Example sentences of "are [adj] that [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | British sources say they already have the potential power-unit and are half-convinced that the French may already be quite advanced in the aero-dynamics of the bodyshell . |
| 2 | Financial markets are apprehensive that the trade deficit has still not turned the corner and a poor figure could shake sterling again . |
| 3 | Rex and Tomlinson ( 1979 ) are clear that the position of ethnic minorities and the conflicts that surround race and ethnicity in Britain can only be understood in the light of Britain 's imperial past and the recent collapse of empire ; ‘ a serious sociological analysis of race relations problems must rest upon a concept of the social structure of Empire and of the class formations which occur within it ’ ( p. 286 ) . |
| 4 | Hopes are high that the Government will kick-start the economy with a two-point cut in rates to 6% . |
| 5 | The chances are high that the trouble stems from a false assumption . |
| 6 | And hopes are high that the Mersey could soon be the scene of a world championship powerboat event . |
| 7 | And hopes are high that the river could soon be the venue for a powerboat world championship event . |
| 8 | Sunsail are insistent that the only people allowed into their engines are their own mechanics : but there were no Sunsail mechanics around . |
| 9 | ‘ People are afraid that the lake will be parcelled out into cages for fish farming , ’ Mrs Farrer said . |
| 10 | The authors are unconvinced that a reliance on business , left to its own devices or even pump-primed , is sufficient , without full-scale and direct attention to the needs of all residents , those in both the paid and the unpaid workforce , and their dependants . |
| 11 | We are doubtful that the benefits of the inner distribution onto other roads and into particular the B six one six two which is the only access onto the western relief road as currently proposed between the A fifty nine and sixty one would generate further problems , onto a road which is only a two lane B road compared to an A l A road Sorry and A three lane road , that the environmental damage far outweighs in fact the so called benefits that are being claimed which nobody 's disputed is only a vehicle every four point eight seconds instead of every three point five seconds . |
| 12 | What is interesting about this is that they clearly do not know the history of the form ; they are unaware that the rule was made so rigidly in the first place to suit the whims of anti-feminists . |
| 13 | We are aware of the apparent movement of the Sun across the sky each day , and we are unaware that the Earth is moving at all . |
| 14 | Last night , Tom Jones , Gwynedd district secretary of the Transport and General Workers ' Union , said : ‘ We are sad that the redundancies are to take place , but hope that the 190 jobs left in Gwynedd Civil Engineering will now be protected . ’ |
| 15 | One possible explanation for governments ' concern about inflation is that they are fearful that a rising rate may get out of control and develop into a ‘ runaway ’ inflation or hyperinflation . |
| 16 | Many Greek Cypriots are fearful that a reduction of UN policing of the 110 mile ‘ green line ’ separating the Greek south from the Turkish northern third of the island could lead to renewed fighting . |
| 17 | They say the couple ‘ are fearful that the birth mother 's identity will be discovered and they can not deal with the repurcussions ’ . |
| 18 | The smilers are relieved that the removal of the iron curtain has revealed a broader , more variegated Europe , full of national pride and unripe for Euro-regulation . |
| 19 | Teachers are relieved that the Secretary of State ( albeit belatedly ) decided to restrict compulsory testing at age 10–11 to the three core subjects . |
| 20 | My postbag , and trips around the constituency , suggest to me that — in general — people are relieved that the community charge is going , and consider the council tax fair , reasonable and decent . |
| 21 | Indeed , some Tory backbench Mrs are relieved that the government is blessed with such a distraction from the weightier issues of the economy or the national health service . |
| 22 | Those who fail are convinced that a horde of Undead emerge from portals which magically open in the tapestries . |
| 23 | City analysts are convinced that the Government will price shares extremely favourably to ensure success , with the average dividend yield among the 10 authorities a little under 8 per cent . |
| 24 | Observers in Sofia are convinced that the Kremlin gave his proposed leadership bid its blessing . |
| 25 | INVESTORS are convinced that the Bank of Japan will soon be forced to lower interest rates sharply . |
| 26 | There are people who are convinced that the problem is so acute that lasting damage has already been done . |
| 27 | the French are convinced that the Germans want to preserve their monetary hegemony as EMU approaches : the more dominant the Mark is , the more Germany will be able to dictate conditions and draw up plans for a European central bank based on the Bundesbank . |
| 28 | But French nuclear experts are convinced that the ‘ reference accident ’ ( a core melt-down in which the molten fuel reacts with the sodium coolant ) is so improbable that the secondary containment dome can be done away with . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | But we are convinced that the housegroup group , if it is to be powerful in building people up for the fight , is the place for this . |