Example sentences of "[be] [adj] that [pers pn] have been " in BNC.
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| 1 | If these figures are right that we 've been given by the department and I 'm not saying them whether they 're right or whether they 're wrong but well we have to r rely on what we 're getting this is why Mr is sending this lot to the Chief Executive for him to do some work I think it 's very important that it is done independently , not by the independent sector but by done independently . |
| 2 | It must be because they are historic that they have been left standing . |
| 3 | ‘ I am sorry that I have been so ungrateful in the past for your many generous acts , ’ it began . |
| 4 | I am afraid that he has been far from well for several months . |
| 5 | I am afraid that I have been indiscreet . ’ |
| 6 | I warn the House — I am afraid that I have been an awful bore in continually pointing this out — that , as we extend the concept of health care out into the community , we shall find more and more unsatisfied demands that have not previously been recognised . |
| 7 | Yeah , just as a , as a side issue , I am interested that they 've been growing plum tomatoes because each year I hear of more and more people growing plum tomatoes successfully in this country and while we are just on the subject of diseases and things to control them , you may remember that a few weeks ago we were giving advice on how we should dispose of waste garden chemicals and , and we said you ought to pour it down an outside drain . |
| 8 | I am delighted that we have been able to present Embassy with what I consider to have been our best tournament yet . |
| 9 | I am delighted that I have been able to hit on that point , because the flexibility means that the Opposition can not claim that they will not have enough time to debate those clauses . |
| 10 | The evolution of integrated circuit technology has been such that you 've been progressively able to put more and more transistors down on a single integrated circuit , and so a microprocessor has got more and more powerful with the passage of time . |
| 11 | A lawyer for the family said afterwards : ‘ The Bonham-Carters are sad that they have been compelled to take proceedings and they very much hope that Mr Farquharson will abide by the court order . ’ |
| 12 | The atmosphere with the actual returnees themselves is one of concern and apprehension I guess , because they 're concerned that they 've been involved in this , this crisis and they 're not quite sure what 's happening , and they are er not really being told by everybody , you know , there 's just too many people to make it very clear where they 're all going and when they 're all going . |
| 13 | I am glad that you have been able successfully to run your own practice . |
| 14 | If you are confident that he has been so immersed in his chattering that he has n't a clue what has just been said , turn to him and say : " A very interesting point has just been raised ; what is your opinion , Mr C. ? " |
| 15 | I 'm delighted that you 've been able to come along at such short notice . |
| 16 | If merely set at a given focal length , the zoom lens will simply act as a normal though infinitely variable lens ( between its limits ) and the viewer will be unaware that it has been used at all . |
| 17 | He called for a reduction in the special car tax , and I am sure that he will be delighted that it has been halved . |
| 18 | I try to ride last so I can stop now and then to be alone , to look back and be glad that I have been able to come this way , but Tony has the feeling too and has bagged the back spot for the morning run . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm glad that he has been able to help . ’ |
| 20 | It does have some impact I 'm sure that you 've been the training session and you thought it 's really good , really got a lot out of it and you 're quite surprised to see someone sitting next to you did n't like that much at all , you thought hmm wonder why that is because I found the content really interesting and it could have been the content matter did n't really sort of do anything for the people , it could have been the way it was put together , put over and the way it was actually structured . |
| 21 | Who could be sure that it had been positioned correctly , that the first thick black line was exactly three feet and six inches from the green tiles of the floor ? |
| 22 | He vacillates between describing the connection between creativity and psychosis as ‘ folk-loristic ’ and ‘ clearly exaggerated ’ , and confessing to be puzzled that it has been documented so often . |
| 23 | It followed that no individual should boast of his role ‘ but be thankful that he has been permitted to be useful ’ . |
| 24 | Do not be downcast that you have been economical with the truth . |
| 25 | He said : ‘ I 'm disappointed that she has been hijacked by the Scots . |
| 26 | By March he was out again , and back at his office in Faber and Faber , although he was prudent enough to retire to bed early in the evening : with a complaint which had no organic cause , he could not be certain that he had been cured " . |
| 27 | This was to have travelled to and from Waterloo via Havant , Fareham and Eastleigh and no doubt many enthusiasts in that area will be disappointed that it has been cancelled . |
| 28 | Those of you who were present at the AGM will be aware that we have been told by the GAP that the Society 's grant will be drastically reduced during the next few years and will cease after 1991 . |
| 29 | And I 'm aware that I 've been called too bland on occasions . |
| 30 | Cabinet members were tight-lipped and unsmiling as they emerged from Downing Street , but MPs were convinced that it had been a stormy session , with ministers bitterly fighting their corners in what has been described as the most stringent public spending round for years . |