Example sentences of "be [adj] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would also be preferable that the Bank of Ireland would discuss the situation with IBOA as the representative of the majority of their staff . |
| 2 | It must be preferable that the original action proceed rather than being convoluted into a negligence action . |
| 3 | However , if the future purchaser were willing to buy shares , it would be preferable that he buy shares in Newco from management ( with Newco having acquired the business from Target ) than that he buys Target from Newco , because the additional tax cost to management is then avoided ( as illustrated in 5.2.2 above ) . |
| 4 | ‘ Mr Lawler will be upset that I 'm only bringing him eight brace , but I did my best , ’ Maggie said as they pulled away . |
| 5 | Do you try so hard not to be upset that you end up always being upset ? |
| 6 | Although she embraced the need for each collection to be a little different in order to move forward , she would often be upset that what she considered a beautiful print could not be included in the collection for ever . |
| 7 | I suppose we have to be grateful that Mr Akhtar grudgingly refrains from asking us to ban the works of Voltaire , which seems a major concession from him . |
| 8 | When you look at the way our railways are run , we can only be grateful that British Rail no longer owns hotels , particularly when you recall what a wonderful training ground the old British Transport Hotels used to be . |
| 9 | Or are they expected to be grateful that after the hamfisted handling of Sir David ( now Lord ) Wilson 's resignation , Hong Kong is to be the possible reward for a loser in the game of political musical chairs ? |
| 10 | But we saw enough to be grateful that so much is being done to protect and conserve this rich heritage and , driving on lead-free petrol , we felt comfortable knowing that we were doing our bit . |
| 11 | Yet again he had reason to be grateful that no-one in Vienna argued with a uniform . |
| 12 | Or should they be grateful that Britain 's science machine is too poor and backward to buy a computer to take its decisions for it ? |
| 13 | In that context we should therefore be grateful that our own dear CAA has delegated the regulation of homebuilding in the UK to the Popular Flying Association ; but I still ca n't help feeling that the list of types approved by the PFA as reproduced in this book is ultraconservative . |
| 14 | At least , he thought , he supposed he must be grateful that she was not a complete agoraphobic like her mother . |
| 15 | But we saw enough to be grateful that so much is being done to protect and conserve this rich heritage and , driving on lead free petrol , we felt comfortable knowing that we were doing our bit . |
| 16 | Tennis itself should be grateful that the game has thrown together people such as Cliff Richard ( who modestly declines to take any credit other than that of name association ) and Mappin herself , not to mention the substantial support of Direct Line Insurance , with the drive and commitment to do just that . |
| 17 | The world is full of unlovely places and we should even be grateful that people are prepared to do important work in uncongenial surroundings like prisons , operating theatres , field hospitals , soap factories , coal-mines , and sewage farms . |
| 18 | We should all be grateful that these monuments exist today as a guide and a help to biographical research . |
| 19 | ’ Louise is expected to be grateful that Gustave 's far-sightedness has spared her such an unsatisfactory life . |
| 20 | Scarlet supposed she should be grateful that her daughter had not shaved her head , tattooed her nose or chosen to go around in floor-length black , hung about with chains and crucifixes like so many of the girls on the streets . |
| 21 | Perhaps she ought to be grateful that , out of Luke Hunter 's whole harem , she was at least one of the only two to be awarded an ‘ A ’ . |
| 22 | I suppose I can be grateful that he did n't actually order me to help , ’ she finished drily . |
| 23 | He said that his first speech in the previous coal debate made the headlines of Coal News , but I do not think that the chairman of British Coal will be grateful that the hon. Gentleman has halved the take and production of coal in his remarks . |
| 24 | I am sure that the 7 million or so patients who will benefit from nurses being able to prescribe will be grateful that he has chosen a Bill which will certainly be passed and will certainly — once it has reached the statute book and is implemented — have practical benefits for that many patients . |
| 25 | We should be grateful that most of our Group products directly or indirectly end up on plates or in glasses . |
| 26 | Michael Codron had reason to be grateful that it was , especially when in January 1958 it transferred for a third time — or even a fifth , if the pre-West End runs at the Theatre Royal Brighton , and the original Cambridge version , were taken into account — to the Garrick Theatre . |
| 27 | I suppose in that context we should be grateful that ministers have not used the power that they have to modify the recommendations of the boundary committees . |
| 28 | and if you can have a word with them I 'd be grateful that just lays the foundation for me to talk to them and er and to go and see them . |
| 29 | She should be grateful that he was making things easier than they might otherwise have been . |
| 30 | Perhaps Councillors in Oxford should be grateful that they only had a shark and a pair of legs to get upset about . |