Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [that] he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Franklin Roosevelt could be said to fall into the former category , but it should not be forgotten that he took office at a moment of great crisis in American history and was aided by unusually large majorities in both houses of the legislature . |
| 2 | Several times he almost stopped himself , but it felt so good to be unburdened that he let his tongue defy his better judgement . |
| 3 | Later , when he has occasion to move , it will be seen that he moves lightly , cat-like . |
| 4 | Well , it can be said that he does not allow his mercilessness to go undetected on this occasion . |
| 5 | In fairness to de Valera , it must be said that he opposed any attempt to incorporate the church into the apparatus of the state and in this was , as already noted , going against the form of relationship preferred by the Popes of the day . |
| 6 | In general it can be said that he sought to maximise France 's role , and her freedom of choice in any given situation . |
| 7 | As the company was a separate legal entity , and in the particular circumstances ( through its directing mind and will ) had consented to the husband 's drawing the cheques , it could not be said that he had appropriated the company 's property . |
| 8 | For him it must be said that he went at once to report the death to authority , and then came back to us and again told the same story . |
| 9 | But if it could be said that he did have a weakness for something , it was for Ireland and the Irish . |
| 10 | It should be said that he provided a major influence on inspiration in the development of the Division 's work in this area . |
| 11 | But it has to be said that he tried more consistently and more self-consciously than most political leaders to insulate himself from external pressures and to personalize decision-making . |
| 12 | It could be argued that he saw it as something of a homecoming : Neil had attended Yeovil Grammar School for a time when his father 's work took the family there . |
| 13 | As Burton loved to live in opposition — it made him feel most alive and it could be argued that he lived in serious opposition to his own body for long stretches of his life — it is interesting to speculate whether the homosexual network gave yet another spin to his heterosexuality . |
| 14 | For , just as the individual has the moral right not to kill in violation of his own moral principles , a right recognised by law in this country since 1916 , so also it can be argued that he has the right not to be required to contribute through his taxes towards the maintenance of a professional army equipped with weapons of mass destruction to kill on his behalf . |
| 15 | It can be argued that he won the election not because of the Tory campaign but in spite of it . |
| 16 | In the case of Jesus it might be thought that he represents the management , not the workers . |
| 17 | It certainly should not be thought that he overthrew all other kings . |
| 18 | Two days later we were at Wrexham Hospital — not for Nigel to undergo traction as anticipated but to see the chest specialist and to be told that he had a fatal disease . |
| 19 | If I did not add this information , I felt I should be told that he had never heard of M. Guérigny . |
| 20 | She loved Piers , and it just was n't good enough to be told that he needed her or that he wanted her . |
| 21 | Savory argued that a stranger to whom money had been paid in breach of trust could only be held liable as a constructive trustee to account for the money after he had parted with it , if it could be shown that he knew the money misapplied was trust money . |
| 22 | It should be noted that he remarks that ‘ people ’ do not want to see a black face , not that he personally objects to such a sight . |
| 23 | Galbraith 's views have been widely criticised , most frequently on grounds of exaggeration , though it should be noted that he does not suggest that the revised sequence has replaced the accepted sequence , but that there is a complex inter-action between the two . |
| 24 | ( 2 ) For this purpose regard shall be had to such display , publication , showing , playing , broadcasting or inclusion in a cable programme service as he has , or it may reasonably be inferred that he has , in view . ’ |
| 25 | ( It will be remembered that he had studied drama at McGill , and the plays of Britain 's ‘ angry young men ’ had made waves in Canada . ) |
| 26 | ‘ Prof. Francis ’ was tolerated because he was so amiable ; he had let it be known that he had taught piano in an unnamed music conservatory somewhere , hence the professorship . |
| 27 | He would also have known that Palmerston , having let it be known that he had asked Scott to submit a new design , was very unlikely to change his mind , and it was perhaps to give the appearance of some purpose to the delegation that he and Tite made their request for another competition . |
| 28 | Long before Neil Kinnock let it be known that he had let his membership of Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament lapse , the Labour Party and CND had been growing apart . |
| 29 | In Berlin , Bismarck let it be known that he saw nothing wrong with the proposed solution , though he backed away from too openly supporting it in the face of a general outcry from the other European courts . |
| 30 | Prior to taking office Aristide let it be known that he intended to remain outside the existing structure of political parties within Haiti . |