Example sentences of "[am/are] [adj] [that] there [vb mod] [be] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The parliamentary chairman said ‘ people are afraid that there will be a new stage of dictatorship ’ . |
| 2 | Pamella 's clock is running slow the Gloucester team were playing rough A familiar example , which actually contains an adjectival phrase rather than a single adjective , is : ( 66 ) a rose by any other name would smell as sweet With this construction , too , there is possibly a certain element of idiomatic restriction ; why for instance are the following examples unacceptable ? ( 67 ) the guide was eating gluttonous Suzanne pirouetted sensuous We may at least hazard a guess as to why this construction is fairly limited in its occurrence : there are three intensional elements in operation , the entity phrase in subject position , the property which is to be instantiated by the verb and as a third item a property that can be expressed either by an adjective or by its adverb competitor ; now where the lexical meanings are such that there would be an appreciable difference in the effect of applying the third property to the entity of the subject by contrast with the effect of using it to qualify the property of the verb ( which is the case in ( 53 ) by contrast with ( 54 ) ) then intuitive awareness that there is going to be a difference may generally allow the construction with the adjective to be available . |
| 3 | Linking girls in with the characters of Lord of the Flies , I am sure that there would be many Ralphs , a Jack of a different nature but leading to the same results , and eventually one or two Rogers . |
| 4 | I am sure that there must be great variations not only from one part of the country to another , but from one town to another , because of the high levels of unemployment in certain places . |
| 5 | It says : ‘ I am sure that there must be a right-wing think-tank somewhere , trying to work out the possibility of privatising air so that only those who can afford to pay can breathe . ’ |
| 6 | I shall be watching the practical results with interest to see what might be applicable to our work in the Duchy of Cornwall , for I am sure that there will be lessons that we can learn . |
| 7 | I can not promise a debate next week , but I am sure that there will be opportunities to debate the matter in the coming months . |
| 8 | I thought that was a particularly er constructive day session , a lot of ideas came from it and I am sure that there will be a number of actions to be warranted from it . |
| 9 | Mr Jan Sekera , director of Prague 's Stredoceska Galerie , one of the city 's leading contemporary galleries , said of the new tax law , ‘ I 'm afraid that there will be no great movement as the relief is limited to only two per cent . |
| 10 | mm , I know Sarah 's not dealing with them , so you know I 'm sure that there would be enough work for a complaint examiner , but whether that would then mean investigators were light is is really |
| 11 | and I 'm sure that there must be listeners who are very interested in this , perhaps as parents , or perhaps being involved in education , is there any book or booklet they can get hold of to learn a bit more about the subject ? |
| 12 | Well , I 'm sure that there will be some folks at the lecture that will raise those questions , I , I have so much to say and I 've been making notes . |
| 13 | If we were to have dialogue , if dialogue were to be opened between us and I am now talking about dialogue and not of debate , then erm it is only erm , I 'm certain that there would be a great deal to , to say to him from us on our part , and I am also sure that he will have a great deal to say . |
| 14 | We are hopeful that there will be no surcharges levied whatsoever on the cost of your holiday — but obviously fuel costs , currency movements and governmental action are outside our control , and there is only so much that we are able to absorb . |
| 15 | They think this is the first time he 's attacked since January , but are worried that there may be other victims that have n't come forward . |
| 16 | Moreover , we regard such fees as undesirable because we are keen that there should be no avoidable barriers to access on the part of people who have not traditionally had the opportunity to go into higher education . |
| 17 | Please be aware that there will be quite a few people using the bridge around 0830 , although this should ease off towards 0900 . |
| 18 | The Intention of the British er of the Railways Act of nineteen ninety three was that jurisdiction of the British Transport Police should be unaffected , but we are aware that there may be some doubt now as to the precise extent of the powers which British Transport Poli Police may have beyond the Rail Track property . |
| 19 | ‘ It is certainly not going to deter us from going , but we are aware that there could be problems . ’ |
| 20 | I am aware that there will be those , Catholics and Evangelicals , who will regret the vagueness of such language . |