Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] that [art] [noun sg] " 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 | ‘ My Lords , it seems to me clear that the law plainly took the wrong turning in Sheridan 's case [ 1937 ] 1 K.B . |
| 5 | It seems to me clear that the answer has to be yes , provided only that we allow ourselves a sufficiently large series of Ks . |
| 6 | He had been Sir Lancelot , which was a heroic character , but what we wanted with Ian was someone resonant that the public would respond to . |
| 7 | It 's no secret now that he hooked up with Oliver North and Bill Casey of the CIA in an effort to trace the hostages — all of them unaware that the DIA , through Tony Asmar 's network , already knew where they were . |
| 8 | He 'll count himself lucky that the rabbit-punch only stunned him and did n't lay him out . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The sheet of gut endoderm assumes a characteristic tubular structure at the anterior and posterior ends of the embryo although , unlike the neural tube , this is not due to a fusion of folds but rather to its folding back on itself such that the hindgut and foregut are present initially as blind ending tubes . |
| 12 | Yeah , I 've got , I believe that that should be made clear to you all that the area concerned here , is the area which is surrounded by the red line . |
| 13 | Were you aware that no purpose for reading had been given , no specific task that indicated what information you were looking for ? |
| 14 | ‘ Are you aware that the consignment contains weapons , not machinery parts ? ’ |
| 15 | Are you aware that the array of funerals , commonly made by undertakers , is strictly the heraldic array of a baronial funeral , the two men who stand at the doors being supposed to be the two porters of the castle , with their staves , in black ; the man who heads the procession , wearing a scarf , being a representative of a herald-at-arms ; the man who carries a plume of feathers on his head being an esquire , who bears the shield and casque , with its plume of feathers ; the pall-bearers , with batons , being representatives of knights-companions-at-arms ; the men walking with wands being supposed to represent gentlemen-ushers , with their wands : are you aware that this is said to be the origin and type of the common array usually provided by those who undertake to perform funerals ? |
| 16 | ‘ It 's a messenger for you , Major Karr , ’ she said , the use of Karr 's rank indicating to them all that the man was within hearing in the next room . |
| 17 | I had literally had everything possible that a judge can give you . |
| 18 | At a very early stage the apostle Paul was confronted by opposed parties , the one contending that the freedom of the Spirit so emancipated them from social convention that they could act as they pleased , especially in sexual indulgence , the other with more plausibility holding that the life of the Spirit required renunciation of marriage . |
| 19 | ‘ It seems to me evident that a family will provide support for each other , ’ she told a conference of 300 experts . |
| 20 | We 've heard that avoiding stimulating in migration , particularly from the Leeds conurbation is an important consideration , are they conscious that the rest of regional policy is something of a black box at the moment . |
| 21 | In spite of what the doctors said , it seemed to him probable that the accident had irremediably damaged her brain . |
| 22 | When they reached her flat Richard accepted her offer of coffee , then left , and Merrill closed the door behind him thankful that the evening was over . |
| 23 | Are they aware that the South Park fencing is in urgent need of repair or replacement ? |
| 24 | Andrew says if people find it unbelievable that a nurse could ever kill then they should relise that the situation in Bosnia is unbleievable . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | ‘ I find it strange that a report is being talked about when no-one was sent off , ’ he said . |
| 27 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 29 | Have you ever thought it strange that the curse of the working classes is none other than that beloved boardroom nectar that evaporates executive stress and wins over the most capricious of clients ? |
| 30 | 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 . |