Example sentences of "be [verb] that [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most often known to us as witch doctors or medicine men , it has now been realised that their accumulated knowledge and experience of which natural substances work in the rapid healing of wounds , or alleviation of pain , is a major resource which modern science can use to good effect in producing ‘ new ’ drugs . |
| 2 | Thus the prophecy of chapter 2 and the dark words of God of chapter 3 find fulfilment , our expectations are overturned , and the elders of Israel are taught that their God is beyond their manipulation . |
| 3 | City analysts are forecasting that its contribution could be as much as £80m for the full year . |
| 4 | ‘ It had been arranged that my mother should have me . |
| 5 | How can women who have been taught that their choice in sexual relations is passive , limited to being able to say yes or no when approached by a man , be expected to make a sudden leap into active love-making where their desire is acknowledged , and their pleasure is a definite goal ? |
| 6 | Some are demanding that their homes should be demolished and they should be compensated . |
| 7 | Students are reminded that their eventual employers will expect them to have made good use of their time at university . |
| 8 | All Qualified Teachers attending the Coburg Course are reminded that their final payment of £170 is due by the end of the month . |
| 9 | But as I run my bath , I am reminded that my self has a physical outline . |
| 10 | It is only when that independence has been eroded that its true value is appreciated . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It has been claimed that their parents did not know the full extent of the dealings or what was on the films . ’ |
| 12 | She laughed him off , saying he was becoming obsessed with that MP and it had already been noticed that his column carried far too many stories about him . |
| 13 | My maternal grandmother was living with us at the time , it having been decided that her flat in Highgate should be closed down for the duration of the war , and she circulated between the homes of her son and three daughters so that she could be looked after . |
| 14 | It had also been said that his father had been employed there . |
| 15 | It has often been said that his characters are " puppets " of his grand design , but his own vision necessarily makes them so . |
| 16 | It has already been said that your daily programme of language learning should include the ingredients of listening , mimicking , practice ( drilling ) and participating . |
| 17 | More recently , it has been argued that her revolt was politically motivated , that it reflected her resentment at being reduced to insignificance by Henry II 's own dominant personality . |
| 18 | the bottom line is , is , is , is it not , that erm , er you 're suggesting that your clients legal obligations to third party policy holders should be met by other names at , I mean that 's the bottom line is n't it ? |
| 19 | ‘ You 're suggesting that our son remains a bastard ? ’ |
| 20 | Children are n't that stupid if you 're implying that my son would do that . |
| 21 | they 're saying that their fixing figures by not putting people on the waiting list so the waiting lists are shorter , because they 're putting , not , they 're saying that to people we ca n't treat you for about two years so I 'm not going to put you on the list at the moment , so they 're , cooking the books , that 's what they reckon |
| 22 | You 're saying that your system works as of , M one and everything from N one forward you need to keep . |
| 23 | ‘ And you 're saying that our space is like that too ? ’ |
| 24 | and if we 're finding that their specialist is inaccurate . |
| 25 | They 're hoping that her first and only really successful film , Desperately Seeking Susan , was not a fluke . |
| 26 | Peter Johnson says : ‘ We 're hoping that our pollution-free and energy-efficient units will mark the start of a new generation of sophisticated electric trains which will eventually run all over the Regional Railways network . ’ |
| 27 | Peter Johnson says : ‘ We 're hoping that our pollution-free and energy-efficient units will mark the start of a new generation of sophisticated electric trains which will eventually run all over the Regional Railways network . ’ |
| 28 | Lucy cut in , ‘ You 're forgetting that her husband looked upon it as her home and that he saw fit to make sure she had the right to live in it . |
| 29 | They have been told that their claim may only amount to around £11,000 of their £15,000 as capital gains tax is likely to be deducted from the total . |
| 30 | They see innumerable patients who have been told that their symptoms are psychosomatic or ‘ all in the mind ’ by one doctor or another . |