Example sentences of "and [v-ing] that it [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That statement was swiftly followed by a countersuit against Phar-Mor 's management , claiming unspecified damages and maintaining that it was unable to audit the company accurately because its financial statements were altered . |
| 2 | spends his day blending the malt and seeing that it is despatched correctly . |
| 3 | On Dec. 18 the UN Security Council unanimously approved Resolution 799 condemning the Israeli action and demanding that it be rescinded , but the Israeli Cabinet , meeting on Dec. 20 , reaffirmed its decision . |
| 4 | One can only just go on hoping and praying that it is the best and not the worst that has happened . |
| 5 | In one evocative passage , during a discussion of animism and the development of automata , he refers to a six-year-old girl showing her doll how a computer works and explaining that it is a friend . |
| 6 | Something — he was n't sure just what — which had caused the entire north to rise like yeast in sudden and furious ferment , the whole of industrial Lancashire and Yorkshire seething with militant men and women — highly militant , those women — on the march , carrying banners and loaves of bread on the end of sticks , singing hymns and psalms and chanting that it was no longer a matter of wages . |
| 7 | Durance shut him up , saying he had never had reason to doubt the woman 's loyalty and inferring that it was more reliable than Maurin 's . |
| 8 | ‘ If , therefore , for any unhappy reason , counsel for the defence is unable to accept the assumption which stems from the fact that a particular statement has not been made available to him by the prosecution , it would become counsel 's duty to invite the judge to exercise the discretionary power which is given to him by the proviso to section 18 of the Evidence Law , ( c. 118 [ J. ] ) , by examining the statement himself and directing that it be used in such manner as the justice of the case demands . |
| 9 | It had been , however briefly , a time when her body and her mind had fitted together so tidily and wholely that , waking up one morning and deciding that it was time to go back to Oxford and visit her mother , was neither traumatic nor casual , but straightforward . |
| 10 | Hansen then flew Wixsom and mechanic Nick Quint to Florida for the purpose of inspecting N9837A and verifying that it was all there . |
| 11 | Commented Al Purdy , ‘ with ( this book ) Cohen brought to near perfection the techniques and rhythms of his first book ’ ; Eli Mandel — one of Canada 's most astute critics — speaks of it as ‘ a kind of gloss ’ to the Sabbath service , noting its rich diversity in subject and tone , and emphasising that it is ‘ not a random collection of lyrics . |
| 12 | Indeed , Mr Voss had last year written to The Daily Telegraph extolling the place — ‘ for patrons who wish to relax in comfort and splendour and enjoy the delights of haute cuisine ’ — and complaining that it was n't fair that Paddy Burt had written about a nearby Dorset establishment ( albeit unfavourably ) . |
| 13 | The steward is said to have issued the boys with a receipt , made out for £5 and indicating that it was for the journey from Stonehouse to Gloucester . |
| 14 | Two or three months after that he 's got a new product out they 're trying to keep it slightly quiet and saying that it 's not a world beater and sort of er go back to their more in innovative . |
| 15 | It 's increasingly difficult for the voluntary sector to make provision of this kind , to offer those opportunities without proper partnership with the state , so I do n't actually accept if you 're posing an alternative and saying that it 's either or , I do n't think that 's correct . |
| 16 | England came away from Australia shaking their heads and saying that it was impossible to defend against those moves . |
| 17 | I looked at her dubiously , and she was still laughing and insisting that it was true . |
| 18 | Here some effort will be made to explore the theoretical significance of the commonly-experienced phenomenon of hearing a voice and knowing that it is familiar but not knowing to whom it belongs . |
| 19 | Hard at times , of course , frustrating too — there are always days when you wonder why you keep on struggling , keep on slogging away ; but the pleasure of doing something you enjoy , of creating and knowing that it 's all yours … ’ she shrugged ‘ … well , there 's nothing else like it . ’ |
| 20 | There 's nothing worse than being in a foul temper and knowing that it 's only you , you 've got to blame for it . |
| 21 | If on the other hand you have access to a colour television set at the place where you are staying , you may be able to use this instead , provided that it can be tuned to your camcorder 's signal output and assuming that it is designed for use on the same television standard as the camcorder , eg UK PAL for machines sold in Great Britain ( see page 153 ) . |
| 22 | Facing the realities of the background that has moulded their early life and finding forgiveness and understanding for those who , in the name of love , have moulded this type into submission , and learning that it is all right to show feeling and emotions will ultimately bring release and freedom to follow as their hearts dictate . |
| 23 | There were a lot of Indians like that , so used to the cycle of hurt and deadening that it was a snowballing addiction . |
| 24 | Even before his accident , he 's much given to lighting his pipe , slumping in a chair and arguing that it 's no use pushing against fate . |
| 25 | Darwin had himself studied some of these plants , verifying that they do actually consume the flies which land in their pitchers or on their leaves and get caught there , and finding that it was apparently to nitrogenous compounds that the plants responded . |
| 26 | He effortlessly produced a bavarois whips and showing that it is possible to make meringue from egg white when some yolk is present . |
| 27 | The BDDA , as long ago as 1924 , foresaw this unhappy industrial crisis , and recognising that it was a question it could not handle alone , the National Institute was requested to deal with it . |
| 28 | In an attempt to improve the effective provision of intelligence to decision makers , some companies , particularly in the USA , are experimenting with various ways of developing a process of gathering information , analysing and interpreting the information and ensuring that it is used effectively in the decision-making process . |
| 29 | As heir to the droit morale and guardian of the Magritte estate , Charly Herscovici explained that ‘ Inheriting this intellectual property makes me responsible for protecting the artist and his work , and ensuring that it is handed down for posterity . |
| 30 | Picture yourself posting the letter , and feeling that it was a simple matter after all ! |