Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] be [adv] [v-ing] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the beginning of the twentieth century , Poor Law administrators were still noting that older women seemed more able than older men to survive without any apparent source of income , because of the domestic services which they could perform ( Roebuck and Slaughter , 1979 ) . |
| 2 | By mid-June , the projection of the opinion polls was already suggesting that the majority favouring a measure of divorce legislation was declining so rapidly that by the time of the poll , the noes would have it . |
| 3 | But despite the heavy rain , water companies are still warning that last summer 's drought ca n't be forgotten . |
| 4 | Ward Sister was still complaining that children were not allowed to see the patients unattended . |
| 5 | While they chased the business of a few gambling councils , some City lawyers were already arguing that councils could enter into swaps only to hedge interest-rate payments on normal borrowings . |
| 6 | So while many City analysts are now predicting that the FT-SE index could rise another 20 p.c. by the end of the year , such forecasts carry caveats : not least the anticipation of more than a token cut in interest rates . |
| 7 | Just as Prime Minister Streibl was perhaps hoping that his role in the Waldheim affair had been forgotten came an uncomfortable reminder that his own approach to Germany 's past history is not beyond scrutiny . |
| 8 | Indeed by this time Mao is specifically advocating that the Party ought to take a more cautious and less radical approach to land reform so as to not antagonize the interests of the middle and rich peasants . |