Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] that the [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At that stage any pressure may be such a test for faith that the believer is faced with a choice : Give up or go back to square one . |
| 2 | I am very pleased for instance that the unit is to be opened at and I would like to know if there are any other places in mind for disabled problems . |
| 3 | He had ascertained during daylight that the lavatory was diagonally across the passage from his room door , and , as the passage was now unlit and he was unable to find the light switch , he crossed the passage in the dark and , by feeling his way , came to a door which he believed to be that of the lavatory , but which was in fact a door leading to the basement . |
| 4 | The revelation comes after speculation that the Princess was receiving assistance after her speech a few weeks ago at an eating disorders conference . |
| 5 | Three hundred and fifty jobs at the sales headquarters of truck makers Leyland Daf are in doubt tonight after news that the company is in financial crisis . |
| 6 | On April 27 Kutlu and Sargin ended a 21-day fast after indications that the government was considering lifting the ban on political parties [ see above ] . |
| 7 | Mr Major 's comments came after reports that the Government is to introduce secure units to tackle persistent offenders under the age of 15 . |
| 8 | The case was brought by the RSPCA after claims that the animal was subjected to brutality when it became stuck on a five bar gate . |
| 9 | Miller had told the Geordies to keep their hands off £2 million-rated Eoin Jess after claims that the striker was Kevin Keegan 's top transfer target . |
| 10 | THE trustees of Peterhead harbour were yesterday threatened with court action after accusations that the board was attempting to block foreign fish imports into the port by raising some charges by 600 per cent . |
| 11 | The raft of policies that the Opposition are putting before the British people would be devastating to job prospects , and so ashamed are they of the consequences of their policies that four Labour members of the Select Committee on Employment last week voted down a proposal to hold an inquiry into the effects of national statutory minimum wage because they wanted to hide the truth about that policy from the British people . |
| 12 | to avoid any possible misunderstanding about the nature of the work performed and the degree of responsibility that the firm is taking for the information contained in the report , it is preferable for the report distribution to be limited to those with a clear appreciation of the purpose and nature of the engagement . |
| 13 | I wanted specifically to address myself to one rumour which seems to be a circulating dilemma , a great deal of enthusiasm and I heard that at er Chichester Railway Station today erm the staff at Chichester Railway Station seem to be under the impression that the erm the emergency planning authorities er have imminent proposals to breach the railway line south of to allow the flood water to escape to the sea , with the result so I was quite earnestly and er without any doubt that the railway will be closed for six months erm the , the Chairman of the County Council just raised this issue with the Emergency Planning , I understand that this is er an unsubstantiated rumour and er that there be a an immediate er destruction of the railways is not imminent but er I think perhaps it shows that erm probably due to the the great media interest and all sorts of stories are er doing a round but it goes without saying of course that the railway was n't closed for six months to the railway , but I do n't think there is any er any prospect to that , but I think the Chairman Council feels that . |
| 14 | ( as the study of the symbolic function , expressed in language , so strikingly indicates ) — it is necessary and sufficient to grasp the unconscious structure underlying each institution and each custom , in order to obtain a principle of interpretation valid for other institutions and other customs , provided of course that the analysis is carried far enough . |
| 15 | Barker ( 1984 ) describes this as the ‘ interactive stage ’ which follows the initial ‘ passive stage ’ and is followed by the ‘ active stage ’ in which the researcher may start conducting interviews with some of the people being studied , provided of course that the role is overt . |
| 16 | Teaching by example can be one of the best ways of passing on skills , provided of course that the example is good . |
| 17 | Not of course that the reasoning is invalid , or that the paradigm itself can not be questioned when it is sensed that something is going wrong ; indeed it is its destiny to lead eventually to intolerable anomalies and be replaced by another . |
| 18 | He had , of course , the eternal delusion of strong young men , that women gauge passion by counting the number of times that the assault is renewed in the course of a single night . |
| 19 | ‘ As a concession , ministers should increase the payment period to at least four weeks to reduce the number of times that the restriction is triggered by absences ’ , he said . |
| 20 | A church is so short of money that the vicar is asking his flock to bring their own bread and wine to services . |
| 21 | I think a good example to use with younger people with er pe with pensions as well is that the , the er the cutting down of funding that the government is making and it 's going to be hitting like the younger people and another important thing is like with the , with the Australia issue , I mean in Australia now it 's compulsory for everybody under the age of twenty five to have a personal pension and that r and that age rise is going to , that age limit is going to rise each time because they want to abolish the State pension completely and it was only , what , what about two months ago that there was , that there was er articles in I think it was The Times about them doing a similar operation in this country , you know ? |
| 22 | The minutes record a feeling amongst Heads of Department that the proposal was for ‘ inspection ’ and that evaluation should be confined solely to institutional matters , avoiding the evaluation of teachers . |
| 23 | it will it will depend on the level of investment that the bidder is prepared to put in we 're being very flexible , responding to the market forces |
| 24 | The landlord should include in the terms of engagement that the agent is liable to reimburse him for any penalty or interest arising from the agent 's error or late submission of information . |
| 25 | On 27 April 1991 the applicant informed the Bank of England that the company was in financial difficulty . |
| 26 | However , the organizers must ensure as in all other types of issue that the ownership is spread wide enough to create a liquid market . |
| 27 | Trade unions were debating their right to use the strike weapon to achieve political demands ( including the release of conscientious objectors still languishing in jail ) , while Cabinet Ministers suffered periodic bouts of panic that the revolution was about to break out . |
| 28 | Possibly the fact that the Robin Hood ballads , which probably took their early form in this period , seem to have had a southern origin but set their events in the North ( particularly in Barnsdale , north of Doncaster , rather than in Sherwood ) , reflects the beliefs of southerners that the North was a strange and wild world . |
| 29 | In other words , we are of opinion that the payment was made under duress . |
| 30 | The picture highlighted amongst other things the perceived role of the EPH , differences of opinion between members of staff about the value of existing information and the manner of communication , and the general consensus of opinion that the operation was a success if residents are happy ( shown as ‘ smiling faces ’ in the illustration ) . |