Example sentences of "[pers pn] am [adj] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | Its public sector funding depends on money from Northern Arts , and I am delighted to confirm that , as a result of the record settlement that I was able to negotiate for overheads , Northern Arts will receive a 13.9 per cent increase for 1992-93 amounting to more than £5 million . |
2 | The President accepted his scrap of twisted limb with a gracious smile and said , on Susan 's advice , ‘ I am delighted to receive this gift which I see as a symbol of the cultural and commercial interdependence of the planets . |
3 | However , I am delighted to report that , despite these hard time , the management has shown its commitment to Pipeline as the main means of communication for LASMO employees around the world . |
4 | Because I am delighted to report that education standards in Wales have been rising over the last few years following the introduction of the national curriculum and our other reforms . |
5 | I am delighted to accept those congratulations , not least on behalf of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary , who have spearheaded the campaign . |
6 | I am delighted to commend this booklet to you which I hope will give you a flavour of the variety and interest available to solicitors in local government . |
7 | I am keen to support any initiatives aimed at discussing ways of encouraging the economic regeneration of the area . |
8 | The Treasurer will I am sure have more to say on this subject . |
9 | I am proud to confess that , in the 1970s , I campaigned for a national minimum wage because I felt that it was the right thing to do then . |
10 | Our lifts are overworked , and as well as being very mindful of the cost I am anxious to rectify this situation in order to keep the lifts free for more needy passengers , such as the postroom boys with trolleys , etc . |
11 | Character oozes from it , and I am content to spend some time studying its many features before I set up a rod . |
12 | Therefore , I am pleased to support this plea . |
13 | So this wo n't displace those accounts listed above , nor indeed one or two others made in the studio , among them the underrated Janowitz/DG version ( I am pleased to see that is listed in the current Good CD Guide ) . |
14 | I am pleased to report all but specimen fish , trout of over 3lb , were returned to fight another day . |
15 | Despite the tougher trading conditions I am pleased to report that Healthcare has yet again had a profitable year , and we are poised for further expansion of our business in the coming year . |
16 | I am pleased to report that , despite more difficult trading conditions in 1992 , we achieved good increases in both turnover and profit . |
17 | First the figures , furniture retailing continues to be highly competitive so I am pleased to report that turnover for the twenty eight weeks was through to the twenty million five point five percent better than the same period in the previous year . |
18 | I am pleased to report that care in the community has in general , been successfully introduced . |
19 | I am pleased to say that , as from yesterday , 11 new hospital and social service organisation units applied for hospital trust status in Northern Ireland . |
20 | I am pleased to hear that Sir . |
21 | I am pleased to hear this . |
22 | I am pleased to announce this afternoon that since the last Welsh Question Time , there have been 13 new industrial projects — supported by £6 million of regional selective assistance which had been announced — 500 new jobs and the safeguarding of 300 others . |
23 | I am pleased to advise that , on this occasion , you have been excused . |
24 | I am sorry to say this , but there would appear to have been a number of houses in recent times , some of the highest pedigree , which have tended to take a competitive attitude towards each other and have not been above ‘ showing off ’ to guests a butler 's mastery of such trivial accomplishments . |
25 | I am sorry to say this , but my fear is that the reality is that there would be a substantial minority with weighty voting powers which would look to their appointing authority for a lead . |
26 | It 's nice to get back to Bishop 's Castle Railway tickets , but I am sorry to say these are the last you will see as I have no more suitable for reproduction in the Journal . |
27 | He said quietly , ‘ I am sorry to hear that . ’ |
28 | ‘ I am sorry to hear this ’ ( 346 ) , Iago says , having just exulted to us , en clair , that will ever restore to him his peace and quiet ( 328ff . ) . |
29 | Well , then we went to the theatre ( I am sorry to make such a letter of it , but is it not like going to one of the Basingstoke Assemblies with Jane Austen ? ) . |
30 | South African tour manager Abie Malan , preparing for the tourists ' first game with England since 1984 , said : ‘ I am disappointed to hear such news on the eve of the last important match of our tour , one which the ANC publicly approved . |