Example sentences of "that a [adj] [noun sg] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was reported on May 31 that a Taiwanese businessman was to purchase the Goddess of Democracy and use it as " a classroom on democracy " . |
| 2 | By the mid-1970s collectivist policies and the constraints on government they represented were so deeply entrenched that a virtual counter-revolution was required . |
| 3 | In the most extreme cases the existing building is so different from the ‘ historic ’ pub concept that a virtual rebuild is proposed . |
| 4 | ‘ There has come to be something shocking in the discovery that a seeming castle is only a cowshed . |
| 5 | At that moment the men detailed as River Watchers radioed that a fast-moving vessel was coming downstream , and the Safety Officer , not at all sure of the newcomer 's identity or intentions , fired an illuminating parachute flare over the nearly complete bridge to warn of the obstruction across its bows . |
| 6 | Well actually I feel a lot happier if you say that , because can I actually one of the first questions you asked , which I never got a chance to answer , though Terry did , was which what sort of criteria one would use to say that a Prime Minister 's good and erm I was sort of thinking of that as Terry was answering and I think the thing I came up with is you want somebody who represents , or is sensitive to at least , a very wide swathe of views across the population , but also someone who 's intelligent and caring enough to take into account the minority views , and you want somebody who 's aim is to make most of the people happy most of the time , sort of thing , erm but who 's also prepared to take unpopular steps erm if he believes it 's necessary . |
| 7 | In Western tradition , the belief that a normal lifespan was the biblical ‘ three score years and ten ’ has shaped the expectations of older people , and justified a lack of social provision . |
| 8 | DARLINGTON Memorial Hospital managers are still investigating claims that a 90year-old woman was forgotten for three hours while waiting for an operation . |
| 9 | Until you know that a certain person is going to be a good language helper , it is best to engage him/her for a day or a week at a time . |
| 10 | If then his actions simply accorded with what was the convention of his society , this was not because he had so to act , or failed to see that a certain convention was socially limited . |
| 11 | In another store one sales assistant stopped short of calling me stupid when I commented that a certain guitar was n't to my taste and a bit cheap-looking . |
| 12 | " I shall explain that a certain man was mad for me , and was plaguing me to run away with him . |
| 13 | It does n't seem relevant to describe those times ; but also , as the named author of this book , I am aware that a certain decorum is required . |
| 14 | My bravado emanated from the knowledge that a certain lady was looking out of her window . |
| 15 | Suppose that it is known that a certain event is to occur on a certain day , but may take place at only one of two possible times , namely , 12.00 noon or 12.00 midnight . |
| 16 | For example , using the passive in Japanese can imply that a certain event is viewed by the speaker or writer in unfavourable terms , as the following example illustrates . |
| 17 | Knowledge of such factors is important because if a doctor is worried that a certain patient is likely to take an overdose , it would be better to explore the patient 's difficulties and share this anxiety with the patient instead of avoiding discussing the issue or prescribing psychotropic drugs . |
| 18 | You can , of course , say that a certain bait catches more bream than any other , but what you really mean is that a certain bait is used more often than any other on the waters with which you are acquainted . |
| 19 | Reasons for wishing there were such things as rights , are not rights ; — a reason for wishing that a certain right were established , is not that right — want is not supply — hunger is not bread … |
| 20 | One concerns the type of argument required to justify a claim that a certain authority is legitimate . |
| 21 | The story is told that a certain academic was recruited as an expert ( supposedly ) on cryptograms , when in actuality he was an authority on crypto gams . |
| 22 | To come closer to our present concern , there is no more hope for the idea that a certain determinism is false because we do not aspire to prove it , but rather proceed in several alternative ways , including probabilistic ways , on the assumption of its truth . |
| 23 | Shrug and pout in Arthur pouted and Celia shrugged refer to a gesture used as a conventional signal ; Arthur pouted his lips and Celia shrugged her shoulders , however , are non-committal about whether a signal was intended , and indicate merely that a certain movement was performed . |
| 24 | The discovery of these HeI emission-line stars suggests that a black hole is not needed to explain the luminosity of the Galactic Centre . |
| 25 | ‘ Did you say that a black hole is left when an old planet collapses in on itself ? ’ |
| 26 | Many policemen do appear to have a standard low opinion of black people , are convinced that the majority of the black population are criminal , and believe that a black person is guilty until he can , if he can , prove his innocence . |
| 27 | He took them by a tortuous route to a pub called The Black Dog , which made a change from horses and pookas , until she recollected uneasily that a black dog was one of the devil 's traditional earthly disguises . |
| 28 | It was a mixed class and the students … regular in attendance and conscientious about the work for the class … . although the amount varied , one student produced some written work every week , two or three others did eight or nine papers … enough was produced for me to know that a real interest was being taken in the class . |
| 29 | He was not to know that a real fear was beginning to overwhelm Sally-Anne . |
| 30 | It was not until James Watt , instrument maker at Glasgow University , was given the job of repairing a model Newcomen steam engine , that a major breakthrough was made in the business of powering up the early beginnings of the industrial world . |