Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] be [adv] [v-ing] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross ( ICRC ) in late August 1989 visited prisons at the request of the government , which claimed that organizations such as the permanent human rights commission ( CPDH ) and the support group for families of political prisoners were falsely estimating that there were between 6,000 and 7,000 inmates . |
| 2 | Some Tory MPs are also hoping that Chancellor Kenneth Clarke will decide to limit the VAT levy to just 8pc and ditch the second stage rise to 17.5pc . |
| 3 | And last night Tory MPs were openly warning that , unless he managed a spectacular recovery , and got a grip , Mr Major would be forced like Lady Thatcher before him to make way for a new leader . |
| 4 | And last night Tory MPs were openly warning that , unless he managed a spectacular recovery , and got a grip , Mr Major would be forced like Lady Thatcher before him to make way for a new leader . |
| 5 | The stabilizing effect of DNA supercoiling on open complex formation is probably reflecting that the torsional stress is favouring the opening of the DNA strands driving the RNA polymerase-promoter complex into a configuration with an increased half-life . |
| 6 | The poor sod was only sayin' that ter make 'er act a bit sensible . |
| 7 | The Greek government is now recommending that the filters be fitted to all the city 's buses , with a view to cutting exhaust pollutants by half in the busier areas . |
| 8 | Something in the pale gaze was so unnerving that she froze . |
| 9 | On the other hand , new products are also emerging that extend the scope of the spreadsheet beyond its traditional applications and into the world of multi-dimensional modelling . |
| 10 | When Scouting for Boys first appeared in a series of fortnightly instalments in 1908 , the fly-leaf of the final issue was already claiming that ‘ at the present moment something between 500,000 and 700,000 young men are interested in this scheme , which will come into full swing about April ’ . |
| 11 | The chemical companies are also betting that the Greenhouse Effect will make them a killing . |
| 12 | The Australian Unwins , sitting with the rival owners of Flokati , were concerned about a lifelessness they had detected in Upper Gumtree due to the fact that on the train their horse had been fed a restricted diet of compressed food nuts and high-grade hay and the Flokati people were cheerfully saying that on so long a stretch without exercise , good hay was best . |
| 13 | Blue Rondo was fast realising that British youth could not be moulded from lentil burger gorged bodies in Covent Garden offices . |
| 14 | Several other counties are already regretting that he slipped through the net . |
| 15 | As for Egypt , I do not think that the hon. and learned Gentleman is seriously suggesting that it is about to launch an attack on Israel , or is to be feared in that connection . |
| 16 | Applicants for patents on transgenic organisms are now arguing that where the inserted genes come from microbiological sources , the organisms being patented have suddenly become microbiological . |