Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] that [prep] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have been told that on coming to the village to work in the cement factories and receiving his first weeks wages he asked if it was all his as it was more money than he had ever had in one week . |
| 2 | It could be argued that in agreeing to a single date the project leader is taking decisions more properly the province of higher management . |
| 3 | It could be argued that in agreeing to a single date the project leader is taking decisions more properly the province of higher management . |
| 4 | Nevertheless it could be argued that by practising as an illustrator , working to deadlines and within an acceptable style , Minton was gradually weakening his compulsion to paint . |
| 5 | Finally , it can be argued that by focussing on pecuniary compensation , other victim issues are ignored by the ‘ Son-of-Sam ’ model . |
| 6 | Finally , it should be remembered that in looking for linguistically significant aspects of speech we must always be looking for contrasts ; one of the most important things about any unit of phonology or grammar is the set of items it contrasts with . |
| 7 | Whatever the truth , it is to be allowed that in speaking of them as effects in the ordinary way , to the extent we do , we may make use of a conception other than the one we have been examining . |
| 8 | It is agreed that in arriving at a figure appropriate to be rewarded for the care given by the plaintiffs to the date of trial . |
| 9 | Thirdly , it has been suggested that by focusing upon the hard look doctrine issues concerning the merits can be more readily avoided . |
| 10 | Although SSAP 2 was said to have been applicable , the important caveat was added that in accounting to the Government for the purpose of producing the appropriation accounts , the accounting was on the cash basis . |
| 11 | Among those Cabinet Ministers entrusted with the discussions the view was expressed that in talking to the Burmese they would not encounter ‘ the purely ‘ Bazaar approach ’ . |
| 12 | It was held that by drawing on the company 's bank account , the defendant had assumed the rights of an owner . |