Example sentences of "[noun prp] be [adv] [adj] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Hilton is always careful to stress that the cleansing process to eradicate sin involves patient inner effort ( the expression of the anchoress 's fixed intention to God ) not violent physical punishment ( chapters 72 – 5 ) . |
| 2 | Rex was n't slow to notice that Laz no longer sported the unfashionable open-necked look . |
| 3 | IBM were also able to argue that the local soil always had a high lead content . |
| 4 | Washington was also disappointed to find that once in office Labour was determined to oppose any proposals , however ingenious , to give West Germany access to nuclear weapons . |
| 5 | The days when Disraeli 's Lord Marney was not afraid to admit that he built no cottages , but , on the contrary , pulled down as many as possible , were by then well over . |
| 6 | Unlike some of his theological colleagues , Bishop Montefiore is not afraid to state that the question of whether God exists is a definite question of fact . |
| 7 | Anglican Bishop Hugh Montefiore is less keen to accept that his church is losing influence . |
| 8 | ‘ At their first meeting together , Enya was pleasantly surprised to discover that Princess Diana just loves her music , ’ said a source close to Enya . |
| 9 | Jackson was somewhat surprised to find that the house was divided into two flats , each with its own letter-box and doorbell . |
| 10 | Well the honourable gentleman for Great Brimsea is quite right to say that these matters er had some consideration given to them during the passage of the the legislation er but it is also true to say that er er th in the Bingham report there was a broad acceptance that the present s system of supervision of banks should continue . |
| 11 | Brian was always keen to stress that the comfort and wellbeing of the birds was of the utmost importance . |
| 12 | De Klerk was now able to claim that there was no longer any justification for violent protest , in view of his invitation " to all leaders who seek peace " , along with the lifting of restrictions on political groups , which he said now placed everybody in a position to pursue politics freely . |
| 13 | Such experience had aged her in advance of her years , and Jennifer was sometimes inclined to think that Jill was two or three years older than herself rather than eighteen months younger . |
| 14 | We know , moreover , that the more affluent among the old in Britain are more likely to feel that they enjoy good health and less likely to suffer from conditions which restrict their mobility and capacity to participate in a wide range of social and cultural activities than the least well-off ( GHS 1986 ; 126 ) . |
| 15 | Andy and Peter are both happy to admit that TMAM started in the same way as most enthusiast-driven collections — with no collecting policy at all . |
| 16 | Professor Peter Green is surely right to suggest that the cult of Pericles , and the idea of a decline following his death in 429 BC , reflect the persistence of a mistrust of democracy among many modern commentators on ancient Greece . |
| 17 | Although Nelson is probably right to say that the DUP had lost its role ‘ as the articulator of poor Protestants ’ social grievances ' by the end of the 1970s , this would not cost it votes until there was an alternative . |
| 18 | At length , with a sigh and in a conversational tone which did not match Dr Dunstaple 's oratory for effect , he observed : " Dr Dunstaple is quite wrong to suggest that there is an accepted treatment for cholera . |
| 19 | Editor , — David Griffith is quite right to emphasise that the new Community Care Act potentially will have negative as well as positive effects on the development of support for carers . |
| 20 | In addition to showing simply that the factors occurred together , Weber was also able to show that there was an understandable connection between the Calvinists ' beliefs and their actions . |
| 21 | When the King 's Declarations were finally published , Richard Baxter was pleasantly surprised to find that some important concessions had been made to his position . |
| 22 | BUT Jill Turner and driver John Crawley were both prepared to swear that they had driven directly from the flat to a firm of independent chemical analysts . |
| 23 | In fact , Salmonella are so vulnerable to heat that they are killed if they are at 70°C ( 160°F ) , or hotter , for 2 minutes . |
| 24 | Her little hand trembled in his much larger one , but Guy was too stunned to notice that she did n't pull away , although he continued to hold her as though she were as fragile as glass . |
| 25 | In fact Professor Hayek is sufficiently honest to admit that the free society which we have seen grow in Europe since the Enlightenment has produced through the writings of Marx and Freud a set of values which if not renounced will destroy the civilisation itself ; namely the pursuit of egalitarianism at the collective level leading to the replacement of the market economy by the planned economy and the pursuit of freedom at the personal level leading to abandonment of traditional morality based on the concept of right and wrong and good and evil . |
| 26 | For example the Select Committee on Overseas Development has recommended the establishment of a Cabinet Committee to coordinate political , trade and aid policies towards the developing world largely because the ODM were not able to disclose that such a Committee ( RD ) already exists . |
| 27 | They want to hang on to their fat subsidies and America is entirely right to say that this is unacceptable . |
| 28 | The room looked like the dining room ; a sideboard with some bottles and a bowl of fruit on it was visible , and Penelope was now able to see that the remains of a kind of meal — a loaf of bread , a hunk of orange-coloured cheese and two glasses — were set out on one half of the table . |
| 29 | Chandrasekhar and Ferrari were then able to show that the Nutku-Halil solution is obtained by the simple choice of Ernst function given by ( 13.3 ) where p and q are real constants which satisfy the condition . |
| 30 | The bluffly categorical manner is misleading ; Pound is always ready to concede that ‘ circumstances alter cases , . |