Example sentences of "be afraid that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ People are afraid that the lake will be parcelled out into cages for fish farming , ’ Mrs Farrer said . |
| 2 | I am afraid that the local production — certainly at this early stage — is only in low numbers , so there wo n't be any massive sums involved , but in view of this , and to settle the negotiations as soon as possible , I suggest setting a flat rate of 7% on all three titles involved . |
| 3 | I am afraid that the local production — certainly at this early stage — is only in low numbers , so there wo n't be any massive sums involved . |
| 4 | I am afraid that the proposed law changes could fundamentally alter the game . |
| 5 | I am afraid that the forecasts we produced under the old regime are now too optimistic . |
| 6 | Mr. Grist : I am afraid that the Hon. Gentleman took a little too long in preparing that question . |
| 7 | I am genuinely sorry , for I am heartily thankful that we have escaped from the small-mindedness of the medieval church and I despise modern astrologers , but I am afraid that the rhetoric about backwaters in the previous paragraph is just empty rhetoric . |
| 8 | However I am afraid that the DIY machine might be flawed in some basic respect compared to a bought machine — e.g. the absence of a ‘ help ’ program . |
| 9 | Business men who are borrowers naturally want lower interest rates , but I am afraid that the Government have to take a rather broader view of what is in the interests of the economy . |
| 10 | I am afraid that the Labour party is still in the 1960s and 1970s . |
| 11 | I am afraid that the hon. Gentleman is anticipating what my right hon. Friend will say on the matter . |
| 12 | I am afraid that the evidence at the moment is that the game is not sufficiently supported by members of the armed forces . |
| 13 | I am afraid that the circumstances of the case — two people who were extremely drunk and who have a very hazy understanding of what went on — make it difficult for any charge to have any validity . |
| 14 | So , the economy of agriculture is in dire straits and the environment is suffering , but I am afraid that the position on animal health is even more dire . |
| 15 | I am afraid that the right hon. Lady sold this country short on that occasion . |
| 16 | I am afraid that the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull , East ( Mr. Prescott ) has a regrettable tendency not to bother with the facts , but to jump to conclusions in the immediate aftermath of any accident , before any of the facts are known to him or to anyone else . |
| 17 | I am afraid that the hon. Gentleman has not understood the working of housing benefit . |
| 18 | I am afraid that the Government do not have straight in their head the idea that the public will be determined , through a different Government , to obtain proper redress for their complaints against excessive prices or dirty little ideas such as the 0898 service , which was introduced six years ago after the privatisation of British Telecom . |
| 19 | I am afraid that the remarks of the hon. Members for Newham , North-East ( Mr. Leighton ) and for Sedgefield ( Mr. Blair ) about market forces only go to show how little they understand them . |
| 20 | I am afraid that the present Leader of the House has added to that ignoble record . |
| 21 | I , I , well I am afraid that the people who have been audited are exactly the people , I mean you would expect Ian and Tanya certainly to be good , you 'd expect Philip to be good would n't you and Susannah , and Lyn , perhaps less so . |
| 22 | I 'm afraid that the answer to most of their questions is : ‘ We do not yet know . ’ ' |
| 23 | Well it sounds like an improvement , but without the financial commitment and the political will then I 'm afraid that the erm , the ideaology and the principles will all for nought . |
| 24 | I 'm afraid that the commercial appeal of this planet is entirely lost on me . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm afraid that the picture shows the secret of my heart , ’ said Basil . |
| 26 | But when we 're dealing as we are in this case , with fraud , then clearly there has to be regulations , there has to be er primary legislation er so that was the point I 'm making but as I say , it 's not just me , it 's the stock exchange , the S I B , all of them believe that we need a single enforcement body to look at these matters and I do wish perhaps the minister does but the government must acc eople and a number of ople obviously with a number of traumas and a number of di exploit the different rules and regulations and to get through them because they know they are never going to be caught and the little chance of being prosecuted and even if they are prosecuted er then the chances of being convicted are remote and even if they are convicted I 'm afraid that the judicial shi system shows er that the worst they can expect is a few hours mowing the grass in front of an old folks home or perhaps a few months er in the country residence , albeit owned by Her Majesty . |
| 27 | That is the reality of what er Mike said and I 'm sorry he pinched my line politics is the art of the possible and that is a message I 'm afraid that the Conservatives on this council have never adopted . |
| 28 | Many prophets in the tenth century believed that the world would come to an end in the year 1000 , but according to A. J. Gurevich the legends concerning mass psychoses in Europe as the year 1000 approached originated at the end of the fifteenth century when people really were afraid that the end of the world was imminent . |
| 29 | It was a wonder that we escaped so well , as we were afraid that the Waggon would have crushed us . |
| 30 | Economists were afraid that the country was over-populated and believed that the problems of poverty and unemployment would be reduced if the surplus hands and mouths would go overseas , but it did not follow that the government was going to pay for them to go . |