Example sentences of "[vb past] that [pron] be the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , Melancia maintained that he was the innocent victim of a politically motivated smear campaign . |
| 2 | Melancia , who resigned after being served with a summons in connection with the alleged bribery , denied all charges of corruption and maintained that he was the innocent victim of a politically motivated smear campaign . |
| 3 | I also had fierce battles with Peter Rees , while Peter 's successor , John MacGregor , maintained that I was the only minister who almost walked out of one of his ‘ bilaterals ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ We were really nervous , ’ says Michelle West , ‘ but we found that it was the nervous people who stuck with the project . ’ |
| 5 | Her face seemed familiar , but it was some time before he realized that she was the curly-haired bit who had given him the slip some months back . |
| 6 | The air raids and gas attacks that everyone had feared did not take place but Anne and Sarah agreed that it was the small inconveniences of war that were hardest to bear . |
| 7 | Jeremy Healy 's music was loud and passionate , and designer/stylist Judy Blame agreed that it was the only decent stuff he 'd heard all week , adding that French Djs are the worst on the planet and that there is virtually no point in clubbing in Paris until the situation is remedied . |
| 8 | But the longer she stared at that tiny betraying smudge , the more she realised that it was the only explanation that made any sense at all . |
| 9 | I then went on to think about who had clipped Secretary of State Samson 's golden locks and , once again , I realised that it was the right hon. Member for Finchley . |
| 10 | He was certainly enjoying life more than ever before , and when Eva finally announced that we were moving to London he admitted that it was the right thing to do . |
| 11 | THE PLUTONIUM knot unravelled a shank more at the Sizewell inquiry last week when the Department of Energy revealed that it is the reluctant owner of more than 80 kg of the material — some of which does not yet exist . |
| 12 | Advocates of the first-past-the-post system argued that it was the only way of delivering strong government , Mr Cook said . |
| 13 | The former ruling party argued that it was the only party able to maintain " peace and stability " , while the MMD was untried and tribalistic . |
| 14 | Hobhouse 's evolutionary method was , however , also reminiscent of Comte since he argued that it was the growing domination of mind over the conditions of life that enables us to appreciate the importance of the collective framework of society . |
| 15 | The King , however , undeterred by this , told the Prime Minister that he believed that he was the only person who could carry the country through' . |
| 16 | Although his plans for political and economic reform had yet to be clarified , supporters of Ben Bella believed that he was the only politician capable of ending the social polarization caused by FLN economic policies and the growing appeal of Islamic fundamentalism , as demonstrated in June municipal elections [ see pp. 37549-50 ] . |
| 17 | There were a number of rabbits in the net but I never believed that it was the sheer weight of the catch that was responsible . |
| 18 | He believed that it was the official Opposition and had an undoubted right to take its place as the next in line . |
| 19 | The Unitarian minister and editor Edwin Chapman underlined that desire to overcome separation when in his thanksgiving sermon on Emancipation Day in 1834 he proclaimed that it was the Christian principle evinced by all the sects and parties which had brought on the victory . |
| 20 | And a third reiterated that it is the poor who come into contact with Social Services Departments , while : |
| 21 | In 1843 he declared that he was the Holy Ghost personified , and later that he was the prophet Elijah . |
| 22 | A clear result showed that it was the Phoenician readers who were most vulnerable to the presence of irregular words . |
| 23 | He had acknowledged similar courtesies a number of times since riding out , and guessed that it was the sable hat of a Khan which he carried in his hand which was attracting recognition , rather than his actual eminence . |
| 24 | Both mother and father , they agree that erm that David should do that because , you see , David established that he is the only he is the only man on this Earth who who who have er holy seed in him . |
| 25 | ( 1988 ) , implied that it was the prejudiced people who did not ‘ like ’ black people or did not ‘ want ’ them in Britain . |
| 26 | Mr Trimble told the Speaker he appreciated that it was the normal practice not to have immediate statements on specific terrorist incidents ‘ because that amplifies the terror ’ . |
| 27 | Esther hinted that it was the grim circumstances of their childhood that had drawn them together with a love that dared not speak its name . |
| 28 | But Dierdriu only smiled at him , and Fergus saw that it was the cruel , charming smile of her ancestors , who had lain with the wolves . |
| 29 | His wife Jean , 70 , said : ‘ When I saw that it was the only laugh I have had since Theo 's death . |
| 30 | This answer to the problem of overcrowding is not thought to need any further explanation because it is assumed to be the rational course of action : people saw that it was the only feasible thing to do , and acted accordingly . |