Example sentences of "i [verb] that the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chairman , thank , thank you very much indeed erm Chairman , I will in fact and er perhaps if I read that in the first instance I have n't circulated it erm if I read that the first instance it will set the of what I have to say . |
| 2 | But even if we agree this order tonight none of those issues will actually be clearly resolved er , there is a temptation and I regret that the honourable member for Southend succumbed to this , there 's a temptation to blem blame the French and the French government for this present state of uncertainty . |
| 3 | ‘ I regret that the legal advice then given to the House was not correct . ’ |
| 4 | I regret that the legal advice then given to the House was not correct … |
| 5 | I contend that the best evidence of the efficacy of the combined system are the attainments of the deaf-mutes who have profited by it , and that the deaf-mutes of America are far better educated than those of any other country . |
| 6 | I repeat that the European Community money should be for the benefit of coal communities , and we very much regret that the European Commission has not released the funds . |
| 7 | You may , sir , the rather believe me when I declare that the only man I could honour more than another is the gentleman who of all others seeks my everlasting dishonour . |
| 8 | Well we were taken up to the standby boat which is I mean every vessel in the North Sea , every rig and installation has a boat that circles it , non stop , twenty four hours a day and I mean that The standby boat on Piper I mean it was the the two inflatable boats off it that picked everybody up , and most folk up , and one of them was lost , they lost two of the crew off that . |
| 9 | ‘ I mean that the only reason I keep your brother on is because he 's an absolute wizard with engines . ’ |
| 10 | By correctly distinguish I mean that the correct phrase must be the only phrase with a certain score , and it must have the highest score . |
| 11 | Then some creatures emerged from it , through an opening I had n't noticed , and I realized that the other heap was a dwelling . |
| 12 | I realized that the mysterious man had told someone to watch me , and this was a message from his spy . |
| 13 | To my disappointment I realized that the nearest group was in Manchester , which was too far away to be useful . |
| 14 | But soon I realized that the old man was blind . |
| 15 | And then I realized that the little cup she 'd brought with her out of the sea , and gave to me for Adam — that little cup could be none other than Undry . ’ |
| 16 | Eventually , I realised that the only side to match the As are the Js . |
| 17 | ‘ I was in New Zealand , watching the rugby league students ’ world tournament , when I realised that the 15-a-side game did not have an equivalent competition . |
| 18 | Coz I realised that the poor boy had a problem |
| 19 | I was surprised to see them up in the tall grasses , instead of moving along the exposed bank , but I realised that the rising river level had forced them up . |
| 20 | I had applied for an Adjournment debate on this subject , but I realised that the hon. Member for Rotherham ( Mr. Crowther ) had a prior right , representing as he does the NLVA . |
| 21 | In Chapter 2 , I argued that the emancipatory conception of higher education — as I termed it — is to be found historically in the deep structure of the concept of higher education ( and I developed the idea in Chapter 8 , in discussing emancipation as the highest form of rationality ) . |
| 22 | I argued that the representational theory of mind , with its assumption that thinking is the possession of determinate ‘ mental states ’ which are in some sense encodings ( pictorial , syntactic ) of actual or possible states of affairs , contributes to the difficulty of the mind-body problem . |
| 23 | Stupidly , I presumed that the ancient axiom that females were put on this planet for purely decorative purposes or that being pretty ( or perhaps a spot of procreation ) were the pinnacles of achievement had forever died out alongside the bustle and/or the bubble car . |
| 24 | In my experience , perfect compromises are unusual animals , and I fear that the hon. Gentleman is in for a disillusioning experience if the tax is ever brought into practice . |
| 25 | Peter and I agreed that the next step should be for us ( you ? ) to circulate the above topic/author proposals as an Aunt Sally to Paul and Jackie Schachter to see if this coincides at all with their thinking . |
| 26 | In drawing up a care plan , Mrs Allen and I agreed that the main problem was the infected gash on her leg and the surrounding area of cellulitis . |
| 27 | I concede that the current recession and the Government 's mismanagement of the economy have a part to play in the fact that prestige projects are not lining up to locate in the bay . |
| 28 | I can put a point rather more crudely than the Lord put it , but I realise that the present Government find it inconceivable , one day they will be in opposition , but I do wonder if they would have shown quite the same enthusiasm for this solution if it had been forthcoming from a Labour Government . |
| 29 | I could have gone mad , you know , but the tragedy is that during the courses a lot of them and I expect that the best time to learn is when you 're young and you 're more receptive . |
| 30 | Nevertheless , I expect that the methodological pluralism which has characterized our biogeography during my time will continue , and diversity of both material and outlook must in any final reckoning be a source of strength . |