Example sentences of "that [pron] be [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Avoiding long-drawn-out negotiations and yet ensuring that everyone is in the know is part of the task of governors . |
| 2 | Besides , I want to protect the remains of my privacy ; I do n't want to appear cold-hearted or stubborn ; but I know that when I try to make my life give me its answers to how I have come to my current concerns , I ca n't do it without feeling that I am on the edge of a dangerous fiction of self-description . |
| 3 | Martha tells him often that I am in the history department as opposed to being the history department , in the sense of running a history department . |
| 4 | I learnt about magic bullets as an undergraduate in Australia in 1984 and I am impressed to think that I am in the company of their pioneer . |
| 5 | Here I hope that I am in the present with the advantage of a long view back as well . |
| 6 | I ought to say , however , that I am in the habit of writing on any scientific topic which may arise , and have such excellent opportunities of getting the best scientific information , that I have no doubt I could please you on any subject connected with my department of science which you may suggest . |
| 7 | I should hate anyone to think that I am , ’ she said , looking around her at us all and smiling again , ‘ that I am in the business of catering exclusively for prostitutes , tarts working girls , slags bitches , cunts , whores , studs , pimps , rent boys , butches , nellies , queens , masseurs , escorts , one-night stands , ex-models , ex-policemen , ex-Armed Forces , ex-boxers , security guards , tennis instructors , so-called businessmen , tourists and those poor unfortunates who simply come here to pass the time and meanwhile do some shopping ; oh , no , let it never be said ! |
| 8 | Well people are not bound to lose , because some people do finish up ahead , but most people should expect to lose for the simple reason that bookies have got to make a living somehow , and therefore the odds that they offer to entice people to go in are such as to expect the bookie to make a profit , but that does n't mean to say that I am against the idea of people going in for gambling . |
| 9 | I have made it clear to the people who work there and to the management that I am against the encouragement of tobacco addiction and in favour of measures which will prevent the use of tobacco in public places . |
| 10 | All this mental harassment has affected me so much that my doctor has warned me that I 'm of the edge of a nervous breakdown . |
| 11 | That 's why I 'm so thankful that I 'm on the reading and that I like sewing , I like walking and I 've made some very nice friends within easy walking distance , I can go out and have a coffee with them , because I , while I 'm recovering from the agony 's of from the finance |
| 12 | ‘ It 's a great comfort to me , knowing that I 'm on the end of a phone , should either of my children be taken ill , ’ says Elaine , 34 , a part-time marketing consultant and mother of two girls under four . |
| 13 | She says Chris , that 's her in office , she 's told me that I 'm off the subsidy now , she says I 've been on it twelve week and er |
| 14 | I start to explain that I 'm from the Cabinet Office . |
| 15 | That I 'm in the office with him . |
| 16 | I mean I 've just , but all the years that I was at the home every day I would say hello Flo , hello Elsie how are you ? |
| 17 | When I bought my first company and began to build up the business , I had to live in the city , so that I was at the centre of things . |
| 18 | These were er built in between the th that long period that I was on the council . |
| 19 | Calling in at Lowestoft I found to my surprise that I was on the promotion list and viewed the prospect with mixed feelings as at the time this meant that I would no longer be eligible to crew on the cutters . |
| 20 | Paul was invited to give a series of public lectures at the school , and word got around that I was on the verge of retirement and Paul would be happy to take my place . |
| 21 | He was obviously satisfied that I was on the level and reserved two birds on the spot , £35 each . |
| 22 | The devil of it was the vehicle was a left-hand drive , so that I was on the side that would go over the edge first . |
| 23 | Not until I arrived on the 18th tee 1-down did it suddenly occur to me that I was on the point of losing . |
| 24 | He persuaded them that I was not employed by the Government , explaining that I was under the Emperor 5 personal protection , which accounted for my escort of soldiers . |
| 25 | I meant that I was under the impression the Spaniards had strong beliefs about virginal brides and the sanctity of marriage and children and a strong family unit . ’ |
| 26 | The study of the Buddha made me feel that I was in the presence of a very great religious teacher , a man of great compassion , who diagnosed man 's original trouble as greed , desire , attachment , the escape from which was the treading of the Noble Eightfold Path . |
| 27 | I listened to others ' crises but did n't want to accept that I was in the middle of my own . |
| 28 | One event which has lived in my memory , and which I would not have liked to repeat , was of cycling home one evening ( I lived near Altrincham ) — and I was in the middle of Barton Bridge when I heard a German bomber overhead — I have never pedalled so quickly since , realising that I was in the middle of a prime target . |
| 29 | From the time that my colleagues in the House of Commons did me the honour of electing me to be their leader I have felt that I was in the position of a trustee ; and even throughout the war the one thing that I have aimed at constantly has been to preserve . |
| 30 | The three weeks that I was in the scheme for — they trained me to see if I could do the job properly , they were able to see what I 'd be like when I was doing the job . |