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 | ‘ Are you sure that Yankee sun has n't turned your head . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ And are you sure that Harry Lawrence was not the target ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Are you sure that thing is dead ? ’ bleated Frye . |
| 9 | ‘ Are you sure that God is omnipresent ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Are you sure that God would own it ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Are you aware that gold never alters , never loses its shine , even after years beneath the sea , or buried in the ground ? |
| 12 | Someone is bound to make you aware that happiness is as free an option as sorrow . |
| 13 | Are you aware that Janice does n't really love you ? |
| 14 | ‘ It makes me angry that women think so little about their bodies that they use abortion as a means of contraceptive . |
| 15 | 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 . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I find it strange that people with whom I have been associated should now accept that independent bankers control so much of our destiny . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Is n't it strange that men never seem to wonder whether it 's possible to love two women at once ? |
| 21 | I do not think it possible that datura , Indian or British , or deadly nightshade invaded our menu . ’ |
| 22 | Was it possible that Hurley had forgotten to tell him they were putting in some decent professional equipment at last ? |
| 23 | ‘ Then is it possible that Harry interfered with legend ? |
| 24 | Thinking it possible that London 's streets would contain martyrs cudgelled to death , he wondered if that might be no bad thing . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Now an atheist computer has declared its lack of belief in these gentlemen and , to howls of delight from fundamentalists in both Jewish and Christian religions , has made it possible that Ol' Grampa Moses was the culprit after all . |
| 27 | In requesting , A must ( a ) want B to come now , ( b ) think it possible that B can come , ( c ) think B is not already there , ( d ) think B was not about to come anyway , ( e ) expect that B will respond with an acceptance or rejection , and if B accepts , then A will also expect B to come , ( f ) think that his ( A 's ) asking may be a possible motive for B to come , ( g ) not be , or be pretending not to be , in a position to order B to come 4 . |
| 28 | Is it possible that Major would rather go into opposition — with the dangers that would mean for his continued leadership of the Conservative party — than offer PR and Scottish devolution to the Liberal Democrats ? |
| 29 | How was it possible that Ace , world champion , could feel so inadequate in his personal relationships ? |
| 30 | ‘ Is it possible that machinery will banish oppression ? ’ he asked . |