Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [adv] [vb pp] [that] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am reliably assured that King 's College Chapel in Cambridge , which has stood as steady as a rock for the past 450 years , could never be built today because the design would never be accepted under the safety limits of the building regulations ! |
| 2 | So when , in 1959 , it was decided to build a mid-engined car , I was violently affronted that Berthon and his staff at Bourne would design it , and not me at Folkingham . |
| 3 | I was once told that Philip Henry Thomas , while preparing himself for the Civil Service examination , had followed his period as a pupil-teacher with a post connected with the railways which were expanding rapidly in industrial South Wales in the 1860s and 1870s . |
| 4 | And now she was doubly determined that Janice would never be her mother . |
| 5 | But we are reliably informed that Angus will be back on his feet and more importantly that seat tomorrow . |
| 6 | However , we are also reminded that Pinnacle has n't been taped out yet so it 's still only hopes and dreams time over at Cypress . |
| 7 | For example , how should policy makers react if , having been persuaded that the larger part of observed unemployment is Keynesian , they are also persuaded that NAIRU lies well within the range BC in Figure 8.8 ? |
| 8 | They were then told that Fisher had already pleaded guilty to raping an Oxford University student in June on last year and that he had a string of other convictions , including 2 of indecent exposure . |
| 9 | ‘ Because if you do n't , ’ said Owen , ‘ I shall let it be generally known that Andrus has been giving money to the Moslems for them to use against Copts . ’ |
| 10 | It 's already known that women who take the contraceptive pill are much less likely to develop it . |
| 11 | And it 's also known that breastmilk has a special value for babies most vulnerable to infection , for example those born ill or premature . |
| 12 | To the actress Joyce Carey in the crowded foyer of the Old Vic : ‘ But Joyce , it 's well known that Shakespeare sucked Bacon dry . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ It 's well known that Maurice likes a night out but the media attention he gets in Britain makes it difficult for him to enjoy it . |
| 14 | It 's always said that Oppositions rarely win elections , Governments lose them . |
| 15 | It 's now hoped that China having fallen into line with the other four , will end its support for the notorious Khmer Rouge guerrilla army . |
| 16 | It took some time for all the records to be checked , but it 's now agreed that IBM Corp 's full year net loss for 1992 of $4,965m goes down in history as the largest corporate loss on record , taking the baton from General Motors Corp . |
| 17 | But it 's now known that Mrs Law was last seen alive just after lunchtime on Sunday . |
| 18 | It 's scientifically proven that foods can make certain susceptible children very ill , and this can manifest itself in various ways , but one of the most common ways is that children behave badly ; they become aggressive and disturbed . |
| 19 | But it 's still considered that Balcerowicz 's reforms have been a success . |
| 20 | It 's commonly held that instruments are generally better made these days — even the cheap ones — and one of the prime benefits of this is that the purchaser has a better than even chance of buying a worthwhile instrument , regardless of cost . |
| 21 | These prices are a guideline only and it is strongly advised that prices are checked at the time of booking . |
| 22 | Yet , says Sir Adrian Cadbury , chairman of PRONED , the organisation which seeks to promote wider use of non-executive directors , it is overwhelmingly accepted that NEDs with the right qualities are essential in an effective board . |
| 23 | 12–11- " It is hereby certified that Mr James Fraser M.A. preacher of the Gospel was ordained and inducted to the pastoral charge of the Killarrow and Kilmeny congregation by the United Free Church Presbytery of Islay on the 24th October 1907 . " |
| 24 | It is generally assumed that hypergastrinaemia predisposes to the development of gastric carcinoids through progressive hyperplastic changes of fundic endocrine cells . |
| 25 | It is generally assumed that pus-cells in the urethra are synonymous with infection and the pus-cell is treated vigorously from Bath to Bangkok and from Memphis to Madras as if it were an infectious organism itself . |
| 26 | It is generally assumed that ASL is historically linked to the French Sign Language of the early 19th century , researchers seeing evidence of cognate signs in French Sign Language and ASL ( fig. 8.1 ) . |
| 27 | However , it is generally assumed that rug-weaving was brought into China , probably from Turkestan or Mongolia , some time before the reign of Emperor K'ang Hsi ( 1661–1722 ) , a noted patron of the arts who may well have encouraged its assimilation into Chinese artistic life . |
| 28 | It is generally accepted that aims should be reviewed ( even if this does not result in alteration ) every four years . |
| 29 | It is generally accepted that odours per se do not cause a risk of infection and it is doubtful whether nausea , sleeplessness , mental strain or depression , commonly suffered by people exposed to odours , would be regarded as evidence of prejudice to health , as they affect a person 's general well-being , rather than threaten a clinical disease . |
| 30 | It is generally accepted that managers are motivated to pursue profits , whereas they are not greatly motivated to keep within a cost budget . |