Example sentences of "that [art] [noun] [be] [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last night he had dreamed yet again that the Irishman was doing dirty things in his mam 's bed . |
| 2 | The Office of Fair Trading is probing allegations that the companies are charging rip-off prices for their products , TODAY has learned . |
| 3 | The report , written by consultant David White , argues that the companies are ignoring several serious environmental issues , such as the likely emissions of vanadium and nickel compounds . |
| 4 | We were told that the WO was hoping such draconian action would not be necessary , although they were watching an appeal case in North Cornwall against the SoS for the Environment who was pursuing several revocation orders . |
| 5 | The shuriken skaters of Sagramoso City were swift — if inclined to capricious flourishes and virtuoso displays , as though recognizing that the Scouts were providing some destructive harassment , but ultimately posed no major danger . |
| 6 | Barclaycard staff have been meeting to decide what action to take over the news that the firm is cutting four hundred jobs . |
| 7 | Here the shapes of the characters ' mouths show that they are happy , sad , puzzled or ‘ miffed ’ , a black cloud over the head indicates that the character is feeling defeated or depressed , the lighted electric-bulb over the head indicates that the character has a bright idea , or the exclamation mark over the head shows that the character is amazed . |
| 8 | In particular , the New York Times/CBS poll of Oct. 22 found that 79 per cent believed foreign policy less important than home issues , that only 37 per cent approved Bush 's handling of the economy , and that 56 per cent believed that the recession was getting worse . |
| 9 | is talking about a specific period , at the moment I hope you realize that the committee is paying all the admin costs in the hope that we are getting the money from . |
| 10 | But in fact each sex is acting in good faith , unaware — as one might be with a foreign speaker of one 's own language — that the other is following different rules and acting on different assumptions . |
| 11 | When this behaviour is seen for the first time , the owners may become seriously concerned , imagining that the cat is having some kind of fit or seizure . |
| 12 | As the days sped past , we knew that the tide was running strong for the coalition and growing stronger . |
| 13 | ‘ It would be dishonest to pretend that the NSPCC is making any significant impact on the problem — even they would not claim it . ’ |
| 14 | But Madam Deputy Speaker , these order do n't pay any attention to a number of matters in what I would regard as the public interest and whilst the minister as I say , has quite rightly paid tribute to professional organisations involved in this process , we must never forget that we 're here to represent the public interest and not just er er specific professional interests that may be relevant in each case and indeed in the light of what has happened in this field of enforcement er over the last two years , the minister must be aware that the public are requiring higher standards of commercial probity . |
| 15 | She said that the public were becoming agitated because the council did not appear to be taking the toughest line possible . |
| 16 | Given Chrysler 's claims for the 1991 Dodge Spirit R/T — and the fact that the company is giving serious consideration to selling the R/T in six key European markets ( Germany , Belgium , Holland , Switzerland , Austria and France ) from late 1991 — we felt it only appropriate to test the Spirit against one of Europe 's finest sporting saloons , on the kinds of roads such a car is expected to master . |
| 17 | The announcement a week ago that the company was seeking new equity financing made it pretty clear that the end was nigh for Littleton , Massachusetts-based massively parallel systems builder Alliant Computer Systems Corp , and the company announced last week that the boom has fallen when it fired all but 50 of its 225 employees and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection . |
| 18 | About six months ago , our deputy general secretary wrote to Monseigneur , the general secretary of the bishops conference , and er told him that we hoped progress was being made , referred in particular to the degree of consensus that had been a arrived at in the baptism eucharist and ministry document and er also to the difference that had been made by the coming into being of ACTS and its commission on unity faith and order and we had a reply to that er a letter from Monseigneur assuring as that the hierarchy were taking this seriously , that they were discussing it er amongst themselves in Scotland and were also in discussion with Rome on the subject as well . |
| 19 | The report also shows that the NHS is treating more patients than ever before and placing much more emphasis on quality of services . |
| 20 | I , I E you , you 're saying in effect that the government is taking all of the surplus from the , from agriculture ? |
| 21 | The fact that the government is financing all their perks with a national debt that will bankrupt their children and a taxation policy that will see all their factory jobs being given to cheapo Moroccans and Poles has not yet struck home . |
| 22 | It is clear from ministerial statements and the White Paper that the government is pinning great hopes on housing associations . |
| 23 | There is widespread concern and strong opinion throughout the country that the Government are handling this issue most inappropriately . |
| 24 | The Minister said that the Government are waiting for certain European directives , but failed to mention that the Government are blocking several directives that would assist workers in my constituency . |
| 25 | He believes in his heart and conscience , as I do , that the Government are doing this thing without the consent of the country , that in pressing it forward without the approval of the country they are as much a revolutionary committee as President Huerta who governs Mexico . |
| 26 | We note that the Government are asking that organisation to bear in mind an increase in line with inflation , and feel that that may well not be sufficient , but we await the outcome with interest . |
| 27 | Foreign Minister Theodore Holo disclosed on Nov. 5 that the government was seeking renewed ties with Israel but did not give a timetable for normalizing relations . |
| 28 | Turning to Europe , Mr Ridley said that the Government was pressing other EC countries to reduce their industrial subsidies , for this was at the heart of a genuine single market after 1992 . |
| 29 | Demonstrations continued into Jan. 11 despite an announcement by Souflias that the government was withdrawing all the new education discipline measures and allocating substantially more money for education in the budget . |
| 30 | It was felt by John Davis and others that the government was backing unfair competition with the commercial companies . |