Example sentences of "that [noun prp] [be] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mike Cuming , Senior Instructor , says that within a day or two , you forget that Gary is in a wheelchair . |
| 2 | Diana , who is from a broken home , will find no comfort in the fact that Lisa is from a stable and loving family who have given her every support since her separation from Marco . |
| 3 | The simple answer is that Chelsea are in a false position and Arsenal , on this evidence , slightly jaded champions . |
| 4 | Colin Howes , Branson 's lawyer , perhaps recognised better than most that Branson was in a period of significant transition . |
| 5 | Of course I knew that Neil was in an extremely well-paid job — even so , Jim was on a reasonable salary and he did n't buy me gifts like that — not even at Christmas . |
| 6 | Whether or not these actually related to the disposition of his kingdom , the implication is that Edward was in a position to make his wishes known . |
| 7 | Whether or not these actually related to the disposition of his kingdom , the implication is that Edward was in a position to make his wishes known . |
| 8 | ‘ I hear that England is in a bad way . |
| 9 | Having won the Australian Open and now the French it means that Seles is on a Grand Slam roll , though she swiftly pointed out that Wimbledon 's grass might be her downfall . |
| 10 | Just realised that Gavin is at a conference today so it 's up to me to type up a report . |
| 11 | In a national broadcast on Jan. 24 Menem said that Argentina was in a state of " moral emergency " due to corruption ; he announced that government and military officials and employees of state enterprises would be required to submit a list of their assets , and he promised a purge of his personal advisers . |
| 12 | Mr Bland said last night : ‘ Our scheme is designed to ensure that LWT is in a position to make and broadcast programmes at the weekend from 1993 onwards . ’ |
| 13 | Lee kept on the attack despite this and the fact that Nicklaus was on a roll . |
| 14 | It is also conceded that many viewers will want to see the match and that ITV were in a tricky position because on that weekend in February they are planning to screen a Littlewoods Cup semi-final . |
| 15 | He felt that Emerson was going through a hard time in his own life , that he was confused , that he was having marital problems , that Brazil and his family were getting him down : in other words , that Emerson was under a lot of pressure . |
| 16 | Suppose the reformer stops saying that a good woman may be like God and begins saying that God is like a good woman . |
| 17 | But it is possible for people growing up in a totally different culture to see kingship in terms of tyranny , in which case they would receive the statement that God is like a king as meaning that God is tyrannical , even some kind of dictator , so that religion resembles a prison rather than paradise . |
| 18 | Christians I have suggested , if they are rightly to be named Christians , must in some sense believe that God was in a unique way related to Christ , so that he becomes particular for them , and they are ( as I am not ) in their religion related to history . |
| 19 | She knew that Brian was in a mood this morning . |
| 20 | To suppose that Scaevola was in a linguistic world of his own is unappealing . |
| 21 | One girl , I swear , thought for some reason that Pericles was about a car-manufacturer . |
| 22 | The question is all the more pointed now that Europe is within an ace of having its Maastricht Treaty ; the British government now seems confident of winning assent from the British Parliament ( although something could still go wrong ) while Denmark will probably vote YES in its second referendum on the issue on 15 May . |
| 23 | And although there has been a great deal of argument as to the cause , very few people would deny that Britain is in a state of decline . ’ |
| 24 | Wordsworth felt that the wheel had indeed come full circle or rather , to use his own expression , that France was like a ‘ dog/Returning to his vomit ’ ( Prelude 1805 , x , 935 ) . |
| 25 | We can infer that George was in a restaurant , and that he sat at a table and looked at a menu . |
| 26 | Buckingham Palace said only that Charles was on a private weekend . |
| 27 | But a stray recollection of a golliwog Maurice had given her for her fifth birthday undid the effect in an instant and she reached Swans ' Meadow with her eyes red and face blotchy from tears , only to find to her surprise that Ursula was in a similar condition . |
| 28 | When he got home that evening he could smell that Val was in a mood . |
| 29 | In retrospect it is clear that O'Neill was in an impossible situation . |
| 30 | The third woman of world class is Marie Laure de Lorenzi , who wins everything in Europe but has yet to be persuaded that America is worth a detour . |