Example sentences of "[pn reflx] that [adj] [noun] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told himself that all men were cowards when it came to a showdown with a woman . |
| 2 | He did not worry too much in those early years of his married life , telling himself that some women were slow to conceive , but after twelve years and his wife still childless , he had to accept the painful fact that she never would have any . |
| 3 | When at last he dared to creep from his hiding-place and move on tip-toe up the dark stairs , he had counted to 372 and managed to convince himself that any fate was preferable to having an accident down there amongst the coats . |
| 4 | With what remained of her objective consciousness Louisa strove to tell herself that this encounter was not of her reality , not of her willing … but even as she struggled she felt herself drawn under the influence of a mind at once alien and familiar — a mind resolute to lacerate its own fine sensibility , and with a perverse , intellectual sang-froid . |
| 5 | Misconceptions about ill health in old age — and the perception of older people themselves that poor health is inevitable — form the backdrop to growing political concern over the health care needs of an ageing population . |
| 6 | Decision makers should satisfy themselves that current practice is itself worth having before using it as a comparison for a new treatment . |
| 7 | Donovan had taken a fairly low-key approach , refusing to accept the view ( promulgated by the CBI ) that legal restrictions on unofficial strikes would achieve the desired industrial peace , but Wilson and Barbara Castle convinced themselves that penal sanctions were necessary and justified , and in accordance with public opinion . |