Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [be] [verb] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Perhaps I am hoping that temper will sustain you through this ordeal . |
| 2 | So it was decided that Oliver would help Sikes with the robbery in two days ' time . |
| 3 | And if by doing so it was to ensure that people who are already resident in this area are driven , this would be a totally inadequate response to the needs of the people of North Yorkshire . |
| 4 | Thus we are told that Brook Taylor , the author of the first major British work on perspective ( 1715 ) , was ‘ a professional Newtonian scientist ’ ( p. 287 ) . |
| 5 | Thus it is understood that cells are influenced by fields and not currents of electricity , as the effect is minimal . |
| 6 | Thus it is believed that polystyrene forms miscible blends with poly ( vinyl methylether ) , and with poly ( phenylene oxide ) s ( examples 1 and 2 , respectively ) because of interactions between the π-electrons of the phenyl rings and the lone pairs of the ether oxygens . |
| 7 | Thus it is claimed that God is perfectly just , where we are imperfectly so — indeed it is sometimes said that God is ‘ justice ’ or ‘ justice itself ’ . |
| 8 | Thus it was argued that William had a legitimate title to the throne because he won it by right of conquest in a just war . |
| 9 | But generally it was felt that mothers could be relied upon to exert themselves on behalf of their children and that mismanagement resulted more from ignorance than from vice . |
| 10 | During the inter-war period what trade union support there was for family allowances ( generally it was feared that allowances would lead to a wholesale reduction in wages and reduce the bargaining power of male workers ) , was based on the hope that they would lead to a withdrawal of married women from the workforce . |
| 11 | He said : ‘ At 11.30am we were notified that Tony Adams was out . |
| 12 | When for once it is stated that Sir Raynold , the chaplain of Ridlington , Norfolk , owned a house and three acres , the reason must have been some difficulty over determining the value , which in this case is omitted . |
| 13 | But yesterday it was revealed that lawyers for the survivors , victims ' families , the airline , Boeing and three companies that made the engines have agreed payments will not be restricted . |
| 14 | Yesterday it was revealed that PC Hall escaped death by a whisker when he was shot at point-blank range . |
| 15 | Slowly we are noting that Mark Antony is not as shallow as he first appeared . |
| 16 | Hence we are suggesting that L for 1986 relative to 1976 might equal |
| 17 | Also it was hoped that investors ( eg pension funds ) would put their money into property for letting , assured of a reasonable return . |
| 18 | It was also difficult for a man who was in debt to be truthful ; hence it was said that lying rode on debt 's back . |
| 19 | Years later it is discovered that Grom reached the Elven Kingdoms of Ulthuan , causing great destruction until finally defeated by the High Elves . |
| 20 | Eight months later it was announced that Nagy and his colleagues were to be rehabilitated . |
| 21 | Four days later it was announced that Tsedenbal had been stripped of his membership of the Mongolian Revolutionary Youth League . |
| 22 | It transpired that Peter Carrington and his Foreign Office team of Humphrey Atkins and Richard Luce had all resigned , and a little later it was announced that Francis Pym was to take over as Foreign Secretary . |
| 23 | Now we are told that BR must have a high-speed line . |
| 24 | But now it 's hoped that Longfords may be restored to its former glory . |
| 25 | Until now it was assumed that sites deep underground provided a stable environment for buried waste . |
| 26 | This has a methodological implication as well : all too often it is assumed that Foucault 's stress on disruption can be taken as equivalent to randomness , as we have seen with Perry Anderson . |
| 27 | , writes : MANY years ago I was told that Colgate toothpaste was made from pebbles from Chesil Beach , Dorset . |
| 28 | ‘ A year ago we were told that Laura was dying today she is running about full of energy and looking great . ’ |
| 29 | Well it was understood that Bisses got most of theirs from restaurants , and all restaurants I think had to sort of hand over all their waste for the war or something . |
| 30 | Here it is argued that jurisdiction is conditional on its proper exercise so that even if a tribunal is entitled to enter into the enquiry , it can lose its power by the way that power is used . |