Example sentences of "that [pron] have [be] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chairs were designed to complement the table and represent one set of variations on a chair design that I have been experimenting with for years . |
| 2 | I can say without embarrassment that I have been training for this for a long time , that I have learned to breathe the rarefied air , that I now know when to stand still and when to move forward , when to attack and when to retreat , when to leave a problem to resolve itself and when to go on working at it till the solution emerges . |
| 3 | What I am most conscious of is that I have been regarded as a controversial figure : until the age of sixty I was seen either as a subversive or as an enfant terrible . |
| 4 | I keep rehearsing that low brace that I have been thinking about ever since we set a date for our attempt . |
| 5 | Well one of the aspects that I have been looking at is erm the impact of technical change on women 's position in the rural areas , and particularly as it concerns women who belong to landless households , or women who belong to small peasant cultivator households . |
| 6 | But at least Holroyd leaves me in no doubt that I have been reading about a great phenomenon . |
| 7 | As the hon. Gentleman introduced the subject of colour of dress , I can only say that I have been listening to him for almost 18 years and I wish that he would sometimes change the colour of his tie . |
| 8 | ‘ It is obvious that I have been exploited for propaganda purposes in a film in which I should never have allowed myself to appear , ’ he bitterly commented afterwards . |
| 9 | Well , I agreed not to speak more than half an hour , but I see that I have been speaking for a little longer than forty-five minutes . |
| 10 | From documents that I have been sent by the senior chief inspector it is clear that the total number of inspectors will be used as follows : 11 will conduct high-profile surveys and focus inspections , six will inspect schools at risk and another 26 will undertake inspections to supplement database evidence . |
| 11 | If , when hearing that I have been stilled at last they stand at |
| 12 | After the hearing the woman said : ‘ It 's ridiculous that I have been brought to court . |
| 13 | And I 'd just like to take the opportunity to er emphasise the point that I have been making at this E I P that erm r regional migration from the West Yorkshire is reducing and we do n't want to create a magnet which reverses that trend . |
| 14 | That confirms the point that I have been making to the House for some time about the international slow-down and international difficulties . |
| 15 | The passage could be read as ‘ this is not my ‘ Histoire de l'oeil ’ , but a male story that I have been subjected to ’ , or as ‘ this is not ‘ L'Histoire de l'oeil ’ but my story of the eye which is not a his-story but a hystery , i.e. a female story ’ . |
| 16 | Ian Luder , head of Arthur Andersen 's executive and personal taxation services group , says that ‘ the more that I have been working on employee schemes , the more convinced I am that there is an impact ’ . |
| 17 | In the three years or so that I have been working at Joan Allen Electronics I have become acutely aware of battery problems , in particular from the many cases where detectors have been sent back for repair needlessly . |
| 18 | As to the other case that I want to say a word about , I have to confess now to beating a drum that I have been beating with varying success for a number of years . |
| 19 | How can teachers be prepared to undertake the process of pragmatic mediation that I have been proposing in these chapters ? |
| 20 | It really should not strike you as odd that I have been enquiring into your affairs — if I may so phrase it . |
| 21 | I refer to your recent application for the above position and am pleased to advise that you have been selected for interview . |
| 22 | Further to your recent interview for the above post , I am pleased to advise that you have been selected for short-list interview . |
| 23 | I refer to your recent application for the above position and am pleased to inform you that you have been selected for interview . |
| 24 | And it should happen that it 's God 's will that you have been sent to us for protection and education . |
| 25 | Imagine that you have been studying for 20 years for a qualification that will change your life , or waiting the same length of time to hear about a job you have applied for , the only job you have ever really wanted . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , if you think this catalogue paints an unnecessarily bleak picture of how teachers are feeling , then I can tell you with some confidence that you have been deceived by the cover-up . |
| 27 | I would suggest that initially one of the things we ought to be doing is making approaches to the private sector through their organisations where they exist and say , look we really have to begin to get into the kind of discussions that you have been talking about earlier between health and social work ; health , social work and the voluntary side to talk about the issues of planning and the issues of quality and the issues of the form and shape of services and what sort of developments are acceptable in client-need terms and what are not acceptable . |
| 28 | ‘ Your uncle Orrin tells us that you have been missing for months , not travelling with the Parslows as we thought , and when you surface again you have the gall to question us . ’ |
| 29 | If you feel that you have been discriminated against , it may be a good idea to contact whichever of those two bodies is appropriate for further guidance . |
| 30 | But you may be able to complain to a tribunal that you have been discriminated against on the grounds of sex or race , even if the company concerned never offered you a job . |