Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adj] that [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | If not it seems to me possible that Summerchild could be opening himself to proceedings under the Official Secrets Act . |
2 | This was certainly not necessary for the decision of the case ; but though the resolution of the Court of Common Pleas was only a dictum , it seems to me clear that Lord Coke deliberately adopted the dictum , and the great weight of his authority makes it necessary to be cautious before saying that what he deliberately adopted as law was a mistake , and though I can not find that in any subsequent case this dictum has been made the ground of the decision , except in Fitch v. Sutton ( 1804 ) 5 East 230 , as to which I shall make some remarks later , and in Down v. Hatcher ( 1839 ) 10 Ad. & El . |
3 | So am I sorry that David Owen has killed it off ? |
4 | It seems to me questionable that Ruether is herself theistic . |
5 | ‘ Were n't you suspicious that Arabs wanted to supply arms to Iran ? ’ |
6 | I have lived in many parts of America , and I can assure you all that Hawaii is as breathtaking as you imagine , that the charm of the Old South is living on in Charleston , and that colonial America will come alive in the small towns of New England , particularly in the autumn when , in the words of Henry James , the ‘ weather is like tinkling crystal and the colours like molten jewels . ’ |
7 | ‘ Are you sure that Yankee sun has n't turned your head . ’ |
8 | ‘ And are you sure that Harry Lawrence was not the target ? ’ |
9 | ‘ Are you sure that thing is dead ? ’ bleated Frye . |
10 | ‘ Are you sure that God is omnipresent ? ’ |
11 | ‘ Are you sure that God would own it ? ’ |
12 | ‘ Are you aware that gold never alters , never loses its shine , even after years beneath the sea , or buried in the ground ? |
13 | Someone is bound to make you aware that happiness is as free an option as sorrow . |
14 | Are you aware that Janice does n't really love you ? |
15 | He would start the evening in his quiet , sometimes moody , Kansas drawl and would end up in ranting fashion , telling them all that things would be different when he and the rest of ‘ new ’ Hollywood were running things , and they would all be clapped in irons , which was hardly the brightest way to inspire confidence at a time when you were seeking film money . |
16 | ‘ It makes me angry that women think so little about their bodies that they use abortion as a means of contraceptive . |
17 | The latter responded by writing to the then minister of health , saying : ‘ It seems to me intolerable that employees of the Health Service should openly criticise their health authorities in this sort of way . ’ |
18 | Maggie quietly told him all that Ana had said and he heard her through in silence . |
19 | And she told him all that Irene had told her that morning . |
20 | When , calmer , he went to her room , Katelina was awake , and he was able to expend on her all that Diniz thought he was capable of . |
21 | In a blistering attack on ‘ The Football Madness ’ in 1898 , Ernest Ensor was particularly shocked by the epidemic of excitement among the fans : ‘ A constant attendant at great football matches must have seen more than once a large crowd vertere pollicem in a manner which made him thankful that murder is illegal . ’ |
22 | We consider it strange that adults ( teachers , parents , publishers of textbooks and examiners ) behave as if they believe both that manipulating fractions is a useful skill and that most children can acquire this skill . |
23 | I find it strange that people with whom I have been associated should now accept that independent bankers control so much of our destiny . |
24 | To conclude , at no time do I write expertises for payment , and I find it strange that Mr Stock should dispute an independent scholar 's freedom of expression . |
25 | Is n't it strange that men never seem to wonder whether it 's possible to love two women at once ? |
26 | I do not think it possible that datura , Indian or British , or deadly nightshade invaded our menu . ’ |
27 | Was it possible that Hurley had forgotten to tell him they were putting in some decent professional equipment at last ? |
28 | ‘ Then is it possible that Harry interfered with legend ? |
29 | Thinking it possible that London 's streets would contain martyrs cudgelled to death , he wondered if that might be no bad thing . |
30 | Even the Communist Party was momentarily shaken by the apparent imminence of war — was it possible that Chamberlain was going to fight Hitler after all ? — but the errant comrades were quickly pulled back into line . |