Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] [verb] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our standards of service are rigorously monitored to ensure that performance is maintained at a consistently high level , and we also aim to take good care of your parcels . |
| 2 | For those who have survived the recession intact there has been too much self-interest , need and greed , stab and grab , call it what you will , and companies I believe are suddenly beginning to realise that integrity , ethics and pragmatism may have a ‘ bottom line ’ value in the years to come that the accountant 's profit culture attitude may change a little . |
| 3 | That had been wrongly interpreted to mean that Conran was actively seeking a suitor . |
| 4 | Recently there have been determined efforts to reduce our food surpluses , but we are only starting to learn that river and land management require careful thought before instant expenditure of money . |
| 5 | I am not trying to say that Dr Scott is typical of general practitioners — in some ways his willingness to bare his soul makes him unique . |
| 6 | But since different kinds of wink cause other people to behave differently , there is no quick way to settle the dispute and we are not trying to say that behaviourism is plainly wrong . |
| 7 | Christians are not required to believe that humanness is created in an instant , Dr Habgood tells House of Lords debate Opposition to embryo research mistaken , says archbishop Embryology Bill . |
| 8 | We 're also going to consider that Cambridge does have very high housing costs in terms of mortgages and that in the city , whereas it may be reasonable in other areas for people to be able to have the opportunity to buy . |
| 9 | Yes , I do agree , Bill , and I think another reason why we 're more aware of it now is because we 've had unfortunately so many disasters in the last oh five/six years and we 're increasingly coming to realize that children do also suffer quite severely from post-trauma stress . |
| 10 | Many researchers are still falling to realize that cancer is not some alien invader that attacks from outside but the result of a breakdown within . |
| 11 | These bodies are also required to ensure that pupils at primary and secondary schools are offered a ‘ balanced presentation of opposing views ’ when political issues are brought to their attention at school or during extracurricular activities organised by or on behalf of the school ( section 45 ) . |
| 12 | Local planning authorities are now required to ensure that conditions ( preferably reinforced by tree preservation orders ) are imposed for the protection of existing trees and for the planting of new ones . |
| 13 | I 've sweated over all this for six months , and I 'm not going to see that work wasted . |
| 14 | ‘ And I 'm really expected to believe that Donal , of his own bat , sent me to Wexford to meet you , knowing you were about to seek out my family , just to be friendly ? |
| 15 | The government were not reassured to learn that Branson had been in consultation with Robert Beckman , the New York lawyer who was fighting the anti-trust action on Laker 's behalf . |
| 16 | Assurances were given that the tests were not designed to show that men or women are in some way ‘ better ’ than each other , but to trace and display managerial traits and aptitudes . |
| 17 | The basic principle is so to organise teaching that children have experience of producing written language across these various forms . |
| 18 | The earning of revenues is generally taken to mean that invoices have been issued ; costs are incurred when services are received . |
| 19 | But feminists may be well aware that , in calling God Father , it is not intended to say that God literally has sexuality , while yet wanting to maintain that this is problematic . |
| 20 | This latter point is not intended to imply that scientists have suddenly ‘ got God ’ ; rather that they have generally refused to admit that , if some event is widely reported in religious writings , there is a very good chance that it did in fact happen . |
| 21 | Our use of this metaphor is not intended to imply that heroin use is a physical disease with viral or organic origins . |
| 22 | The preceding discussion is not intended to suggest that war is a wholly autonomous factor in political life . |
| 23 | It is also designed to ensure that defendants are convicted of offences which reflect the fact that the crime committed was one of sexual violence . |
| 24 | With that background it is equally unsurprising to learn that Weir was the most highly-regarded Scottish company in the London business pages . |
| 25 | It is therefore unsurprising to note that parents fear the prospect of having a child with Down 's Syndrome , and seek to determine , at a prenatal stage , whether their child is suffering from this handicap . |
| 26 | Regulation is therefore imposed to ensure that conflict situations are not abused . |
| 27 | It is essential that specific resources are allocated to stated priorities , and that expenditure is subsequently monitored to ensure that funds are properly spent . |
| 28 | It seems odd that the coal pfennig has been given the green light by Brussels when we have been continually led to believe that state aid for our coal industry would not be allowed . |
| 29 | Incensed at being taken by surprise despite her pleasure at seeing him , Leonora was somewhat mollified to see that Penry was wearing the sweater she 'd knitted . |
| 30 | He was somewhat mollified to find that Armstrong was a cab and he could ride in the back and scowl at me , but he knew I thought it was a lousy idea going down to Brixton to track down Lewis Luther . |