Example sentences of "[noun pl] that [pers pn] [be] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hodge hoped that the Joint Commission would resume its work and he did not wish to convey the impression to Koreans that it was American policy to prevent unification . |
| 2 | Astute readers might also have found a small note , placed in the magazine 's gossip column , referring to the front page story and reminding readers that it was 1 April — placed there by Birbeck as a precautionary measure . |
| 3 | Trade Minister , Lord Hesketh , told Peers that he was confident entry would help reduce inflation , but warned : |
| 4 | There was one girl in particular who interested Harriet , a small girl with hair cut gamin short , whose face was so expressive that it seemed to reflect every one of the emotions that they were all feeling , these midinettes who had basted hemlines and stitched hooks and eyes into place , positioned trimmings and sewed them into place with such tiny stitches that they were all but invisible to the naked eye . |
| 5 | One apparent reason for the delay was the Bush adminstration 's fear that to conclude a free-trade pact in mid-1992 as originally envisaged would be an electoral liability in the US presidential contest , opening Bush to attacks from protectionists that he was encouraging US companies to relocate to Mexico in search of cheap labour while unemployment continued to rise at home . |
| 6 | Yet mystics have been saying for thousands of years that we are all aspects of a greater whole — that our separateness is an illusion , that we are ultimately One . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , though , we are not very much closer to a genuine explanation of amnesia in functional terms that we were twenty years ago . |
| 8 | Firstly , although referral patterns will reflect individual practice , continued use of dilatation and curettage by gynaecologists reinforces the notion for general practitioners and patients that it is appropriate treatment for menstrual irregularity in women under 40 . |
| 9 | The Liberal Democrats are such past masters at riding out scandals that they are remaining calm , simply instructing all cabinet members to report within a week whether they have received any donations from the pachinko industry . |
| 10 | The Open University freaks have taken so many short cuts that they are rudderless ships on that same deep ocean which you , most probably , crossed with nothing more than a paddle or ragged bit of sail under a stiff breeze and with a lively brain . |
| 11 | The sachets remained unopened and in their possession at all times and the analyst confirmed to police that it was high-grade cocaine . |
| 12 | He might tell his loved ones that it was all hell out there , but the reality was different . |
| 13 | I was so immersed in my thoughts that it was several seconds before I realised that the sound dinning in my ears was the telephone ringing . |
| 14 | About four years later all three children told us in private conversations that they were missing contact with their respective fathers . |
| 15 | Corman brushed off accusations that it was total exploitation — which it was — of the California motorcycle gangs , full of disgusting gang bangs , orgies , sadism and drugs . |
| 16 | It was an unprecedented sum for a solo album by a drummer , but Draper told his doubting colleagues that he was confident Virgin would see a return on its investment . |
| 17 | see if you can find out who 's spending money down that area , and then a occasionally , not , not too often , jobs that he 's fell back on and dropped , I 've been able to get a little start on , and very foolishly I used to tell him sometimes of the progress I was making that was where I made a mistake . |