Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [that] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forgive me but it seems to me strange that a lady such as you … how shall I say … should stay in a pensione . |
| 2 | Therefore it appears to me clear that a corporation at common law may maintain an action for a libel by which its property is injured . |
| 3 | Therefore it appears to me clear that a corporation at common law may maintain an action for a libel by which its property is injured . |
| 4 | So generous is this bequest by birds to their young that a chick needs no additional food from which to build the flesh and bones and feathers of its infant body , and it still has enough energy left over to break its way out of the shell . |
| 5 | Even more than in the 1930s , the TUC were imprisoned within constraints imposed on it by a capitalist wage-structure : the TUC argued strongly for adequate pensions ( denying , for example , that an old person needed less to eat ) ; but if this was to be implemented without encouraging further wage-cuts to elderly workers , then it appeared to them inevitable that a retirement condition must be introduced . |
| 6 | ‘ Are you aware that a drugs ring is being operated in the club ? ’ he asked abruptly . |
| 7 | I had literally had everything possible that a judge can give you . |
| 8 | ‘ It seems to me evident that a family will provide support for each other , ’ she told a conference of 300 experts . |
| 9 | Andrew says if people find it unbelievable that a nurse could ever kill then they should relise that the situation in Bosnia is unbleievable . |
| 10 | I find it strange that a wife , a queen , a princess with responsibilities , who had been informed in no uncertain fashion that her husband was to join her , fails to do anything when he does not arrive . |
| 11 | I find it strange that a new name is mentioned despite the fact that we 've just won two away games . |
| 12 | ‘ I find it strange that a report is being talked about when no-one was sent off , ’ he said . |
| 13 | ‘ Alan is a great player but I find it strange that a Scot is preferred to an Irishman and the more matches I win , the bigger the snub will be . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Alan is a great player but I find it strange that a Scot is preferred to an Irishman and the more matches I win , the bigger the snub will be . ’ |
| 15 | How then was it possible that a similar contradiction in the social formation of India , China , and Peru had not led to similar development ? |
| 16 | How then is it possible that a gesture I saw performed by one person , a gesture that was connected to her , that characterized her and was part of her individual charm , could at the same time be the essence of another person and my dreams of her ? |
| 17 | The sense in which we can talk of the meaning of an individual sentence is not determinate enough to make it possible that a sentence be unrevisably true in virtue of that meaning . |
| 18 | Is it possible that a body was put in the basin early on Saturday morning and that it remained there until the next high tide without being seen ? ’ |
| 19 | How is it possible that a black hole appears to emit particles when we know that nothing can escape from within its event horizon ? |
| 20 | Was n't it possible that a man of Jamie 's age might be more able to cope with her feminism , her academic success ? |
| 21 | Thus , in the case of a general exclusion clause , is it possible that a clause could be enforceable in respect of some classes of liability controlled by the UCTA , but not in respect of others ? |
| 22 | The contrast between nature and architecture here was too much indeed for the ungenerous Hippolyte Taine , who came here on his Journey to the Pyrenees in the middle of the last century and wrote that ‘ One finds it grotesque that a bit of hot water should have brought cuisine and civilization into these declivities . ’ |
| 23 | On the contrary , I think it admirable that a gentlewoman should think seriously of such matters . ’ |
| 24 | First , is it right that a remedy should be refused because the respondent would have made the same decision even if it had not acted illegally ? |
| 25 | A second thing is that a co , is it right that a company of people should be deprived of a sacrament because an ordained minister is not available ? |
| 26 | It is all very well to delay the onset of a retinopathy for a year or two , but to achieve this , is it justifiable that a diabetic has no social life and a poorer quality of life for 20 years ? |
| 27 | But the occasional $500m-worth of speculative trading on the Korean Stock Exchange on a single day — as happened on January 17th — and a booming kerb market make it clear that a great deal of loose cash is still swirling around . |
| 28 | Both Ken Clarke and my special adviser Nicholas True made it clear that a good speech was ‘ needed ’ at the Party Conference in Blackpool . |
| 29 | The invitation should make it clear that a selection procedure is in progress and that all that is required are details , including prices and , if appropriate , samples of products for evaluation , the result of which might be an invitation to conduct trials . |
| 30 | If intended as a last step prior to dismissal , such a warning should describe the nature of the offence and make it clear that a repetition will cause you to be dismissed . |