Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [verb] that [adj] " in BNC.

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1 My hon. Friends are right to emphasise that that status operates within the NHS .
2 You are right to note that two of your photos were used in the last magazine .
3 Twenty-five years ago , during a period of full employment , employers may sometimes have been right to assume that those who were unemployed or redundant were less effective than those who held down a job .
4 Using specially arranged cognitive tasks it has been possible to show that this inhibition is weaker than average in psychotic individuals , otherwise ignored information being relatively more available for conscious processing .
5 I am sorry to say that all you were demonstrating was stubbornness and/or poor examination technique .
6 In fact I am sorry to say that many aspects of the book are disappointing .
7 I am sorry to say that some of them are dead now , and others have left the dale to live in Barnard Castle with their own families .
8 But , I am afraid to say that this month 's Ultimate Brandy Snap , filled with gooseberry fool ( page 124 ) , is best served either on its own , or with a small tot of brandy .
9 Patrick had been interested to see that all traces of the damage the insurgents had wrought in the Green — the trenches they had dug , the trees they had felled — had vanished , and the only evidence of the 1916 Rising were the bullet holes in the stonework of the hotel where the rebels had fired on the British troops positioned on the roof and in some of the upper rooms .
10 With great respect to the learned Lord Justice I am disposed to think that this reasoning rests on an ambiguous use of the word ‘ duty . ’
11 I am delighted to say that both previous Prime Ministers under whom I served are avid and enthusiastic collectors of that porcelain .
12 I am delighted to report that those new levels consist of 183 projects recorded by Welsh Development International , promising about 17,000 jobs .
13 By the close of that decade even writers like Thackeray , who are content to believe that all is well in the other nation , are none the less keenly aware of the divide — though he sees no reason to cross it — between a gentleman and his servants , ‘ who live with us all our days and are strangers to us : so strong custom is , and so pitiless the distinction between class and class ’ .
14 We are fortunate to announce that this year George Hatfield will be demonstrating on the Woodworker stand , at the Woodworker Show for the Saturday and Sunday ( 19–20 October ) .
15 I am sad to see that one of my favourite landmarks , R. Soles the shoe shop , has closed down .
16 I am sad to say that some Conservative Members and one or two of my hon. Friends seem to have a little Englander mentality .
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18 The opinion , which comes ten years after a joint opinion by Arden and Leonard Hoffman QC and which supersedes it , not only concludes that standards are likely to be accepted as authoritative by the courts but that they are likely to accept that that compliance with abstracts of the UITF ‘ is also necessary to meet the true and fair requirement ’ .
19 Instead , they are likely to suggest that some methods of discipline can be used to help prevent a young person absconding from care so long as this does them no harm .
20 Nowadays you are likely to think that this involves transport moving backwards and forwards .
21 Some sceptics have been quick to see that this could well be a familiar pointer to the future — suggest a service for closure in the hope that the relevant council will come up with the money to reprieve it .
22 Universities are supposed to ensure that all posts approved by them for general clinical experience meet the GMC 's recommendations .
23 I am glad to say that all the relevant Government Agencies in Northern Ireland ie the Department of Economic Development , the Training and Employment Agency , the Industrial Development Board and LEDU , have taken steps to help local business prepare for the future .
24 I am glad to say that these tactics backfired .
25 I am glad to say that immense capital investment is going into that , which did not happen under the last Labour Government .
26 I am glad to say that this act of faith has since been amply rewarded and the blazer 's fit is perfect .
27 I am glad to confirm that these lessons have been learnt from our consideration of the Gulf conflict .
28 Many of us are keen for the bay to be redeveloped , and are glad to note that low-cost housing is being provided there .
29 Nor in the light of experience and knowledge available prior to this accident would it have been reasonable to envisage that internal pressures could exist in the tail structure . ’
30 Locke 's defenders are unwilling to admit that this might be so .
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