Example sentences of "[prep] be [vb pp] [prep] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With my new-found self-respect I may decide to refuse any longer to be called by that ridiculous name . |
| 2 | It is almost as if the direction of change is determined in advance ( by theory ) and then events have to be fitted into that pre-ordained model . |
| 3 | Whereas if a house is being sold your name is going to be seen on that particular product . |
| 4 | Do I take it that I 'm to be redeemed from that particular fate ? |
| 5 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that the fact that the machinery control order is to be placed with that fine company , Vosper Thornycroft , will be very good news in south Hampshire ? |
| 6 | Delve into their affairs , however , and you are likely to be met with that fixed stare — all Scorpios have piercing eyes — which says mind your own business . |
| 7 | Gradually , in the novel , the friends of the Morgans grew up and ‘ acquired preferences which were not easily to be adapted to that sunny , untidy house … |
| 8 | Therefore we command you to cause trees to be felled in that dense part , and a ride to be made to the least possible damage of the forest , so that henceforth a way through those parts may be open for travellers without danger . |
| 9 | The sub-text to be read in that skinny body is , ‘ I am weightless/worthless ; I am empty/nobody . |
| 10 | It was re-named the West Course because sensitive Japanese visitors did not wish to be reminded of that infamous stretch where thousands of servicemen died . |
| 11 | She had an almost overwhelming longing to be held against that hard chest , enfolded in strong arms , and that was more worrying than anything else . |
| 12 | Of course he was too old to be married to that young girl . |
| 13 | True repose is not to be found in that great house , and the flag that proclaims it a ‘ happy home ’ lies to ‘ the lightsome air ’ . |
| 14 | the minimum period should be about one-tenth of the maximum latency period to permit about 10% of the offlined information to be verified during that minimum latency period . |
| 15 | And if you think I 'm to be taken in that easy , Miss Jennifer , then think again ! " and muttering to himself that it was as great a pity to see women weep as geese go barefoot , he took Ann by the arm and went back into his house . |
| 16 | Steam or fog seemed to be wreathed around that massive shadow . |
| 17 | There is also the pressure of time , when he knows there is a long list of cases still waiting to be tried at that particular circuit . |
| 18 | Secretan arrived at the same conclusion : ‘ It is scarcely to be wondered at that youthful craving for variety and excitement sometimes leads gangs of boys to try and put a little colour into their leisure hours in ways which lead to conflict with authority or to degradation of character . |
| 19 | So I , I would n't to be drawn on that Royal Doulton was late into this cycle and it 's a little later than the publishing companies coming out . |
| 20 | His special preserve was Cwm Idwal , and to be shown round that magnificent place , to have its intimacies and grand structure both explained and revealed to you by this gentle , wise old quarryman was one of life 's great pleasures , to be stored and cherished in memory . |