Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [vb pp] [that] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am determined that the highest and most stringent safety requirements should be adhered to , and the regulatory bodies must be satisfied that any work done at Dounreay is carried out to the highest standards . |
| 2 | Indeed , I am persuaded that the central criteria against which I have had to measure these applications will be met , and that patient care will be advanced very considerably . |
| 3 | At the end of the public road is a notice prohibiting cars from going further , and I am told that the new owners of the Killilan estate are enforcing this ban fairly strictly but not in all cases . |
| 4 | I am told that the same considerations of constituency difficulty , demography and geography would apply to rearranging the constituencies within Scotland . |
| 5 | I am told that the tapered polyester bristles have a different shape cross-section to conventional bristles , octagonal in fact . |
| 6 | I am told that the Chinese name for them ( the shrub comes from China ) is ‘ cat droppings ’ . |
| 7 | I was told that the new drug I was given was better than the one I had been previously taking and I was not warned about any side effects or told not to get pregnant . |
| 8 | I was told that the new drug I was given was better than the one I had been previously taking and I was not warned about any side effects or told not to get pregnant . |
| 9 | I was told that the local authority were still maintaining an open mind about the possibility of placing the children with the father and that the choice of foster parents made in October was intended to cover the possibility of the children being returned to the father , but also to cover the possibility of a need for the children to be with foster parents for some longer time , in the event of the assessment of the father proving unsatisfactory . |
| 10 | I was told that the last thing a parish priest coming in would want would be to take place before he |
| 11 | When 1 commented to the hosts of the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee ( under whose auspices 1 went ) on the use of steel for guarding the rings , I was told that the full , true installation ( ’ green field ’ ) cost would have been near to £50 million . |
| 12 | My apologies did little to assuage the situation and I was informed that the federal government had ruled against allowing key production personnel to enlist in the armed forces . |
| 13 | She was determined that the new course would not bite the dust because of a rearguard action by a couple of old fogies like Maurice Webb and Henry Hedger . |
| 14 | This is an important time in the development of financial institutions across the community and we are determined that the actuarial professional should play its part in laying the proper foundations , to ensure the most effective protection for the rights and security of the ultimate consumer |
| 15 | Over the first nine pages of the book , George appears to be mean and irritable towards Lennie , and seems to treat him very heartlessly , but throughout the book we are shown that the two men depend on one another very much , and they have a very strong relationship . |
| 16 | We are informed that the first 1,000 fans to order will find their names on the album cover . |
| 17 | For the UK we are informed that the Public Record Office ( PRO ) has developed a computer output to laser disc ( COLD ) system for the storage of electronic records , yet we have no idea of how many or what categories of records are being preserved ( Higgs 1992 ) . |
| 18 | We are told that the global military expenditure every year amounts to £235,000 million , twice as much as the nations spend on health , and half as much again as they spend on education . |
| 19 | But now we are told that the Labour party plans to increase the local contribution to no less than 20 per cent . |
| 20 | We are told that the elderly are living too long , will cost the country too much money and there will be no services enabling them to live with dignity . |
| 21 | We are told that the two abstract " image schemas " , BALANCE and LINKS , explain how we can and should best explicate and understand King Lear , because that is how both overall pattern and individual metaphors and actions are objectively structured by the human mind ( see section four of Freeman 's article ) . |
| 22 | The alleged motive which John did not dispute was that he committed this crime to conceal another crime being the murder of MOIR McILCHENICH widow in Ellister and we are told that the last mentioned murder of the widow was " discovered " ( probably means committed ) by him and others . |
| 23 | We are told that the initial creation of the assemblies would include a strategic body for London — Greater London council mark 2 . |
| 24 | We are told that the main reason given was the weakening of squadrons by withdrawing the best crews , Nevertheless after much procrastination , all of which is still clouded in the veil of " security " , the Pathfinder Force was formed on 15 August 1942 and its first Commandant was Gp Capt D.C.T. Bennett DSO ( later AVM , CB , CBE , DSO ) who was officially appointed on 5 July — the master airman extraordinary and navigator par excellence . |
| 25 | At any rate we were informed that the Chief Whip had carried a document to the sick Prime Minister showing the majority preference . |
| 26 | We were informed that the Prime Minister had set aside an hour for us , and she arrived on the dot , nicely accoutred and coiffeured and saying she was ready to go when we were . |
| 27 | But the Palestinians will not accept it unless they are persuaded that the new plan is a first step towards real independence , not an evasion . |
| 28 | They were told that the underlying constipation can not be treated in a short period of time . |
| 29 | In similar vein , dare it be said that the charitable function of Age Concern serves this dual function ? |
| 30 | Never let it be said that the Inspiral Carpets do not like a good breakfast . |