Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] [verb] that the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said : ‘ What is the housewife going to do when she is told that the price of her electricity has now reached 10 pence per unit . |
| 2 | It 's believed that the life force , energy and soul of a plant is to be found within its essential oils . |
| 3 | It 's hoped that the event will have raised around £1000 for the Ballycotton lifeboat . |
| 4 | It 's hoped that the trial will resume tomorrow . |
| 5 | It 's hoped that the album will be completed by the end of this month and will be out early next year . ’ |
| 6 | But it 's hoped that the tighetning of the rules on availability for work will deter significant numbers from raves and festivals this year . |
| 7 | But it 's hoped that the tighetning of the rules on availability for work will deter significant numbers from raves and festivals this year . |
| 8 | It 's reported that the price of CD players will shortly tumble as Matsushita market a machine that retails for the low price of £280 — about half the price of the company 's launch model . |
| 9 | So that although these are er fairly different relatives in terms of bacteria it 's striking that the ETEC organism has been able to acquire in some way almost exactly the same gene that 's present in choleri . |
| 10 | It 's estimated that the earthquake in India has claimed twenty thousand lives . |
| 11 | It 's estimated that the trade is worth up to £1.5 million a year , with huntsmen collecting , on average , around £5,000 a year and in some cases as much as £20,000 . |
| 12 | It 's expected that the Government will off-load most of its 1.35 billion BT shares in late June or early July . |
| 13 | Booth says there is ‘ real interest ’ in the team 's work from established staff and it 's expected that the programme will prove useful to many people within the business . |
| 14 | It 's expected that the flotation will take place in early June . |
| 15 | It 's alleged that the body was hidden there by the younger brother . |
| 16 | It 's feared that the death toll in the Cairo earthquake has risen to at least a thousand . |
| 17 | in a vicious circle too it 's working that the tax payers are having to subsidize bed and breakfast |
| 18 | It 's claimed that the fox is a predator , killing lambs and free range chickens and must be controlled ; an argument not accepted by the RSPCA . |
| 19 | It 's claimed that the jail now houses almost double the number of prisoners it was designed for . |
| 20 | It 's thought that the fire had been caused by a welders spark . |
| 21 | It 's thought that the morning , when people are a bit lively , is a good time for therapy-type activities — perhaps have a half-hour reminiscence group over a coffee at 9.30 or 10.00 am . |
| 22 | It 's thought that the husband killed his wife and then turned the gun on himself after she told him she wanted a divorce Their bodies were found by their daughter . |
| 23 | It 's thought that the weather has something to do with the renewed joyriding . |
| 24 | It 's thought that the weather has something to do with the renewed joyriding . |
| 25 | However , where it is discovered that the tax law does not have the effect that the Government and taxpayers generally thought it had , there are circumstances in which it is right to introduce legislation to restore the position retrospectively to what it was thought to be . |
| 26 | When it is discovered that the combination of certain proportions of charcoal , sulphur and saltpetre produces disagreeable results , then there is no reason why the benefits of gunpowder should be restricted to China . |
| 27 | If it turns out that this is not the case , if it is discovered that the prohibition denies the would-be rapists more of a chance to pursue the good life than it gives their possible victims , then one may have to adjust other features of the political framework to make sure that this does not result in inequality of ability to pursue one 's conception of the good . |
| 28 | In a university which aims to teach every official European language , it is fitting that the Centre for Speech Technology Research ( CSTR ) , Europe 's largest research institute dealing with speech-based human/computer interface , is a partner in the ESPRIT 2 ( POLYGLOT ) project to build multilingual speech input/output systems for seven of the major European languages . |
| 29 | ‘ Lord , ’ he said , ‘ it is fitting that the ambassador should be your man , and not mine . ’ |
| 30 | It is fitting that the river should , according to legend , be associated with Tamara , a beautiful nymph who in ancient times lived in a cave deep below the earth . |