Example sentences of "that [pron] be [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | British Telecommunications Plc 's Customer Systems division — ‘ the largest UK systems house that no-one 's ever heard of ’ — has spent the past three years restructuring and now reckons it is set to take the world by storm . |
| 2 | These are the findings of a survey commissioned by British Telecommunications Plc 's systems integration division , Customer Systems — ‘ the largest UK systems house that no-one 's ever heard of ’ . |
| 3 | Until commissioned to write this feature , I had never used liquid acrylics and , having now worked with them for a few weeks , I must report that I am completely sold on this exciting medium . |
| 4 | He replied , ‘ Herr Karajan , do you imagine that I am not listening to what you are doing ? |
| 5 | I am not ashamed to admit that I am not overwhelmed with sympathy for muggers and molesters . |
| 6 | It is possible that I am not sitting on a chair at all , but lying on a sofa . |
| 7 | I know that I am not meant to vac up the spiders , just their cobwebs . |
| 8 | My understanding from your letter of [ Date ] is that I am jointly instructed by the vendor , Mr D Smith , and the purchasers ( as set out in the Agreement between the parties dated [ Date ] ) and that I am requested to certify in writing to the parties , the value , in my opinion , of Mr D Smith 's shares at [ Date ] . |
| 9 | ‘ The decision to do so was one of the hardest I have ever made : but now that I am committed ( by dint of posting the letter before I had time to change my mind ) I began to be afraid of opposite extremes — afraid that I am merely indulging in an orgy of egoism . ’ |
| 10 | Notice that I am deliberately speaking of ‘ levels of understanding ’ in believing , rather than ‘ stages in believing ’ . |
| 11 | We are a whole and this is the me that I am now writing about . |
| 12 | In whatever sense it is to be recognized as an objective fact that I am now responding in awareness of more factors than before , my reaction will likewise be objectively better than before . |
| 13 | You will understand that I am only acquainted with the members of the Institute who come here regularly — who , in essence , are the ones who work in this area . |
| 14 | Then Richardson suggested Albie work for them on salary-in much the same way , I think to myself , that I am supposedly working for Carmichael . |
| 15 | At this point some of you suspect that I am about to call for public hanging for pederasts and the boiling in oil of muggers . |
| 16 | The figures that I am about to present to the House will embarrass the Leader of the House , but I shall get them on the record none the less . |
| 17 | As a result , I have never been less tempted to support an Opposition motion , although I assure my hon. Friend who is the Whip on duty that I am never tempted in that direction . |
| 18 | I may say without vanity that I 'm rarely mistaken in a boy . |
| 19 | ‘ Do n't worry … you can sleep alone — I can take a hint that I 'm not wanted without you having to hit me over the head with it , ’ he finished bitterly . |
| 20 | ‘ I would love another child but I have to be aware of the possibility that I 'm not going to be able to have one of my own , ’ she said . |
| 21 | I 'm damn sure that I 'm not going to be the one to try . ’ |
| 22 | I figure that I 'm not going to be offered any more roles as the 41-year-old middleaged neurotic entering a crisis , 'cos I 'm not that any more and I do n't want to play that any more . |
| 23 | But a third confessed anonymously : ‘ I 'm glad that I 'm not going to be pitted against a chimp . ’ |
| 24 | Fine that 's , that 's then but now my dad 's given me permission to do that I 'm not going to . |
| 25 | ‘ I must thank you for all this and giving me food in the week and I 'm sorry for what I said , it 's just that I 'm not used to people being nice to me . |
| 26 | And a new job — particularly the one I have with you — well , let's just say that I 'm not left with much empty space in my life . ’ |
| 27 | It may very well be that I 'm not playing with a full deck . |
| 28 | Erm the work with two students , very often the one that I 'm not working with can be learning more , because they 're not sort of , ooh he 's gon na ask me a question . |
| 29 | Councillor I I had to admit that I 'm slightly lost in that one A now ends as I understand it with the roman numeral three that was proposed in the labour amendment . |
| 30 | ‘ If he does , it would mean that I 'm still playing at 40 and I said many years ago that I felt that was possible . |