Example sentences of "[vb pp] that [adj] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is generally supposed that this is because he is on his death-bed , and his gift of making conversation has already ebbed away . |
| 2 | Generally , however , it is supposed that this was not possible . |
| 3 | Meantime , there was a lot happening just down the street to capture his attention , as troop after troop of soldiers passed through Frome on their way somewhere else : 300 of the Staffordshire Militia came in April of 1799 , replaced by an equal number of the same later in the month ; then the 300-strong Somerset Supplementary Militia arrived from Wells , complete with their own band , followed by the glorious Fifteenth Light Dragoons — ‘ It is supposed that these are the finest men and horses of any regiment in England ’ ; and the next year no fewer than nine hundred men of the Seventeenth Regiment of Light Dragoons came at one go . |
| 4 | It must be stressed that this is only a possibility ( and that the explanation has been very much simplified ) , but more and more researches are showing that it probably approximates to the truth . |
| 5 | It should be stressed that this is not the only possible intervention . |
| 6 | It should be stressed that this is also true of other so-called developmental theories . |
| 7 | The product allows the artist , and it needs to be stressed that this is not a product for the amateur doodler , to create mathematically correct lines and curves by placing anchor points and stretching lines between them . |
| 8 | It should be stressed that this is not a qualification in interpreting or community work . |
| 9 | ‘ It is stressed that this is the only confirmed case of doping into which an inquiry is being conducted at the moment by the Jockey Club . ’ |
| 10 | Spencerian analysis not only assigned women a narrow and subordinate role , but also stressed that this was necessary if human progress was to be sustained . |
| 11 | I am of the opinion that it should be stressed that these are the intentions of the organisers who are in the hands of the operators of Network SouthEast . |
| 12 | One may quibble with some of Jakobson 's distinctions and classifications , but it must be stressed that these are only a small selection of the multitude of relationships that he identifies in the space of this short poem . |
| 13 | If it were more forcefully to challenge the ageism that underlies the social structure , would it be in danger of provoking a backlash from those of its supporters who do not wish to be reminded that all is not well , despite their charity ? |
| 14 | It 's so persuasively and convincingly argued — especially for those of us most happy to be convinced — that it 's a trifle dampening to be reminded that these are ‘ image patterns whose sexual significance may have been hidden from the poet on a conscious level … . |
| 15 | They need to be reminded that this is a start-up situation so that they start to do any analysis in the context of all the information available . |
| 16 | And I think , Chairman , we should be reminded that this is a new application , nothing to do with the other one , and I think we should consider this as a new application . |
| 17 | Easily Accessible : If you are not keen on Shakespeare , Stratford may not be the place for you — nearly everywhere you go you will be reminded that this was his birthplace . |
| 18 | Now I believe that you test the liberal democracy , not by the ease with which majorities get their way but on the extent to which you accommodate the views of committed minorities and we 've lived so long with majority rule , masquerading as democracy , that we 've forgotten that that is more akin to dictatorship than anything else . |
| 19 | However , while the cases where multi-ethnic and multi-communal states have fractured , or are close to breaking , naturally attract most attention — the partition of the Indian sub- continent in 1947 , the splitting of Pakistan , the demands for Tamil separatism in Sri Lanka — it should never be forgotten that these are special cases in a world where multi-ethnic and multi- communal states are the norm . |
| 20 | From Otto 's time on the ambition to be crowned emperor by the pope was an inevitable ambition for all German kings until long after the end of our period ; nor was it ever forgotten that this was in imitation of Charles . |
| 21 | He had completely forgotten that this was his twenty-first birthday and that he had finally come of age . |
| 22 | At the other extreme was a father and son dairy farm where it was claimed that each was working 110 hours per week . |
| 23 | It might of course be claimed that this is all that has to be sorted out : just tidy up the definitions , and the problem will be resolved . |
| 24 | No-one has claimed that this is the only cause of strike activity — merely that it is one of many factors that have a bearing on strike activity . |
| 25 | The industry has always claimed that this was a purely technical decision without any political overtones . |
| 26 | It was claimed that this was caused by the greater number of convictions , and the speed at which the increase took place , rather than from any perceptible changes in sentencing practice . |
| 27 | Of course , it could be claimed that this was the same thing as : but it has been pointed out that the two versions are different in several ways . |
| 28 | Or , on the other , it could be claimed that these were long-term objectives and that the animal was conscious only of intermediate ends ; the hyena was following the promptings of its hunger . |
| 29 | Dhlakama later claimed that these were defensive actions and warned that they would continue unless the government withdrew its troops from areas under Renamo control . |
| 30 | All that might be allowed for in this context was that individual cases might be considered if I particularly pressed " , and it has to be added that this was in full accordance with the AFHQ instruction of 7 March which stated that " it is not the policy of she British Government to encourage any of those persons who become a British responsibility to put forward claims that they are NOT Soviet Citizens " . |