Example sentences of "i [be] [adj] that a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To expand on that ; many girls would retain the values of civilisation and would want democracy and order and all that , as Ralph did , and eventually I am sure that a girl or girls would break away , causing a rift in the group , I think that the causes of the rift would be more trivial and the arguments more verbal and less brutally physical than the boys , but girls are capable of a great deal of spite and bitter unforgiveness and if more than one leader-figure emerges , they may later argue . |
| 2 | I was very relaxed , although I am sure that a lot of the journalists , cynics most of them , were still dubious about my time in Madrid . |
| 3 | I think Kenneth had a strong sexual imagination and I am sure that a lot went through his mind , but J do n't think it went further than that . ’ |
| 4 | We have all worked very hard to make sure that our district societies are representative of all members and I am sure that a breakdown of the composition of committees would prove this . |
| 5 | I am anxious that a list system in which the lists are provided by parties might be less than democratic . |
| 6 | From the discussions that I have had with those groups and from some statements that I have received — I do not want to go into detail because they were confidential — I am confident that a solution could have been found which would have formed a reasoned consensus for those groups , for the interests that they represent and for the House . |
| 7 | I have had discussions with the various groups and I am convinced that a solution could have been arrived at if the Minister had arranged for collective discussions to take place . |
| 8 | I am satisfied that a promise such as that to which I have referred is binding and the only question remaining for my consideration is the scope of the promise in the present case . |
| 9 | When I answer this in the affirmative , I am aware that a man 's marriage with the woman of his choice is in one sense a boon , and in that sense the reverse of a loss ; yet , as between the plaintiff and the party promising an income to support the marriage , it may be a loss . |
| 10 | I am aware that a number of United Kingdom oil and gas companies are extremely interested . |
| 11 | I 'm sure that a picture is worth a thousand words , and so the screenshots can probably tell you much more than I have space for . |
| 12 | Well it 's quite , I 'm sure that I 'm sure , I 'm sure that a lot of , I 'm sure the rich peasant |
| 13 | No it is n't erm and erm even those who in , in my experience who did get through there was just an occasional er time when they did n't pass that part of it , they , they , they , they could n't quite manage that , the height side frightened them and er they failed , erm so there 's quite a lot of demands on them and I 'm sure that a lot of women could do it and a lot of women if they had the chance would do it or would , if they were willing to do it , but it 's not something that grabs most women , I do n't think it does , I think it 's the physical side that puts them off , and that is what is the problem with the Fire Service , it is a physical job . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm amazed that a club as big as Manchester United can react in this way . |
| 15 | I 'm afraid that a lot of gardeners will have been put off coir by these spurious trials , and I really think Gardening from Which ? should publish a withdrawal . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , Watson , ’ Holmes said to me , ‘ I 'm afraid that a doctor from Devonshire wo n't bring us anything of real interest . |
| 17 | Somehow I was relieved that a guard was with us because I thought that if there was an accident his friends might try to get him — and maybe us — out . |
| 18 | I then thought of running up to the local police station , but I was worried that a train might have come . ’ |