Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [be] [verb] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For long it was thought that wet spraying turned the buds to a wet mash , and therefore dusting each individual bud was necessary . |
| 2 | The blood of childbirth and menstruation , which follows a passive and unstoppable cycle , can be construed ( by the powers that be ) to fall within this category , and so it is required that cultural regulation step in with restrictive legislation . |
| 3 | Hitherto it was thought that natural selection is standing still , or merely weeding out the more harmful defects . |
| 4 | When males and females were analysed separately it was found that different characteristics were associated with non-completion and that these differences were quite striking . |
| 5 | They had removed him from the stifling atmosphere of the Court , but already he was finding that Civil Service protocol could be just as oppressive . |
| 6 | The more I drink , the more I am persuaded that young wines offer most pleasure ; a constantly renewable resource , popping up fresh every year . |
| 7 | Now we are told that universal capping is necessary because the Secretary of State and his colleagues are frightened of trusting local people to make local decisions under the new banded system . |
| 8 | But now it is understood that annual sales have slipped to only about $30m — and accumulated losses at the subsidiary are put at as much as $10m . |
| 9 | Now it is known that ripening tomatoes ripen faster when placed together on a window ledge , because they produce ethylene gas which stimulates their neighbours to faster and synchronous ripening . |
| 10 | Yet only weeks ago he was saying that existing derelict land was needed for greening the cities , and providing amenities for citizens . |
| 11 | Mercifully , there was no proposal to attempt landing an aircraft by the same means , but rather it was envisaged that rough landing strips could be constructed adjacent to the launcher . |
| 12 | Indeed it was hoped that overall adjustment would take place successfully through the cooperation of member countries in accepting such rules of conduct . |
| 13 | I did not receive a thank you from the owner of these cards nor from the Midland Bank , yet I was told that common practice in Britain is to reward the finder . |
| 14 | ‘ Also , we had introduced performance management and appraisal and have a policy here of developing staff to their full potential , ’ he said , ‘ yet we were finding that outside stress factors were preventing people from reaching that . ’ |
| 15 | Either it 's argued that British life does n't show up well in front of a film camera , or that British filmmakers are n't capable of using that camera to probe behind the surface of things . |
| 16 | Therefore it is proposed that national supervisory rules should be harmonized , not in every detail , but only in the key factors — other less crucial aspects of the rules can be allowed to vary from country to country and be subject to mutual recognition . |