Example sentences of "[noun sg] that [adj] be [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | A spokesman for the Sri Lankan government in London told Action that this is the first known attempt anywhere in the world to translate the values of the New World Information and Communication Order into a legal form on a national scale . |
| 2 | Given that our Delegation 's 15 votes formed less than two thirds of a quota and bearing in mind that this was a first attempt , it was felt that this was a somewhat ambitious foray into the politics of the wider Trade Union Movement . |
| 3 | It is certainly my hope that this is the last time we have heard of a Denning-type investigation . |
| 4 | The S.M.O. was of the opinion that this was the third , not second night , and that for twenty-four hours before he was knocked down the patch of consolidation had started forming in Bill Francis 's lung . |
| 5 | Amid the renewed glimmers of hope is the knowledge that this is the 19th attempt at a ceasefire . |
| 6 | I realized with a shock that this was the first time I had been really unhappy since I had been taken prisoner . |
| 7 | Anthropologists , in turn , have attempted to argue that , for example , the transition from brideservice , in which labour is performed by the prospective groom , to bridewealth , where objects are given in exchange for the bride , marks a significant difference in the development of a phenomenon whereby objects may stand for human labour , with the implication that this is the first stage towards the conditions of property and alienation as we know them today ( Strathern 1985 ) . |
| 8 | However , rather than having the guests whispering conspiratorially amongst themselves the unmentionable secret that this is a second marriage , some speakers prefer a more direct and honest approach . |
| 9 | At present we have no committed team , no leaders , and certainly no building , but we do have a clear conviction that this is the next step in church planting for us to take . |
| 10 | I remind the House that this is the third year running in which , using the new pensioner premium structure introduced by the 1988 reforms , we have directed real extra support to those over pension age who are least well-off . |
| 11 | The centre of the discussion was the school curriculum ; and it was frequently observed at the time that this was the first occasion on which politicians or the public at large had concerned themselves with what had hitherto been a wholly professional matter . |
| 12 | The Commission , in setting the level of the fine , took into account , as it had with the shipping fine , the fact that this was the first time a fine had been imposed in this particular sector . |
| 13 | The fact that this was the first downsizing show to be held in Japan is in itself an indication of the major change taking place in the Japanese computer market , which has been even more mainframe-centric than the US and Europe , and indicates the strong power of the economics of small computing . |
| 14 | The staff were also worried about his speech , not seeming to take into account the fact that this was the first time he had come out of a Punjabi-speaking environment and was having to cope with new experiences in a foreign language . |
| 15 | Owen had the impression that this was the first time for her , as it certainly was n't for the other two . |