Example sentences of "it [is] [vb pp] [that] mr " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is said that Mr Shamir appointed Rehavam Zeevi , who runs a party called Moledat ( Homeland ) , as minister-without-portfolio in his inner cabinet mainly for coalition reasons : he wanted to increase his narrow majority and to avoid being attacked from outside it by the extreme right . |
| 2 | Additionally , it is said that Mr Benn [ = the Secretary of State for Industry ] has dared break a rather long departmental silence with a couple of speeches ( … ) , to tell how election pledges will be fulfilled and private industry is lining its pockets with state money with no strings attached . |
| 3 | However , it is understood that Mr Smith , despite his non-executive position on the Eagle board , will take an active role in the running of Samuelson . |
| 4 | It is understood that Mr Major wanted her to be prisons minister , and there was speculation last night that she might have been reluctant to be back in harness with Mr Kenneth Clarke , the Home Secretary , who was her boss at the Health Department during the eggs affair . |
| 5 | It is understood that Mr Hunt and Mr Langmuir do not dissent from the main recommendations for management , but they reject the voluntary partnership structure as a means of delivering good conservation practice in the mountains . |
| 6 | It is understood that Mr Dunn 's position became untenable when GEC-Ferranti 's initial budget for the coming year — which revealed the extent of the cost overrun — was rejected a few weeks ago by Derek Dickinson , chief executive of GEC-Marconi Avionics , the division to which GEC-Ferranti belongs . |
| 7 | It is assumed that Mr Cojuangco would then become chairman of San Miguel , as he was in the Marcos days . |
| 8 | While yesterday 's purchase price was kept confidential it is believed that Mr Arkley paid between £150,000 and £200,000 for each of his new pubs . |
| 9 | It is believed that Mr Christie in Edinburgh last night met the four remaining directors on the board , the former chairman , Hamish Deans , and his son George , and Jim Johnston and the Edinburgh lawyer Sandy Moffat . |
| 10 | It is alleged that Mr Ford persuaded senior officers within the charity to invest millions in a get-rich-quick scheme . |
| 11 | It is alleged that Mr Buckley was severely injured in the explosion and that Sutherland knew he was trapped and had not told the emergency services that anyone was in the blazing house . |