Example sentences of "[pers pn] [am/are] [adj] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | They argued that existing maps and digitized files from them are unable to meet these needs at global or regional scale and only remote sensing could help in the short term : the availability of stereometric data from the French SPOT satellite has already led to proposals for automated creation of global digital elevation models with a spatial ( XY ) resolution of about 30 m ( Muller 1989 ) . |
2 | A possible change , still to be approved by the Committee and the AGM , is that Vic Smith and I are likely to do this job jointly in future . |
3 | Its public sector funding depends on money from Northern Arts , and I am delighted to confirm that , as a result of the record settlement that I was able to negotiate for overheads , Northern Arts will receive a 13.9 per cent increase for 1992-93 amounting to more than £5 million . |
4 | The President accepted his scrap of twisted limb with a gracious smile and said , on Susan 's advice , ‘ I am delighted to receive this gift which I see as a symbol of the cultural and commercial interdependence of the planets . |
5 | However , I am delighted to report that , despite these hard time , the management has shown its commitment to Pipeline as the main means of communication for LASMO employees around the world . |
6 | Because I am delighted to report that education standards in Wales have been rising over the last few years following the introduction of the national curriculum and our other reforms . |
7 | I am delighted to accept those congratulations , not least on behalf of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary , who have spearheaded the campaign . |
8 | I am delighted to commend this booklet to you which I hope will give you a flavour of the variety and interest available to solicitors in local government . |
9 | I am keen to support any initiatives aimed at discussing ways of encouraging the economic regeneration of the area . |
10 | The Treasurer will I am sure have more to say on this subject . |
11 | I am proud to confess that , in the 1970s , I campaigned for a national minimum wage because I felt that it was the right thing to do then . |
12 | Our lifts are overworked , and as well as being very mindful of the cost I am anxious to rectify this situation in order to keep the lifts free for more needy passengers , such as the postroom boys with trolleys , etc . |
13 | Character oozes from it , and I am content to spend some time studying its many features before I set up a rod . |
14 | Therefore , I am pleased to support this plea . |
15 | So this wo n't displace those accounts listed above , nor indeed one or two others made in the studio , among them the underrated Janowitz/DG version ( I am pleased to see that is listed in the current Good CD Guide ) . |
16 | I am pleased to report all but specimen fish , trout of over 3lb , were returned to fight another day . |
17 | Despite the tougher trading conditions I am pleased to report that Healthcare has yet again had a profitable year , and we are poised for further expansion of our business in the coming year . |
18 | I am pleased to report that , despite more difficult trading conditions in 1992 , we achieved good increases in both turnover and profit . |
19 | First the figures , furniture retailing continues to be highly competitive so I am pleased to report that turnover for the twenty eight weeks was through to the twenty million five point five percent better than the same period in the previous year . |
20 | I am pleased to report that care in the community has in general , been successfully introduced . |
21 | I am pleased to say that , as from yesterday , 11 new hospital and social service organisation units applied for hospital trust status in Northern Ireland . |
22 | I am pleased to hear that Sir . |
23 | I am pleased to hear this . |
24 | I am pleased to announce this afternoon that since the last Welsh Question Time , there have been 13 new industrial projects — supported by £6 million of regional selective assistance which had been announced — 500 new jobs and the safeguarding of 300 others . |
25 | I am pleased to advise that , on this occasion , you have been excused . |
26 | I am sorry to say this , but there would appear to have been a number of houses in recent times , some of the highest pedigree , which have tended to take a competitive attitude towards each other and have not been above ‘ showing off ’ to guests a butler 's mastery of such trivial accomplishments . |
27 | I am sorry to say this , but my fear is that the reality is that there would be a substantial minority with weighty voting powers which would look to their appointing authority for a lead . |
28 | It 's nice to get back to Bishop 's Castle Railway tickets , but I am sorry to say these are the last you will see as I have no more suitable for reproduction in the Journal . |
29 | He said quietly , ‘ I am sorry to hear that . ’ |
30 | ‘ I am sorry to hear this ’ ( 346 ) , Iago says , having just exulted to us , en clair , that will ever restore to him his peace and quiet ( 328ff . ) . |