Example sentences of "that [pron] [be] [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The establishment of a National Curriculum has certainly been a major historical movement , but it is not the case that nothing was defined prior to 1988 and now everything is defined .
2 When our group raised the issues of travellers with one of the DHSS offices here we were told that everyone is allowed two weeks holidays every year .
3 Maybe it is for myself I mind , rather than for him ! 'T IS not so much that Richard is bound for sanctuary — as that I am denied such privilege .
4 The first move will be to alert all my known contacts , to request that I be held incommunicado if I approach any of them … ’
5 ‘ And was it just coincidence that I get invited to the Flaxton dance , that I 'm seated next to him ?
6 Never mind that I 'm buried alive here in this bloody fen with dour children .
7 ‘ For selfish reasons , I was upset and annoyed that I was left alone .
8 I knew that if the handle moved faster it would sound better , so I really exerted every ounce of my miserable muscle power and the handle jerked forward with such force that I was lifted clean off the ground .
9 E actually yours made me think of a story that I was told many years ago on a coach trip over Dartmoor
10 The bloke that I was sat next did n't take any either .
11 Meanwhile , former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters has attacked Madonna in the most recent issue of Details magazine : ‘ What 's extraordinary about Madonna is that she 's made all these rotten records , and she 's this awful , ugly , dull person who — by virtue of the fact that she 's completely fearless and shameless and blatant and cheap and bad — has become successful , ’ he says .
12 You were the catalyst that she 's needed all these years .
13 The woman returner can feel inadequate when she goes back to work , forgetting that she 's spent several years managing and developing human resources at home .
14 Second , Mary was there of her own right , and the fact that she is mentioned first probably indicates that she knew the family very well .
15 He asked that she be given six months ' grace at Althorp so she could adapt to life without him .
16 Miss Bhutto is spitting fury , not just over the matter of the provincial assemblies , but also because she says that she was given fewer ministries in the caretaker government ( just under a quarter ) than she deserves .
17 At one time the beliefs held about woman in the church , that she might not be ordained , that she was placed subordinate to man , that she had her ‘ own ’ sphere of motherhood , were simply at one with the beliefs of the world in which the church was situated .
18 So good were her father 's hints and tips that she was appointed official yearbook photographer at high school and from there she went on to study applied photography at college .
19 So good were her father 's hints and tips that she was appointed official yearbook photographer at high school and from there she went on to study applied photography at college .
20 Panna is unusual in that she was born asexual .
21 She could make up a story , say she suffered temporary amnesia , or that she was knocked unconscious by thieves and all her money was gone , but she doubted she could make it sound believable .
22 She did not consciously know that , with Luke 's swift co-operation , she had rid him of his tie , nor that she was left unaided to tear at his shirt buttons with frantic fingers ; and it was only through her senses that she knew when she came to hard flesh and soft springy hair , her palm sliding damply over his chest , fingers catching luxuriously in the light tangle of hair covering it .
23 ‘ Sarah , however , is not upset that she was caught topless with Bryan .
24 The code protects against misleading or unethical advertising and provides a surety that you are given full , written details of what registration with a particular agency involves .
25 Nothing can be more exciting than the first time that you are given some flowers , and particularly red roses .
26 If this possibility interests you , your main concern should be to ensure that you are given enough information to check that the retraining will be of real practical value .
27 Well , Val I think you are quite right in thinking that you are not alone in feeling let down after purchasing the ‘ wrong ’ computer for your needs and I do agree that you were given poor advice by the store you purchased from .
28 Take some pills that you were given last night .
29 Take some pills that you were given last night .
30 If the reason was redundancy do not say that you were made redundant but that the job itself became redundant .
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