Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [be] [vb pp] that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It has to be planned that way , does it not ? ’ |
| 2 | Despite this reassuring message from history that disruptive behaviour is not an event peculiar to contemporary education and recent evidence that there has been no dramatic increase in such behaviour , it has to be acknowledged that anxiety about disruptive behaviour has increased . |
| 3 | Where a claim arises allegedly due to storm damage it has to be established that storm conditions did occur in the area , on the date of the alleged damage . |
| 4 | Similarly , it has to be owned that film — and programme-making in Scotland , while existing mainly on an axis across the central belt , has its centre of gravity in ‘ that other place ’ in the West . |
| 5 | It has to be stressed that Christianity also takes seriously the welfare of planet earth and its animals . |
| 6 | These categories reveal an intricate relationship between social rank and economic standing , so much so as to invite the conclusion that by this date , if not much earlier , it had come to be acknowledged that status was a function of source and level of income , subject to the proviso that land took precedence over personal property . |
| 7 | It needs to be stressed that amenity and public safety are the only two criteria for control . |
| 8 | Frequently patients respond to a small dose and indeed some patients may be very sensitive to this drug and care needs to be taken that hypoglycaemia does not occur . |
| 9 | Earthquake engineers may not have needed to be reminded that building design can make all the difference between life and death , but the Californian quake has increased public interest in earthquake-resistant designs . |
| 10 | When the various negatives are put together , a case can begin to be made that sport is a destructive influence on American public life . |
| 11 | Whether or not Woolwich can claim to be awarded that interest depends on whether it had a cause of action to recover each payment as a debt due it on the date when it was made . |
| 12 | Then the object of the action is turned round to be the subject of the verb " This report was written by us " It seems to be accepted that impartiality and an impersonal flavour to the report are achieved by the use of the passive voice . |
| 13 | ‘ He hated lying flat on his butt for six years , and he did n't want to be buried that way , ’ said a friend . |
| 14 | Jenna knew without being told that Marguerite was finding this difficult ; each mile had added to her own anxiety , and Alain 's mother was feeling many anxieties too . |
| 15 | Every morning , rain or shine , school or holidays , they sat round at breakfast deciding what work had to be done that day and sharing it out . |
| 16 | It was as if he were still competing for Martha : every return to harbour became a race between his ketch and Sam 's ; every catch had to be compared for weight and quality , and every new little luxury Harry purchased for himself or his wife had to be announced that evening in the Russell alehouse as further proof of his superiority . |
| 17 | It was a relief when a secretary appeared — sent by his oldest daughter — and summoned him away on business that had to be decided that night . |
| 18 | It went on until the evening , as the work had to be finished that day . |