Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] that [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pilcher 's first trials with the Bat in the summer of 1895 showed that Lilienthal had been right to insist that a horizontal tail surface was essential , and after modifications Pilcher succeeded in making a number of short downhill glides , but the dihedral angle was still too great for lateral stability . |
| 2 | I am sorry to say that the same human impulses acted with me , particularly in relation to my bank manager , and I wrote a letter of acceptance . |
| 3 | I am sorry to say that the hon. Gentleman did not just stoop to the gutter in terms of smearing my hon. Friend : he used a series of inaccurate figures . |
| 4 | Many Western scholars have thus been prepared to speculate that the military programmes of the 1970s represented Brezhnev 's way of ‘ buying off ’ the Armed Forces establishment for supporting East — West detente . |
| 5 | I am interested to see that the hon. Member for Dagenham ( Mr. Gould ) would not balk at the prospect of having to sort out those knotty problems . |
| 6 | I am interested to learn that the hon. Gentleman believes that a conference will be the panacea to all the ills connected with Sunday trading . |
| 7 | I am delighted to report that a recent patient satisfaction survey showed that , of 901 patients consulted , 96 per cent . |
| 8 | For instance , in our example , it would have been unscientific to propose that the troublesome motion of the planet Uranus was such because that was its natural motion . |
| 9 | We are delighted to report that the ensuing debate we helped stimulate has transformed this orthodoxy into a vision now worthy of positive support . |
| 10 | As well as securing the presence of the film 's director , Monsieur Grospierre , for the event , the festival committee are delighted to reveal that the Irish cast for the film will also be in attendance . |
| 11 | Rival managers have been relieved to confirm that the away dugout does actually face the pitch . |
| 12 | Rival managers have been relieved to confirm that the away dugout does actually face the pitch . |
| 13 | Stylistic analysts are likely to hold that the New Critics paid insufficient attention to the linguistic form of texts since , apart from Wimsatt 's discussion of the ‘ iconic ’ properties of poetry , they were really only interested in certain kinds of structure of meaning , and made no use of the tools offered by modern linguistics for the analysis of poetic effect . |
| 14 | But with Firebrands , Isca and Brean now in the National League , more clubs are likely to believe that the regional competition needs to be strengthened . |
| 15 | Those necessities are sacks of flour and sacks of rice , although I am glad to say that the Iranian Government are now providing flour for every refugee within their borders , and certainly for the Shias . |
| 16 | These are very serious matters and I am glad to see that the civil servants are leaving the Box to find the answers . |
| 17 | I am glad to see that the hon. Gentleman is holding a copy of our document headed ’ Labour 's Threat to Road Projects ’ . |
| 18 | I am glad to confirm that the disabled persons transport advisory committee , which was set up under the Transport Act 1985 , exists to provide exactly the voice for which the Hon. Member called . |
| 19 | I am glad to note that the hon. Member for Gordon ( Mr. Bruce ) is with us . |
| 20 | It had not been hard to predict that the Caribbean style of attacking play would be greatly suited to one-day cricket . |
| 21 | I AM reluctant to believe that the British people are so stupid as to return anyone but nice Mr Major at tomorrow 's election . |
| 22 | I am unable to accept that the supposed reductio ad adsurdum is a sufficient ground for reading into the Act a qualification which is not there . |
| 23 | ‘ Meaning ’ theists and ‘ meaning ’ atheists are able to accept that a common definition of ‘ God ’ can be found and the evidence for and against God 's existence duly weighed and argued over . |
| 24 | They would have been reluctant to admit that the human mind , confronted with the mysteries of life and death , has found some common ground in all cultures and in all known periods of history . |
| 25 | Writing the patrol report back in St David 's Camp , I am able to state that the four ladies in Kyrenia are all well . |
| 26 | I can not think of many times when I have been able to say that the Green party is very much on our side in this matter . |
| 27 | Using early maps , Peter Wade-Martins has been able to show that the present scattered settlements and small fragmentary villages are merely the remnants of former late Saxon settlements and medieval nucleated villages . |
| 28 | I am happy to say that the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux are currently reviewing this policy and are confident that the situation will improve . |
| 29 | Viewed as an ‘ independent robot ’ , I am happy to admit that a particular area of my brain controls my digestive processes and ‘ I ’ do not , but I certainly do not want to say that that brain area is ‘ aware ’ of those processes . |
| 30 | It would be hypocritical to assert that the public sector provides better standards . |