Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] that they are [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My hon. Friend the Member for Beaconsfield has already enlarged upon the facts in the fine document which was produced in 1991 and I can only assume that they are correct . |
| 2 | In practice , the registrars are often supplied with a draft of the affidavit in advance not only to ensure that they are happy with its contents but also to ensure compliance with the necessary procedures . |
| 3 | Their notion of the essence of tragedy is " the struggle of the hero with fate " ( like Schelling ) or " the triumph of the moral world-order " ( like Schiller ) or " the discharge of the emotions " ( like Lessing and other neo-Aristotelians ) One can only suppose that they are incapable of the proper response to tragedy : that is , an aesthetic response to a work of art . |
| 4 | Although that does not necessarily mean that they are good or bad managers , it may have an impact on the employees ' decision about whether they wish to be part of any bid . |
| 5 | Even if numbers are there in profusion and quoted to several places of decimals this does not necessarily mean that they are reliable or useful . |
| 6 | We can only hypothesize that they are typical . |
| 7 | While the County Council has noted these points , it does not consider that they are relevant to the definition of greenbelt boundaries . |
| 8 | Plaintiffs should not assume that they are entitled to be " whitewashed " by a defendant who has paid them merely nominal damages , and it would be more satisfactory if judges made some enquiries of the parties before they approve statements which are made as matters of public record . |
| 9 | While the evidence he cites shows that Y-cells may be capable of sustaining some form of pattern vision it does not show that they are responsible for it in the normal brain . |
| 10 | Moreover , constitutional lawyers may write about " old " Parliaments being able to bind and limit a " new " Parliament , and may suggest that a " new judicial attitude " ( whereby judges no longer accept that they are subordinate to Parliament ) would make for a fresh start so that " the doctrine that no Parliament can bind its successors becomes ancient history " , but these tricky legal formulations do not alter the fact that constitution-making occurs in the context of a political reality which limits what is feasible , acceptable , and enforceable . |
| 11 | Close examination of even the main data series which form the canon of economic management soon reveals that they are subject to significant margins of error . |
| 12 | If the sender does not intend violations of the principle to be perceived as such , or if the receiver does not realize that they are deliberate , then communication degenerates into lying , obfuscation , or simply breaks down altogether . |
| 13 | However , turning aside these local instruments , and that is not to suggest that they are unimportant , how may lawyers and interested laymen each year obtain copies of delegated legislation which are thought to , and may indeed , affect their client 's or their own life and course of conduct , only to find that they are out of print or not yet available ? |
| 14 | While we do not suggest that they are applicable to or practicable in other countries , we believe that they have features that are worthy of consideration elsewhere . |
| 15 | The particular problem with many ageing people is that they do not recognize that they are capable , and have the energy to deal with their own problems and feelings . |
| 16 | ‘ He said ‘ I am not saying that they are happy but the treatment has been unfair and exaggerated in the papers ’ . ’ |
| 17 | I 'm not saying that they are uneconomical , but there may be the odd one or two cases , like the of Berwick St James is a fine example , when it became uneconomical to maintain that school for the number of pupils which were attending , or proposed to be taken in the near future , and it was a sensible option for those children , and economically to close that school . |
| 18 | The distinction we made in 1.3.2 between SENSE ( meaning in the narrow sense ) and SIGNIFICANCE ( meaning in the broad sense ) still stands , and if two sentences are equivalent in terms of the message encoded , this certainly does not mean that they are equivalent in terms of their significance . |
| 19 | Just because data satisfy expectations does not mean that they are correct . |
| 20 | ‘ People should realise that passing their test does not mean that they are capable of driving all types of car . |
| 21 | This does not mean that they are eminent all scholars ( a term reserved for a handful of rare spirits — like Albert Einstein , Bertrand Russell and others — who have shattered the frontiers of human knowledge , earning world-wide distinction by their intellectual endeavours ) . |
| 22 | Obviously , we can not rate course we do not play , but that does not mean that they are bad courses . |
| 23 | Some do not realise that they are pregnant at all , like Lorraine , who had never even started her periods . |
| 24 | Many people will not realise that they are entitled to a discount , because , there is no information on how the discount scheme will work . |
| 25 | They can not prove that they are right and you can not prove that they are wrong . |
| 26 | The fact that we find the use of such predicates convenient and essential for our purposes does not prove that they are indispensable in an absolute sense : viz. that the world as a matter of logic can not be completely described without them . |
| 27 | Any effect discovered is merely consistent with these assumptions ; it does not prove that they are true . |
| 28 | They can not prove that they are right and you can not prove that they are wrong . |
| 29 | This is not to say that they are homogeneous — the nature of the seasonal peaks , their duration and the kinds of people employed differ considerably . |
| 30 | Certainly white children in substitute white families , or their biological families , do not deny that they are white , nor want to be black . |