Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [verb] that [pron] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | In short , I am suggesting that there is more continuity than discontinuity in the development of the novel as a literary form . |
| 2 | And I am told that it is not advisable to use the same batch of acid for etching copper as has been used for etching zinc because the deposits of two metals in the acid creates erm an unpleasant , noxious , possibly poisonous gas and I do n't know what that would do . |
| 3 | I am told that there is to be a meeting between the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Transport and General Workers union as soon as it is practicable . |
| 4 | Thank you , I 'm reassured that it is a viable , promotional future . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm told that there is a daughter ? ’ |
| 6 | Now , I have n't met this gentleman , but I 'm told that he is a great expert on the question of sound and the nature of sound and , and the problems by it , and I 've invited him into the studio and I 'm going to interview him . |
| 7 | I 'm feel that it is the remit of this council , or indeed other district councils to talk about the whole of the county of Cambridgeshire , particularly when they start mucking around with issues well outside their own geographical area . |
| 8 | That there 's an attempt here to trying to save as many of those jobs as possible and I do n't take the insurances of the gone through the system now , but exactly true you 're saying that it is . |
| 9 | You 're saying that there is no traffic problem in Newark , |
| 10 | Helping an elderly woman to adjust and to find a new identity is never easy , but it can nearly always be achieved if she is shown that she is still loved and needed , by her family and friends . |
| 11 | She agreed with Gilbert that the souls of the dead are in the hand of God and , as for herself , she was persuaded that there is nothing in this world or out of it which can separate us from the love of God . |
| 12 | By implication , we are suggesting that there is a hierarchy of places , or similarly that a particular place has a certain status in the local community . |
| 13 | It was taken in the early 1900s , but we are assured that it is not a tinted photograph , but a true colour print . |
| 14 | We are saying that there is a structural weakness in the United Kingdom and that we need a strategic authority , not for providing services , but for developing and co-ordinating — |
| 15 | Thus , when we are told that everything is ‘ OK ’ we prefer to believe that this is so , although what people say can often contain far deeper and more subtle feelings and personal emotions . |
| 16 | Likewise the subject in the second example is the lady in the fur hat , and it remains that even when we are told that she is first in some set other than that of ladies in fur hats . |
| 17 | Thus we are told that it is a ‘ good film ’ , is ‘ riveting viewing ’ and has ‘ excellent acting ’ but are never told what makes a film ‘ good ’ , why certain images are ‘ riveting ’ or what is ‘ excellent acting ’ . |
| 18 | We are told that it is the most flexible and fast-reacting source of aid , and that is exactly why we have pursued that route . |
| 19 | However , we shall treat a different eigenvalue : suppose we are told that there is an eigenvalue in the neighbourhood of |
| 20 | Launching the Labour Party 's policy document on science and technology , the shadow science and technology spokesman , Dr Jeremy Bray , said that ‘ we are persuaded that there is a need for a new system of intermediate institutions — which will be called Newton Institutes — to form a bridge between the world of academic research and its application ’ . |
| 21 | We 're told that it is not a commercial fish to breed in large numbers and that it is species more suited for the specialist or advanced hobbyist . |
| 22 | When our group raised the issues of travellers with one of the DHSS offices here we were told that everyone is allowed two weeks holidays every year . |
| 23 | When nuns make vows of celibacy they are saying that something is true for them in particular but that it does not belong to them . |
| 24 | They are arguing that it is not fair to have the ‘ haves ’ and the ‘ have-nots ’ ; it 's not fair to have a north and south divide . |
| 25 | Much more important , the interior ministry has let it be known that it is dropping its draconian controls on the use of photocopying machines . |
| 26 | No one member should always be the sole person to reveal himself or herself , nor should it be forgotten that there is no consistent pattern of when the process of disclosure is desirable and beneficial ( Chelune et al. |
| 27 | Derek Edwards spoke , too , of the presence of Charismatics in Orkney : ‘ It 's known that there is one social worker in this very small department who does belong to a Charismatic Christian Fellowship . |
| 28 | One escapes the old analogy only by submitting to another ; the role of logic , even when it is suspected that there is something wrong at the foundations of the argument , is confined to applying and criticizing concepts thrown up by the spontaneous process of analogizing . |
| 29 | This highlights the third qualification : the liberal-democratic type of government is one in which it is denied that there is any objective science of sociely or of morals . |
| 30 | Henry Fairlie wrote : ‘ The exercise of power in Britain ( more specifically , in England ) can not be understood unless it is recognised that it is exercised socially . ’ |