swindon something needs to be done if ( and I 've ussed this line before ) we 're not to become perenial mid table finishers . |
| 28 | I 'm afraid that this time he wo n't be so lucky … he wo n't come back and I 'll end up losing him to some atrocious person that really and truthfully I do n't think should be on this earth |
| 29 | But , at that stage , the only thing that prevented me from saying , ‘ oh well , I 'll go and find a regular job instead , ’ was that I was aware that this thing existed — racialism — and that whatever happened , getting away from it , getting out of the firing line , would n't help me . |
| 30 | ‘ And you 're sure that this Bermuda company controlled by you will lend me the half-million pounds in cash to buy these shares , at no interest ? ’ |