Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some MPs are suggesting that local authorities should be given the power to compel farmers to protect hedges . |
| 2 | Commercial banks everywhere are realising that profitable banks may become big , but not the other way round . |
| 3 | Staff are reminded that unauthorised software must not be used on any of the Garden 's computing equipment . |
| 4 | Health officials are warning that so-called rave parties could lead to a drug epidemic . |
| 5 | Almost a quarter of road accidents happen in the middle of the afternoon and experts are warning that just one drink at lunchtime can make you fall asleep at the wheel . |
| 6 | Newton Aycliffe police are warning that forged notes are still circulating after a fake £20 note was handed to a Ferryhill newsagent . |
| 7 | They 're warning that overloaded vehicles are dangerous and can cause serious accidents . |
| 8 | Once we 're found that favourite shape , there is nothing more frustrating than discovering that fashion has made it obsolete . |
| 9 | I am told that other people have had similar experiences but are not prepared to enlarge on their stories ; perhaps they had seen a ghost of a long-gone railwayman who had worked in the area years ago and had come back to his earthly place of employment ! |
| 10 | I am told that Honest John has taken to phoning up editors of the papers that helped him regain power to plead with them not to be so beastly . |
| 11 | The more I drink , the more I am persuaded that young wines offer most pleasure ; a constantly renewable resource , popping up fresh every year . |
| 12 | So , if hearing people are told that deaf people are ‘ disabled ’ or ‘ sick ’ — a layperson 's view which is widespread in the system surrounding the deaf individual — they can never begin to understand how they themselves may be disabling deaf people or can be the source of the infection . |
| 13 | Now we are told that universal capping is necessary because the Secretary of State and his colleagues are frightened of trusting local people to make local decisions under the new banded system . |
| 14 | When this absolute test is not met we are told that significant benefit or risk remains . |
| 15 | Is he aware that even when people are examined , are found to have cataracts and wait a long time for the operation , some of them — such as a 91-year-old constituent of mine — are told that Royal Oldham hospital , which has been granted trust status , does not have the money to provide the necessary medicines and has money to help only the elderly ? |
| 16 | But irrespective of how they construe the common sense which is the policeman or woman 's working knowledge , seniors are agreed that new recruits need experience of life to enable them to deal with the range of situations and people they encounter in their work . |
| 17 | One 's hopes are raised that Scots law is to get at least some adequate mention , but these hopes founder on the title of the very first chapter , ‘ The Incorporation of European Community Law into English Law ’ . |
| 18 | Fingers are crossed that huge spending cuts will spare capital projects ( road , rail , London tube , for example ) that would create — or at least protect — jobs . |
| 19 | It is once these are introduced that traditional agency factors come into play . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm seeing that white bothy down there , ’ the driver informed me , pointing out a delightful cabin with a golden thatched roof . |
| 21 | I 'm told that professional painters now have shade cards that provide a selection of 3,000 colours . |
| 22 | Yet , so many variables are involved that precise sources may never be identified . |
| 23 | Companies using substantial amounts of power are finding that effective buying demands close and detailed management attention , often backed by significantly more electronic metering and statistical analysis than they have used in the past — in one instance , a prospective supplier demanded to see consumption levels taken at half-hour intervals throughout the year . |
| 24 | Like their less skilled brethren back in the early 1980s , unemployed accountants are finding that lengthy unemployment becomes a barrier to re-employment . |
| 25 | At a time when graduates are finding that academic success is not an automatic open sesame to the job market — a recent advertisement for a relatively junior clerical/admin post at the University produced a crop of graduate applications , including at least one First Class Honours graduate — it is heartwarming to read of a Nottingham man whose business and his hobby stem directly from his campus experience . |
| 26 | When a million health care workers are arguing that social , economic , and lifestyle factors underpin health and that health care plays a lesser , though important part their arguments may influence politicians and the public . |
| 27 | Walkers are determined that four-wheel drive vehicles and motorbikes should be banned from the Ridgeway on Sundays and Bank Holidays . |
| 28 | 7 days after Richard Miles 's death , the police are hoping that passing motorists can provide them with vital clues . |
| 29 | If you 're pr promoting that rich peasant economy , you are hoping that middle peasants will be upwardly ambitious and mobile and , and will also move up to be , to be rich peasants . |
| 30 | In Kendra Sone 's article ‘ Vetting equality ’ ( 16 February ) we are warned that psychometric testing , when used for selecting candidates , should be used with care and that candidates could find themselves open to discrimination if such tests become part of tougher selection processes . |