Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adj] [conj] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If this is true , I am shocked and horrified that Ford could engage in such subterfuge and chicanery , ’ said Jimmy Airlie , chief Ford negotiator for the giant Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union . |
| 2 | Yesterday the 86-year-old writer of more than 80 books said from her home in Jesmond , Newcastle : ‘ I am amazed and humbled that the Queen has seen fit to give me a second honour . ’ |
| 3 | There is no doubt about the high quality of housing stock that has been built by the Housing Executive in Northern Ireland and every time I see it I am envious and wish that I had some of it in Wigan . |
| 4 | And I 'm afraid that means that what I say goes . ’ |
| 5 | Slaven added : ‘ I was disappointed and hurt that I was not even on the bench . |
| 6 | I thought of the two members of my crew who were dead and remembered that if any of us had deserved to die it was 1 , who was responsible for the disaster . |
| 7 | He conceded she was right but admitted that the frustration of having the MacQuillan case within feet of his desk and very little more information than reporters miles away had worn down his enthusiasm . |
| 8 | Tom laughed , of course , and she did n't know if she was pleased or angered that he so often seemed to find her so amusing . |
| 9 | He was non-committal , and she was surprised and relieved that he had agreed so swiftly . |
| 10 | She sang because she was miserable and hoped that it might cheer her up . |
| 11 | If it 's fixed that means that you ca n't move it or it 's very problematic , it 's not going right , they do strapping , splints and plaster of paris as some of you have seen . |
| 12 | It 's important though to remember that the value of the investment itself will fluctuate so you can not be certain of getting capital back intact . |
| 13 | That is why we know that people will not only feel that it is unfair and understand that it is unfair , but will at the general election bring home to roost the chickens that many Tory Members will be voting on at 10 pm tonight . |
| 14 | It is true that to discover that an object has a particular fractal dimension D is a valuable addition to knowledge and replaces earlier imprecise characterisations such as ‘ spotty ’ , ‘ stringy ’ or ‘ lumpy ’ . |
| 15 | From ( 9–20b ) it is clear that ensures that the variance of earnings capacity converges to . |
| 16 | I am sure that he is honest and believes that that is so . |
| 17 | He is agnostic and argues that the churches have failed society with their inflexibility and their refusal to embrace homosexuality and , in the case of the Roman Catholic church , contraception ; though Glennis feels they might be accused of accelerating moral decline if they approved such things . |
| 18 | Before the building of roads , it was peripheral and resembled that practised for the previous 350 years . |
| 19 | Athelstan was pleased to see that it was empty and insisted that this time he should be host . |
| 20 | It was all-embracing and claimed that it alone spoke authoritatively for the people . |
| 21 | This position as ‘ also attending ’ in the daily panoply of style was not for want of effort : ‘ the Dedicated Follower of Fashion ’ was no sartorial doormat ; but it was acceptable and expected that the female , complete with which ever secondary sexual characteristic was currently ‘ in ’ , should be the object of absolute scrutiny . |
| 22 | He was happy and relieved that the first part of the mowing was completed without any breakage . |