Example sentences of "[v-ing] [that] [pron] be [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or the line could be denying that there is any contradiction at all between truth and feigning ( poetry , Sidney claimed in his Defence , could make true fictions ) . |
| 2 | But Gray and Gallistel are merely denying that there is any certainty in the selection . |
| 3 | Many of these systems operate with no human effort or skill apart from switching the equipment on and checking that there is sufficient paper in the computer printer or plotter and so on . |
| 4 | In 1927 ( when Eliot mentioned ‘ the Mongol in our midst ’ ) he told Bonamy Dobrée that he was preparing a small book , The Bolovian in Our Midst , proving that there was Bolovian blood in some of the leading figures of the day . |
| 5 | The wild pitch sound was born , Mr Pierre proving that there was more mileage to be had in ‘ Essential Acapella Vol 1 ’ than most people imagined . |
| 6 | In short , I am suggesting that there is more continuity than discontinuity in the development of the novel as a literary form . |
| 7 | I 'm not telling every woman to take me H R T , I 'm suggesting that it 's preventative medicine . |
| 8 | In the following days , however , the Argentinian Foreign Ministry , anxious not to impair the improved climate of relations with the UK [ for 1990 restoration of diplomatic relations see p. 37245 ] , toned down Menem 's proposal for arbitration , suggesting that it was one option among several . |
| 9 | How can I avoid seeing that it is this kind of government that threatens my grandchildren ? ’ |
| 10 | Seeing that there was commercial potential in what they were doing , in March 1989 she and a colleague set up Immune Systems Ltd , a biotechnology company that develops and markets applications of monoclonal antibodies . |
| 11 | All the same it is useful here to set up a paradigm of the profitability calculation against which to assess the prospects for investment planning , while accepting that there is considerable scope for variation in the actual calculations performed by particular enterprises . |
| 12 | Mr. Marston may be correct in submitting that there is such material . |
| 13 | Realising that there was more snow on the way , she clenched her teeth and set off for the moors . |
| 14 | There were spoofs on the Officers , insinuating that they were upper class twits , and there were jokes about the Squadron based on its experiences in Chad that summer . |
| 15 | State 3 to State 4 — usually if the approximate number of blocks for the item was estimated too high , resulting in Offline believing that there is more space available even though it is physically full |
| 16 | I have met wonderful doctors who really cared for their old patients , but sometimes the doctors were dismissive and rude , believing that there was little point in wasting valuable resources on the elderly as they were going to die soon anyway . |
| 17 | The UK joined the USA in declaring from Aug. 13 that it would enforce UN sanctions , believing that there was sufficient legitimacy for this on the basis of a request from the Kuwaiti Emir in exile , but obtaining UN endorsement on Aug. 25 for the use of appropriate " measures " to verify the cargoes and destination of shipping . |
| 18 | Monetarists had previously maintained that money was neutral only in the medium and long run , implying that there was some scope , albeit limited , for policy activism in the short run . |
| 19 | When national characteristics were talked about a hundred years ago , in the great days of Darwinism and eugenics and so on , it was a pseudo-scientific talk erm implying that there was some blood or racial characteristics which marked one people off from another , and this lay at the bottom of all that talk about Anglo-Saxon racial superiority , which erm led plenty of people in this country to suppose that erm the white peoples of Northern Europe and North America had some characteristics which made them superior to coloured people , and all kind of bogus scientific arguments followed from that . |
| 20 | Pearce Developments have refused to comment , but docks management company , Ash and Co , say in a statement that promotion remains a key element and adding that there are many retailing successes in the docks . |
| 21 | No signs of dangerously high radiation levels had been deteced in water samples from the Kara and Barents Seas , where Soviet dumping , totalling 2.5 million curies , took place , the conference participants said , adding that there was strong consensus among them that " there is no evidence of any regional-scale radioactive contamination in the Arctic and North Atlantic oceans that currently poses a threat to human health or causes environmental concern . " |
| 22 | It is also worth noting that there are several teaching points that could usefully be made at a draft stage in Thomas 's work , notably the need to review the time sequence of the verbs in the penultimate sentence . |
| 23 | This study was to examine whether ‘ fit ’ patients over the age of 50 who require elective surgery for ulcerative colitis are suitable candidates for restorative proctocolectomy , providing that they are continent berore operation and that the anal sphincter is preserved in its entirety without stripping of the mucosa or endoanal anastomosis . |
| 24 | Once you decide to specialize and become something of an expert in any field , you can study through public libraries , further education classes ( providing that there is adequate provision for speechreaders ) , correspondence courses , exhibitions and so on . |
| 25 | The lights are always there so that Mrs Thatcher , at whatever hour , may choose to be seen on TV sweeping through saying nothing , thus demonstrating that she is Prime Minister and going busily about the nation 's business . |
| 26 | Most FRES members support this view , saying that there is little evidence of discrimination against candidates who have been made redundant . |
| 27 | But , but he is saying that there is this process under way , this revolutionary process of overthrowing the system as it stands . |
| 28 | We do not go about saying that there is another defeat for science , because its old ideas have been abandoned . |
| 29 | As requested I wrote and asked about self-catering accommodation at the conference and I received a reply saying that there 's one house that erm she 's come across that she thinks might be particularly suitable for us . |
| 30 | Analysing your opening to me you were saying that there 's expert evidence that solicitors instructed in the purchase of a property must ask about financial arrangements and advise about them . |