Example sentences of "be [adj] [to-vb] that [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In fact I am sorry to say that many aspects of the book are disappointing . |
| 2 | Patrick had been interested to see that all traces of the damage the insurgents had wrought in the Green — the trenches they had dug , the trees they had felled — had vanished , and the only evidence of the 1916 Rising were the bullet holes in the stonework of the hotel where the rebels had fired on the British troops positioned on the roof and in some of the upper rooms . |
| 3 | I put that inversely i i he 's put down inversely fro from what we will we are obliged to do we 're obliged to say that these levels ha er have been erm have not been checked by SATS |
| 4 | Instead , they are likely to suggest that some methods of discipline can be used to help prevent a young person absconding from care so long as this does them no harm . |
| 5 | Universities are supposed to ensure that all posts approved by them for general clinical experience meet the GMC 's recommendations . |
| 6 | I am glad to say that these tactics backfired . |
| 7 | I am glad to confirm that these lessons have been learnt from our consideration of the Gulf conflict . |
| 8 | Nor in the light of experience and knowledge available prior to this accident would it have been reasonable to envisage that internal pressures could exist in the tail structure . ’ |
| 9 | They are nevertheless honest enough to praise the good points of the car but are unable to concede that these points add up to a first-class package . |
| 10 | For instance , how many people have watched a woman carrying a load of shopping and a three year old child , or cleaning up after an incontinent elderly relation , and still been able to maintain that some jobs are too heavy and dirty for women ? |
| 11 | Indeed , it may even be possible to argue that certain types of reservation of title clause are caught by s3 , in so far as they purport to allow the seller to retain title until certain conditions are fulfilled , and therefore permit it to render a performance substantially different from that reasonably expected of it , or no performance at all . |
| 12 | By the use of control accounts in both the financial and cost accounts it will be possible to ensure that both sets of accounts are balanced and integrated . |
| 13 | Although monitored allocations of the kind suggested above are the only way to ensure that library policy is translated into practice , it would be unrealistic to believe that all authorities manage their budgets in this way . |
| 14 | At best , the vendor may be willing to warrant that such forecasts and opinions are reasonable . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , it would be wrong to suppose that all mergers were approved . |
| 16 | Likewise it would be wrong to assume that economic difficulties worked to push the gentry increasingly into the Tory camp . |
| 17 | The House may be interested to learn that hon. Members who represent south Wales constituencies hold fairly regular meetings with the south Wales constabulary . |
| 18 | Similarly , it may be intriguing to learn that on-line columns of silica-immobilised algal cells can eliminate problems such as overlapping peaks in anodic stripping voltammetry of trace metals . |
| 19 | It would be easy to believe that both churches were imposed on the French as a punishment . |
| 20 | Of course , it would be naive to claim that all gifts are made with no thought of any benefit that might accrue to the individual or his or her family at some future time , or to deny that gifts are often a reflection of gratitude for past services rendered to a member of the family or the donor him or herself . |
| 21 | It would be welcome to hear that all students are to be exempt . |
| 22 | Perhaps it would be reasonable to assume that 550 deaths are caused in England , Wales and Scotland every year by drunken driving . |
| 23 | This is somewhat surprising , since it would be reasonable to assume that domain-specific dictionaries would contain the most appropriate collocations for domain-specific documents . |
| 24 | It would be reasonable to assume that such researchers had adopted new research interests , had changed occupations , or had moved to different localities . |
| 25 | It would be reasonable to assume that such researchers had adopted new research interests , had changed occupations , or had moved to different localities . |
| 26 | It would , however , be incorrect to assume that syntactic aspects of language production could only be influenced by automatic accessing of particular lexical items . |
| 27 | But it would be bold to argue that these silences represent a legal change : the absorption of the trust into the legacy . |
| 28 | It is not at all clear why a plaintiff seeking material located in , say , France or Germany , but able to invoke United States jurisdiction ( available , perhaps , as a result of the long-arm claims to extensive jurisdiction made by Federal or State courts ) should be able to claim that American practices should apply as exclusively as in a purely domestic case . |
| 29 | A customer may buy from several competitors in a given field ; a supplier will invariably supply to more than one business and yet , depending on the facts , the employer may be able to argue that these connections are sufficiently special . |
| 30 | It appears that the committee could make recommendations about any aspect of bus operations , presumably including fares , and the Secretary of State would be able to direct that such recommendations be implemented . |