Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [verb] that [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Now she is wishing that I was back at work . ’
2 Now she is hoping that her open luck will change , though it looks as though Smashiton will have too much to do in tonight 's £100 450 metres open at Sunderland .
3 A mother insists on her small son 's going to bed at a certain time , in spite of all his protests , because she knows he needs enough sleep to keep healthy and alert ; but in his view , she is insisting that he gives up his happy play , cutting him off from the rest of the family , for no good reason .
4 Helping an elderly woman to adjust and to find a new identity is never easy , but it can nearly always be achieved if she is shown that she is still loved and needed , by her family and friends .
5 People still think the greatest compliment they can pay you is to say that you look younger than your age .
6 Yours will most probably be the arms she needs at this point , and the best thing you can do for her is to show that you share her grief , and that as far as possible you are going to be the rock on which she can lean while the sands of her life are shifting so frighteningly beneath her feet .
7 However , if you receive a groin kick and it is discovered that you are not wearing a guard , then you will automatically be disqualified , regardless of whose fault the low kick was !
8 Nevertheless it is fitting that we should add our tribute to the many that have been made throughout the country .
9 It is knowing that you are capable enough which is the difficult thing .
10 In the discussions with the monks over the qualities of Benedict as Bishop it is stated that they carefully discussed the matter with each other and also with the Archbishop at the Prior 's lodgings and also at Halling .
11 One escapes the old analogy only by submitting to another ; the role of logic , even when it is suspected that there is something wrong at the foundations of the argument , is confined to applying and criticizing concepts thrown up by the spontaneous process of analogizing .
12 Further procedures which may be undertaken in cases where more detailed information is needed or where it is suspected that there may be serious problems with vision include the visually evaluated response ( VER ) and the electroretinogram ( ERG ) .
13 This highlights the third qualification : the liberal-democratic type of government is one in which it is denied that there is any objective science of sociely or of morals .
14 Given our endorsement of an Article 85 and Article 86 reform for UK competition policy , it is unsurprising that our evaluation of EC policy has been positive .
15 It is intended that they will be run on a regular basis .
16 It is intended that they fly out to Brazil in early January to commence their second period of missionary activity .
17 At the moment it is intended that they close only on New Year 's Day , 1 May and Christmas Day , although this may be altered to include also two Mondays a month .
18 Moreover that they do not do the work which it is intended that they shall do .
19 However , it is intended that they should extract from the reader that kind of critical attitude with which he should read this book from Chapter 1 onwards .
20 Personnel to carry out the Quality Auditor role are currently being identified : it is intended that they will be trained to IQA Lead Assessor standards .
21 One or two police forces are experimenting with notebook computers , and perhaps it is intended that they will receive information from the control computer .
22 Neither these heads of agreement nor their acceptance by the Vendors will constitute a binding contract between the parties nor a restriction on any further terms which may be included in that contract , but , subject thereto , it is intended that they form the basis of instruction to lawyers for the drafting and completion of a legally binding agreement between the parties .
23 Neither these heads of agreement nor their acceptance by the Vendors will constitute a binding contract between the parties nor a restriction on any further terms which may be included in that contract , but , subject thereto , it is intended that they form the basis of instruction to lawyers for the drafting and completion of a legally binding agreement between the parties .
24 Although the Schools generally are based in cities , it is intended that they cater for participants from the surrounding ‘ region ’ .
25 Thus it is intended that there will be no ‘ phase 3 pilots ’ but rather that the development phase will end with the phase 2 pilots , to be followed immediately by progressive implementation of the new operational system .
26 Your Board is confident that the plan for restructuring the Group will result in a more streamlined , flexible and dynamic organisation and it is intended that it be carried through as fast as possible .
27 It is intended that it will draw in towns , villages , fields and woods and , according to the commission , 20 million visitors from an 80 mile radius .
28 Occasionally it is explained that they had already died — and given the still short life-expectancy of the period this must have been so in many cases .
29 The evidence shows that such children will make greater progress in English if they know that their knowledge of their mother tongue is valued , if it is recognised that their experience of language is likely to be greater than that of their monoglot peers and , indeed , if their knowledge and experience can be put to good use in the classroom to the benefit of all pupils to provide examples of the structure and syntax of different languages , to provide a focus for discussion about language forms and for contrast and comparison with the structure of the English language .
30 Henry Fairlie wrote : ‘ The exercise of power in Britain ( more specifically , in England ) can not be understood unless it is recognised that it is exercised socially . ’
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