Example sentences of "be [adj] that he [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am sure that the 7 million or so patients who will benefit from nurses being able to prescribe will be grateful that he has chosen a Bill which will certainly be passed and will certainly — once it has reached the statute book and is implemented — have practical benefits for that many patients . |
| 2 | ‘ How can I be feeling sorry for myself , when I should be sad that he has died ? ’ |
| 3 | Several directors are believed to be unhappy that he has kept details of the negotiations from them . |
| 4 | For a moment he thought that a sprinkling of light fell wherever Fael-Inis walked , but as it touched the floor it vanished , and he could not be sure that he had seen it at all . |
| 5 | If he finds it necessary to copy , to study the work of other painters , or any way to seek for help out of himself , he may be sure that he has received nothing of that inspiration . |
| 6 | Bound up with the question of compliance with specification is the question of acceptance , since , until the goods have been accepted by the buyer , the seller can not be sure that he has discharged his basic liability to perform the contract , even if he has delivered the goods to the buyer . |
| 7 | The protection that she is offered is so grossly inadequate that the Minister should be ashamed that he has done nothing about it . |
| 8 | He should be satisfied that he 'd succeeded in destroying her calm façade . |
| 9 | Mrs Rosenbloom nearly always found out about it and she would be mad that he had taken me from my work with the children . |