Example sentences of "be [adj] that [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am afraid that due to limited time available I do not have time to write your articles for you . |
| 2 | I am afraid that some of you are going to be disappointed , but you know that there are not places in the Secondary School for everyone who passes Standard Six . |
| 3 | None the less , I am delighted that many of my hon. Friends who I know have a keen interest in the subject of regional government are in their places this morning . |
| 4 | At the end of the day , if , having done all this , you are convinced that one of them is dishonestly taking stock but you can not find out which one , you can dismiss both . |
| 5 | Against that , Labour in the person of Harold Wilson had a more widely respected leader then it has now , and many experienced Tory canvassers are convinced that thousands of former Tory voters who are now thinking of defecting will gloomily return to the Tory fold within the next few days as they come face to face with the possible reality of a Kinnock government . |
| 6 | We have had troubles in various parts of the country in recent months , and I realise that there may be many reasons for that , but I am convinced that one of them is the depressing effect that such areas have on those who live in them . |
| 7 | The announcements made by the Minister for Overseas Development a few minutes ago about the food situation were welcome , but people in Africa are starving and the terms of trade that they receive in their dealings with the developed countries , the problem of their huge indebtedness to the developed countries and the world order over which we now preside are such that hundreds of millions of people live on the edge of catastrophe . |
| 8 | Unemployment levels amongst school-leavers are such that many of the casual and part-time jobs once filled by those of retirement age are now being taken by young people . |
| 9 | Sheep grazing levels are such that most of the broadleaved woodland in the Welsh uplands can not regenerate itself and is threatened with virtual extinction . |
| 10 | I am unaware that any of this is going to happen as I enter the hotel lobby on my way to dinner . |
| 11 | But they 're frustrated that most of the time , they 're forced to rely on a helping hand . |
| 12 | But they 're frustrated that most of the time , they 're forced to rely on a helping hand . |
| 13 | But they 're frustrated that most of the time , they 're forced to rely on a helping hand . |
| 14 | I am conscious that one of the ways in which my colleagues in the Government , and even on occasions myself , identify with the Province is to relapse periodically into theological language . |
| 15 | ‘ I am glad that one of the first things |
| 16 | That it has not proved possible to squeeze our resources further in order to accomplish this is cause for regret , but it is an aim which I am confident that all of my successors will seek to achieve . |
| 17 | I am sure that many of the competitors , and other guests over the years , would like to join me in saying this big ‘ Thank You ’ , too . |
| 18 | Mr. Wakeham : The Order Paper is designed primarily for the use of right Hon. and Hon. Members , and I am sure that many of us who have become familiar with its style and format would — contrary to the Hon. Gentleman 's belief find the changes that he proposes considerably less convenient . |
| 19 | Will the Prime Minister confirm that the Secretary of State for Employment will no longer be able to participate in the Social Affairs Council — I am sure that many of our partners will not miss him — and , if that is so , will he consider demoting him and reducing his salary ? |
| 20 | I am sure that one of the things that prevents us from accepting help is that we think other people wo n't do things the way we do them . |
| 21 | I am sure that one of my ministerial colleagues will want to inform the House tomorrow . |
| 22 | We could n't get the centenary of the Origin of Species into our programme — that was nineteen fifty nine and we had n't started then — but I did persuade tonight 's speaker to deliver one of our early centenary lectures on the subject of Darwin 's subsequent book , that is the book on the Descent of Man , which appeared in eighteen seventy one , and I am sure that those of you who were there on that occasion in December eighteen seventy one will remember it as a stimulating and |
| 23 | I am sure that some of your In Touch readers will be able to help . ’ |
| 24 | We should be grateful that most of our Group products directly or indirectly end up on plates or in glasses . |
| 25 | It may thus be possible that binding of pou[c] to this motif is mostly directed by the POU HD and perhaps further stabilized by the POU S . |
| 26 | I 'm afraid that later in this book I shall at last blow her cover — I know she will forgive me . |
| 27 | It will be clear that all of the Scottish universities offering geology doctorates concentrate more than half of their research effort on local geology , as evidenced by successful Ph D theses . |
| 28 | The Hic Mulier figure ( an abstraction ) is a vehicle for a variety of defences of the transvestite , radical and conservative , and there is no good reason , given the genre , to privilege the one over the others as more truthful , more sincere , more representative , or to be dismayed that some of these arguments are incompatible with each other . |
| 29 | The inspector has also suggested that Extra Statutory Concession A 71 would not be applied in this case , as he would not be convinced that any of the following three criteria apply : |
| 30 | However , I 'm sure everyone around the table will be conscious that one of the things the panel has a duty to do is to consider what is in the light of national guidance . |