Example sentences of "be [verb] that [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A set of raw recruits was marching up and down with a new drill instructor , who sounded every bit as determined as the late Sergeant-Major Philpott had been to see that the snow was never allowed to settle . |
| 2 | How the latter will be achieved remains to be seen , but it has been mooted that a surcharge should be levied on tropical timber , to be paid by the market , which could be used to undertake research into ways of achieving and ensuring tropical forest survival . |
| 3 | In the early stages of the planning of the New York show , it had been mooted that the pictures from the Russian , French and American institutions could be lent to each musem in turn . |
| 4 | The majority of their lordships rejected this argument and held that it had been intended that a customer who accepted the offer by buying four gallons would thereby become entitled in law to have a World Cup coin . |
| 5 | It has long been recognized that a variety of structural divisions have generated more or less distinct cultures and sub-cultures , whether based on class divisions , age , gender or religion . |
| 6 | In the absence of formal evidence , this claim can not be checked , but it has always been recognized that the choice of Gloucester to head the government was an obvious possibility for the dying king . |
| 7 | In the absence of formal evidence , this claim can not be checked , but it has always been recognized that the choice of Gloucester to head the government was an obvious possibility for the dying king . |
| 8 | Going back to the early thoughts of the RHA on the matter in the mid-1970s , it had been recognized that the reduction in the hospital populations meant that there would be competition for any savings between the hospitals themselves and district services . |
| 9 | In second form science ( at least in the author 's day ) we are taught that the atmosphere contains roughly four-fifths nitrogen ; one-fifth oxygen ; and traces of carbon dioxide , water vapour , and ‘ rare ’ or ‘ inert ’ gases , such as neon and xenon . |
| 10 | What I 'm not clear about is whether you are suggesting that the panel , make some strong comments in their report to the County Council on the need for appropriate phasing , or whether the panel should recommend that policy H one be divided into phasing periods . |
| 11 | Optimistic economists are suggesting that the surge in shares and the increase in High Street retail sales indicates that we might finally be emerging from the recession . |
| 12 | However , I am suggesting that an opportunity was lost to incorporate recent economic analysis to any substantial extent into the evaluation of the various industry studies , in particular to provide an element of comparison and consistency between them . |
| 13 | The reason I am suggesting that the church of Christ lives in this subcultural world is because I want to insist that God 's spiritual family , as well as the human family , has also been radically altered by modernity . |
| 14 | Essentially , however , I am suggesting that the majority of workers avoid this extreme rebellious position . |
| 15 | However , it 's now been arranged that the guys abroad will each run their own particular operation and only call on me when there are policy matters to be discussed . |
| 16 | It had been calculated that a uniformity of two-thousandths of an inch was an unheard-of standard of accuracy — except at Cadillac . |
| 17 | Mr Brown said : ‘ I am demanding that the Chancellor publish the letter circulating from the Treasury which itself demands that civil servants plan for 2.5 per cent and 5 per cent cuts in their budgets . |
| 18 | Souza 's commitments were no doubt the more complicated because he had been raised as a Catholic , and had been taught that the eroticism of Hindu religious philosophy was wicked . |
| 19 | However , assurances have been received that the level of the local content of the Nissan cars would rise to 80 per cent and this would appear to convert the existing ‘ kit , assembly plant into a full scale production facility . |
| 20 | In May 1878 , complaints had been received that the beer and the wine were bad , and the doctor was called upon to taste them . |
| 21 | Will the Minister confirm — yes or no — that it is not only the local authorities that are demanding that the money be unblocked , but the Secretary of State for the Environment ? |
| 22 | They are demanding that the State sanction this fight . |
| 23 | Landowners are demanding that the police get tough with so-called new age travellers who 've been gathering in the region . |
| 24 | Two remaining directors , Jim Johnston and Sandy Moffat , are backing hundreds of Falkirk fans who are demanding that the Deans sell their shares in the club — but all four have agreed that Falkirk-born Christie , a Bairns fan , is the man for the chairman 's job . |
| 25 | The allegations were serious , and it had not been supposed that the children would be allowed home with no further action . |
| 26 | It has been stressed that no policy area is discrete , that policies in one area affect those in others . |
| 27 | It has already been stressed that the NACAB information system is very much more than a reference work . |
| 28 | Carly 's parents are praying that the operation will succeed . |
| 29 | Teachers are reminded that a Rally takes place at East Grinstead on 23rd April . |
| 30 | PLEASE CONTINUE , those of you who have difficulty are reminded that a list of fundraising ideas was sent out with the last notes and we would hope that the areas would get together and hold rallies and/or cheese and wine evenings/coffee mornings etc . |