Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [adv] [v-ing] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Guild is now advocating that further steps should be taken , namely , that women should be made eligible for seats on town councils . |
| 2 | The play centres on the severe cultural disturbance generated by the fact that Clara , a girl , has been brought up as a boy and wants to remain one , while her brother , Lucio , has been brought up as a girl which he wants to remain , despite the fact that society is now demanding that both return to their normal gender ascriptions . |
| 3 | But the government is now proposing that all schemes , including small ones , should not be allowed to invest more than 5 per cent of their money in their employer 's businesss . |
| 4 | The hospital is now insisting that hi-tec scans will be available in all urgent cases . |
| 5 | The district which was due to take over the funding is now claiming that some of the people who are now living in the special units attached to old people 's homes are not their responsibility They did not originally come from their districts and so they are refusing to pay some of the finance over . |