Example sentences of "[v-ing] that [pers pn] was [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It also remained a source of controversy among the Canadian electorate , its supporters maintaining that it was essential for competing with the world 's other large trading blocs , while its opponents blamed it for Canada 's current economic malaise . |
| 2 | The Supreme Soviet also resolved on Oct. 25 to send a delegation of observers to the USSR Supreme Soviet 's Soviet of the Republics [ see below ] , noting that it was inexpedient for Ukraine to take part in inter-republican structures which could entail its forming part of another state . |
| 3 | They usually disappointed everyone by recalling that he was remarkable for his unremarkableness , just another kid on the block ; not a hero , not a superstar at sports , not especially remembered for outstanding feats of school bravado nor had he made any particular impression on the girls . |
| 4 | ‘ Hmm , I would n't have thought that Luke was in any mood to judge , ’ Rob retorted , ‘ considering that he was frosty-faced for most of the evening . |
| 5 | The poet 's wife tried to avoid going , by saying that it was late for the child and that she would have expected her husband not to be curious . |
| 6 | She could n't be expected to hang around with the press and everyone else knowing that she was responsible for last night 's false alarm . |
| 7 | It also requires showing that it was necessary for such behaviour and beliefs to have been formerly defined as crimes . |
| 8 | The Jewish bodies turned the offer down flat , arguing that it was immoral for them to accept a loan which they had no reason to believe they would be able to repay . |