Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [vb pp] [that] this " in BNC.

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1 I am determined that this exciting opportunity should not be lost , ’ he said .
2 I have never seen an avocet in Cornwall , but I 'm told that this rare and unique bird has been spotted on these marshes .
3 Women made up only a minor proportion of the prison population in Geurrero and I was assured that this situation was reflected throughout Mexico .
4 I was informed that this was the third ’ clip out ’ he had had during the night on that rod , the other two having been either aborted or missed .
5 You are told that this is the book in which Tolkien never uses the word ‘ the ’ .
6 And she was determined that this would not happen .
7 Although she felt like a little girl who had gone into the wrong party room , she was determined that this woman would not keep her away from her husband .
8 What Bet and Alec thought of a packed house replete with Manc ravers is anyone 's guess but we are told that this event , which was a joint Most Excellent and A Bit Ginger promotion , had the Mancunian cognoscenti rocking over the most famous beermats in Britain .
9 Then , we are told that this constant presence of God guiding and helping his people has been completed .
10 That is to say that both bitmap and vector graphics are supported a la Corel 3 , but a lot faster ( and we 're told that this being a Beta version , there 's a fair amount of debugging code in the software that will slow it down .
11 Yes , but why they got the to offer it , because we were promised that this , this event would be decreased .
12 We were told that this was the result of Gestapo torture .
13 Before this game we were told that this was the poorest Irish team in memory , that Irish rugby was in the doldrums and that the swashbuckling French were about to turn on the after-burners and skyrocket into the stratosphere .
14 We were told that this money was being collected for the families and we gave this money through the official trade union for that purpose .
15 They are told that this sort of question or embellishment is inappropriate .
16 Furthermore , they were taught that this was fundamental mathematical knowledge — part of being ‘ truly ’ educated .
17 They were advised that this was n't necessary , but a leading QC has since ruled this ‘ unlawful ’ because Walkinshaw , at the time , was chairman of both the BRDC and their trading subsidiary Silverstone Circuits Ltd and chairman and major shareholder of TWR .
18 Nor can it be concluded that this state of affairs is anything other than unfair to residential workers and the institutions they serve in order to help young people .
19 Nor can it be contended that this harsh judgement on Socrates was in any way typical of Athenian democracy 's attitudes towards its critics or even its enemies .
20 Need it be emphasized that this exposition claims to be no more than schematic ?
21 The Livre des Coutumes of Bordeaux contains a note that ‘ [ In 1259 ] king Henry did homage for Bordeaux , Bayonne and all the land of Gascony [ Gasconha ] which was [ then ] free allod [ franc en alo ] to Louis , king of France … but let it be known that this Gascony was the most free allod that the king of England had , before … king Henry received it back from the French king in homage ’ .
22 In fact , said Mr Liley , some companies in the field had tried this , but the customers had let it be known that this was not what was wanted .
23 She let it be known that this was a cause she would wish to be supported and therefore we intend to open a Fund for a period of six months from 1st March — 1st September at the end of which time the Society will donate the money to the hospital in Molly 's name .
24 I do not believe it is disputed that this factor has been powerfully in operation recently .
25 5.3 Electricity gas and other services consumed To pay to the suppliers and to indemnify the Landlord against all charges for electricity gas and other services consumed or used at or in relation to the Premises ( including meter rents ) In a footnote to the precedent it is stated that this clause is possibly superfluous in the case of a separate building as the tenant would make arrangements for a separate supply to be provided to the premises , but there is no objection to its inclusion .
26 It is accepted that some conception of a set of conditions for an effect is used , but it is denied that this is the conception of a causal circumstance .
27 We should be grateful for your advice on whether this is a loophole which is likely to be quickly closed or whether it is intended that this type of business should benefit in this way .
28 It is intended that this system , which will presumably be the basis for pool allocations for some years to come , will be refined during the next few years as it works out in practice .
29 It is intended that this be jointly developed by the Council , the Police and the Region 's bus operators .
30 Two officers whose term of secondment came to an end in the course of the year were replaced by promotions from within the Library 's staff , and it is intended that this pattern should continue when the remaining officer returns to the Scottish Office in due course .
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