Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] [verb] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the death rate after upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage from all causes rises sharply in the elderly one might be forgiven for assuming that this section of the population has such an appalling outlook that variceal haemorrhage should be most humanely ‘ treated with limited transfusion and sedation . ’ |
| 2 | Faldo , who has a feud-ridden history with some members of the AGW , could be forgiven for thinking that this is yet another example of a lack of sympathy with his cause . |
| 3 | The naive observer might be forgiven for believing that this contrast has something to do with the different weight given by members of the academic community to their research interests compared with their ‘ teaching interests ’ ( the very awkwardness of the term makes the point ) . |
| 4 | This could be resolved by assuming that all citizens impliedly consent to those touchings which are incidental to ordinary everyday life and travel ; but the judicial preference seems to be to create an exception for ‘ all physical contact which is generally acceptable in the ordinary conduct of daily life ’ . |
| 5 | For instance , someone contemplating a sentence like the following ( from an issue of Women 's Journal ) might be excused for suspecting that so-called ‘ natural gender ’ is natural only if one happens to be male : |
| 6 | Furthermore a strong case can be made for arguing that religious commitment is the only way to understand the depths of religion which from the outside may remain sheer enigma . |
| 7 | It may be noted in passing that one of the results of their synthesis , here as in the case of Molla Yegan , is a certain idealizing of the early Muftilik in an important respect . |
| 8 | Do not be misled by thinking that this is either because of strict conformity or regulations laid down . |
| 9 | I suspect it 's because they make such great watches that the women ca n't be fooled into thinking that 40 seconds is an hour and a half . |
| 10 | The amount of work required to obtain this information may be inferred from knowing that this project will run for 9 years and cost 100 million US dollars . |
| 11 | I suspect that the Labour party , because of the pressures on it , will be driven to suggesting that all inspectors should be local council inspectors , inspecting the councils ' schools . |
| 12 | The Executive Committee of this party may tender such advice as it deems necessary to the General Committee on the nominations found to be valid , and may suggest to the General Committee the manner in which they shall be dealt with provided that all valid nominations shall be placed before that body for its consideration at an ordinary meeting . |
| 13 | It may be found from testing that this is impossible to achieve due to the ambiguity in previous word positions . |
| 14 | This , in fact insuperable , difficulty is said to be overcome by proposing that mental phenomena and brain processes are the same stuff viewed within different theoretical frameworks . |
| 15 | If not , they can be estimated by knowing that one time zone equals 15 ° longitude . |
| 16 | In this emergent consciousness paradigm it will be taken for granted that human beings have psychological capacities ; capacities largely unrecognised today and almost entirely unsuspected 50 years ago . |
| 17 | But it should not be taken for granted that these types of programmes are the ideal and only way to approach health education , whether in schools or by health professionals . |
| 18 | Care should be taken in ensuring that any funds not immediately required for either the building of a new church or other charitable purposes are invested in what are known as qualifying investments as prescribed in Sch 20 Taxes Act 1988 . |
| 19 | However , in mathematics , the pupil who does not have a meaning for vectors , say , will hardly be motivated by knowing that this is the ‘ next topic to be learned ’ . |
| 20 | I appeal to the international community not to be flattered into believing that all these cosmetic changes are real changes , and to see to it that we , have a voice and a vote . |
| 21 | Stromatolites related to former high lake stands in the Lake Magadi-Natron basin have uncorrected U-series ages of about 300kyr , although a corrected age of 25040kyr may be obtained by assuming that 234 U had been preferentially leached . |
| 22 | My right hon. Friend is to be congratulated on showing that that can happen , and that a further step can be taken towards ’ ever closer union ’ on an intergovernmental basis , and not just on the basis of the treaty of Rome . |
| 23 | As a resident of Whaddon , and therefore presumably a member of ‘ the ex-agricultural working class ’ , I am anxious that fellow voters should not be deceived into believing that another candidate would have had a better chance of holding the seat for the Conservatives . |