Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] [that] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It has also been widely observed that the form of intonation is different in different languages ; for example , the intonation of languages such as Swedish , Italian or Hindi is instantly recognisable as being different from that of English .
2 In Helby v. Matthews he was merely hiring them and in Lee v. Butler it had been expressly agreed that the furniture was not to become his property until the payments had been completed .
3 It has also been long known that a child who is shortly followed by another sibling also suffers the consequences of short spacing .
4 The whole question of the burden of proof was nicely summed up in the Esso case by Lord Hodson where he said : It has been authoritatively said that the onus of establishing that an agreement is reasonable as between the parties is upon the person who puts forward the agreement , while the onus of establishing that it is contrary to the public interest , being reasonable between the parties , is on the person so alleging …
5 On this principle , it has been authoritatively stated that no injunction should be granted by the civil courts to restrain the dissemination of allegedly obscene books , as such a step would pre-empt the ultimate decision of a jury .
6 Rhino numbers are so reduced that a ban has been placed on hunting them .
7 In a resting fibre sodium , potassium , and chlorine ions as well as charged protein molecules are so distributed that the outside of the fibre carries a positive charge relative to the inside .
8 I am merely arguing that the role in science attributed to observation statements by the inductivist is incorrect .
9 Previously , it had been generally accepted that the requirement of an undertaking in damages as a condition of the grant of an interlocutory injunction did not apply in the case of the Crown .
10 In recent years it has been generally held that the backwash down the beach contributes to the breaking of the next wave , becomes involved in it and is returned with the swash , so that there is no continuous undertow transferring water out beyond the breaker zone .
11 As the community care reforms bed down signs are already emerging that the government may have significantly over-estimated demand for field social workers .
12 Come on we 're talking about the job , the job description , really they 're there to please , er , er , this is written by one , one man and er , or one woman , and we 're just saying that the wording could be improved in that one little phraseology , that 's all .
13 Yeah , give me the update , yes and if you 're just updating that a bit , if you 're gon na update it then , aha
14 You 're probably thinking that a cable is a cable is a cable .
15 ‘ Zelah also said to tell you that they 're now saying that the undertaker was murdered . ’
16 In my judgment this review of the authorities demonstrates that for over 300 years the law has been clearly established that the visitor of an eleemosynary charity has an exclusive jurisdiction to determine what are the internal laws of the charity and the proper application of those laws to those within his jurisdiction .
17 The chemical companies are also betting that the Greenhouse Effect will make them a killing .
18 They are clearly determined not to be beguiled and are prepared to trade quickly at the first sign that sterling 's recent advantage is beginning to dissipate — although they are also finding that the money market is an ants ' nest where one man 's guess is as good as another .
19 British farmers who sold up a few years ago to buy cheap agricultural land in France are also finding that the grass is no greener on the other side of the Channel , and costs more .
20 Feminists are also realizing that a rejection of biology can , paradoxically , increase the influence of biological determinism .
21 It has been traditionally supposed that the language presented to learners should be simplified in some way for easy access and acquisition .
22 Whilst many people have written to say that they found the letter itself to be interesting and factual , the view has also been forcefully expressed that the quotation on the envelope implies a view that rape is somehow wrong , and to be opposed , only or primarily insofar as it may reduce a woman 's chances of marriage .
23 So while many City analysts are now predicting that the FT-SE index could rise another 20 p.c. by the end of the year , such forecasts carry caveats : not least the anticipation of more than a token cut in interest rates .
24 But , erm , a lot a people are now saying that the quality of er , the programmes on the telly is n't very good .
25 Men as well as women are now realizing that the issue of the ordination of women to the priesthood is a gospel issue .
26 Scientists are now finding that the ozone layer is disappearing over Northern Europe and the Arctic , thereby weakening our protection against solar ultra-violet radiation and raising the danger of skin cancer .
27 It has been convincingly argued that the image of an advice-giving agency is crucial because it is at the stage of identification of the appropriate agency that most people are obstructed on the way to the solution of their problem .
28 However , it has been judicially observed that the objection to a rent representing a percentage of the tenant 's turnover is that , if the price of a commodity rises at a faster rate than the cost of living , pressure is likely to develop on dealers in that commodity to reduce their margin of profit or rate of commission ( Naylor v Uttoxeter UDC ( 1974 ) 231 EG 619 per Brightman J ) .
29 It will be widely assumed that the cabinet fears it would be unable to control a judicial inquiry .
30 ‘ Personally , I 'm rather hoping that the romance will just fizzle out . ’
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