Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [verb] that [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Standard commentary column enthused again about the benefits that would accrue to the town ; ‘ people of means and leisure will take up residence in the district ; it has long been said that Henley needed further attractions and the present move is assuredly one in the right direction ’ . |
| 2 | It had long been suggested that Mayer had the sound technician tamper with the soundtrack of Gilbert 's early talkie His Glorious Night to make him sound risible . |
| 3 | The publication by Lobachevsky in 1829 of a consistent ( non-Euclidean ) geometry , in which Euclid 's parallel postulate is denied , should perhaps have turned mathematicians ' attention back to a study of axioms , especially as it had long been appreciated that Euclid 's use of the axiomatic method was , to say the least , inconsistent ( [ 106 ] contains stronger views . ) |
| 4 | Announcement of the terms in the late summer of 1905 led to a wave of resentment among a public which had constantly been informed that Russia was on her knees . |
| 5 | It could perhaps be said that Miss Cotrubas came truly into her own with the operatic excerpts that provided the second half of her programme . |
| 6 | It should perhaps be added that Stewart was not attempting to enter the service at a higher than normal rank , for fusilier regiments did not employ the rank of ensign , the equivalent rank being that of second lieutenant , which was what was sought . |
| 7 | Fears have already been expressed that NAB may become a creature of the DES and be used largely to make more acceptable to the institutions harsh government decisions on resources . |
| 8 | It had already been decided that Hayling was to remain as chief executive , and everyone who had been doing a specific job for the company was invited to carry on . |
| 9 | It had already been arranged that Eric and Daphne Lovell would drive Rose to her destination before going on to their own and would pick her up later for the return trip . |
| 10 | It has already been noted that TNC seeks to increase the accountability of individual teachers and schools to parents . |
| 11 | It has already been noted that Kandyan and Roman-Dutch criminal law were only briefly valid in British courts . |
| 12 | It has already been indicated that Nathalie Sarraute has always remained committed to the depiction of psychological states , despite the apparently ‘ narratorless ’ trend of her fiction since Le Planétarium . |
| 13 | On the question of Molla Fenari 's death date , it has already been shown that Husameddin 's reading of the Arabic sources is untenable and that it is beyond doubt that Molla Fenari 's death is recorded in the earliest biographical source , Ibn Hajar , as having occurred in Rajab 834 . |
| 14 | She was glad to get away for a change of scene , as it had just been confirmed that Steve had been killed , and her place was taken by Nancy , a tall , dark Scots girl , who fitted into the Met team very well . |
| 15 | Among his opponents was Pinza , ridden by Gordon Richards , the most successful and ( more to the point ) most loved jockey in British Turf history , yet still trying to win the Derby after twenty-seven unavailing attempts : to add further spice to the occasion , the announcement had just been made that Richards had been awarded a knighthood , the first jockey to be so honoured . |
| 16 | I 've just been explaining that Angela seems to have gone missing . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Not too good , ’ I said , ‘ I 've just been told that Punch is closing . ’ |
| 18 | It can thus be argued that Russia and Prussia have in the eighteenth century a very important and interesting administrative history but little real political , still less constitutional , history . |
| 19 | She told viewers : ‘ I 'm just being told that Princess Di and Prince Charles are going to get a separation . |
| 20 | It had always been assumed that Gooch wanted to spend time with his family before the new home season begins in April . |
| 21 | And yet had it ever been suggested that Germany ( or France , or any other country which had a more open public attitude to sex ) was somehow less moral than us ? |
| 22 | It has hardly been recognised that India is among the few countries in the world that has a proven capability to undertake orbital missions or detonate a nuclear device . |
| 23 | Despite these protestations , however , it can hardly be denied that Nietzsche 's main enthusiasm , and the main stimulus to his enthusiasms in general , was no longer Schopenhauer , but the composer whose devotee he was and whose intimate friend he shortly became . |
| 24 | Lucien had also been warned that Mandru 's liberal attitude towards his Ixmaritians was misleading ; his demesne ran like a well-oiled machine , and he abhorred waste . |
| 25 | It has also been recognized that Porter may not be correct in supposing that cost-leadership and differentiation policies should always be mutually exclusive . |
| 26 | It has also been suggested that Dounreay is on the brink of signing contracts with reactors in Canada . |
| 27 | It has also been agreed that Italy will pay a reciprocal visit to Dublin in April when they will take part in a Four Nations competition to replace the Home International championships , following England 's decision to pull the plug on the domestic series last season . |
| 28 | It has also been agreed that Italy will pay a reciprocal visit to Dublin in April when they will take part in a Four Nations competition to replace the Home International championships , following England 's decision to pull the plug on the domestic series last season . |
| 29 | They have also been told that Sheffield United want a record busting £4m for Brian Deane , but Forest could give Standard Liege striker Shalom Tikva his big chance . |
| 30 | The Americans should also be heartened that Japan 's overseas aid will increase by 8% , and that defence spending is due to rise by 5.5% — only slightly less than usual . |