Example sentences of "that [pron] be [vb pp] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Meanwhile the owner the person who lived a small terraced property , whose garden backs onto the fields tried to get the hounds several dozen hounds off these two dogs who were being savaged to death and he had a heart attack in the process , Chairman and was hospitalized for several weeks That Chairman is the effect of the hunt on one of my constituents whose job it is for me to defend the rights that I was elected here to defend the rights of my constituents , not to be harassed in this manner .
2 er Mr talked about the figures , I 'm convinced that the figures that , that I was given still include Perzon House I 'm convinced that those figures were not , have not been taken out erm I do n't know who should audit the figures , perhaps the internal audit should audit the figures .
3 I told you that I was punned today did n't I ?
4 ‘ Well , Marie , ’ I say , pretending that she 's sat there listening to me .
5 Britain 's partners became so fed up with Margaret Thatcher 's strident opposition to economic and monetary union ( EMU ) and to political union that she was left utterly isolated at last October 's Rome summit .
6 I am not such an optimist as to imagine that we are always going to agree with you about the type of regulation , or its costs , but I do want to emphasise that we are determined always to try to talk through contentious issues with you and to ensure that there is real dialogue . ’
7 But there is one theory which will not hold water for a moment ; and that is , that we were sent here to maintain the present Government in office .
8 When the young are older , able to run with her , the vixen shepherds them to their new home , induces them to move in and somehow makes sure that they are disciplined enough to stay underground in this new home even when she is not with them .
9 Bruised knuckles can be bandaged and this , together with the mitt , means that they are cushioned sufficiently to allow punches to be used .
10 English ships could equip themselves with a heavy weight of broadside relatively cheaply , so that they were built simply to carry guns without worrying too much about anything else .
11 Alternatively , laws-of-war considerations can lead to advocacy of the enhanced radiation weapon or neutron bomb , on the grounds that it is aimed specifically to destroy military targets ( Johnson , 1984 , pp. 46–7 ) — but this could lead to pressure for first use of nuclear weapons .
12 He asked if Hall had forgotten that it was intended eventually to extend the new buildings as far as Great George Street where they would be seen with the Abbey and the Palace of Westminster .
13 The 22nd meeting of the seventh standing committee of the National People 's Congress ( legislature ) on Oct. 25 was expected to approve a proposal that China accede to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ( NPT ) , following Premier Li Peng 's announcement in August of China 's acceptance of the treaty ; however Japan 's Kyodo News Service reported on Oct. 31 that it was agreed only to hold further discussions [ see also p. 38340 ] .
14 ( 5 ) Where a solicitor or licensed conveyancer , or an agent or employee of a solicitor or licensed conveyancer , in the course of or in connection with a transaction involving the disposition or creation of an interest in land , purports to deliver an instrument as a deed on behalf of a party to the instrument , it shall be conclusively presumed in favour of a purchaser that he is authorised so to deliver the instrument .
15 The question was : could the situation be resolved by improving the integration of the thought and design processes , so that what was built better achieved what was intended ?
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