Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] that it be [pron] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | If we resent this ( as we should ) , we ought to realize that it is we who are to blame for it . |
| 2 | But above all , we must remember that it is our policemen and women who are in the front line of the battle . |
| 3 | When a city and its territory was divided between two kings we should understand that it was their revenues that were at stake , although certain cities also had a strategic importance , which may also have been a matter of concern . |
| 4 | Every employee should note that it is his responsibility to ensure that Health and Safety regulations are complied with . |
| 5 | I should say that it is our intention to offer the Cyprus holiday as first prize with the five runners up receiving £100 B&I Travel Vouchers , if this is an acceptable way of dividing up your donation to us . |
| 6 | Foxe describes how ‘ Master Tyndale , a man of no great stature ’ , was courteously persuaded to walk ahead , whilst the tall and comely Philips behind him pointed over his head ‘ so that the officers who sat at the door might see that it was he whom they should take ; as the officers that took Master Tyndale afterwards told Poyntz , they pitied to see his simplicity when they took him . ’ |
| 7 | But , just before I do , I hope you 'll remember that it 's me you 're talking to — the old school-friend who 's known you since the year dot . |
| 8 | ‘ If you cast your mind back , you 'll remember that it was your idea to come to Oxford this weekend . |
| 9 | He saw two eyes and then the cloak was thrown away from the face and he could see that it was her , blue-lipped with cold , reaching for him . |
| 10 | However , at this distance from the monster , she could see that it was none other than her own tabby cat , which for some reason had grown to the size of a mammoth . |
| 11 | I wish that I could say that it is my experience that Christians are above this sort of thing , but it is not . |
| 12 | You could argue that it was it was his right of way . . |
| 13 | No one would dare say that it was his fault outright , but he knew what was going on in everyone else 's mind . |
| 14 | Ten years ago I remember I used to think that it was our mental hospitals which later generations would regard as the most staggering and incomprehensible blind spot of our time , on which they would look back as we do upon the generations which burnt witches or tried by ordeal . |
| 15 | Erm first of all Chairman I would confirm that it is our view that with a provision of six thousand five hundred for Harrogate district , we do n't think we 'd be looking at a new settlement to serve our needs , erm , having said that , we support the Greater York strategy , and we we certainly the level of provision erm for Greater York as proposed by the County Council , er but leaving aside for one moment the issue of a new settlement , it is our view that we 'll be able to accommodate the level of growth that I think is anticipated in our district , erm , within the figures , and I 'm referring specifically to N Y one , and the table on the last page where there 's an indication there of the sort of of er housing numbers that would would have to be accommodated within Harrogate district , and and our part of Greater York is essentially a rural character consisting of a a number of small villages , so there there we have er a total figure of two hundred dwellings to be provided within our part of Greater York , that basically represents erm existing commitments and a a yield from small sites in the future , perhaps conversions , and we'r we 're quite happy with that . |
| 16 | Inevitably there was a lot of sycophantic non sense around her too.Thus when she made a blood donation , the director of the clinic declared that the room would remain a shrine for her and everyone who now had a transfusion would insist that it was her divine blood that flowed and miraculously and potently into his veins . |
| 17 | Michael Kalisher QC told the jury : ‘ If you or I or even Nigel Mansell drove along that road at that speed no-one would suggest that it was anything other than reckless driving . ’ |
| 18 | They are now mothers with the responsibility for a child , and some of them would maintain that it is their baby that has given them the determination to do something more with their lives , however hard this may be . |
| 19 | However , before these ‘ middle class ’ witches invite Christians to work with them , it would seem that it is they who really need to ‘ try and understand us and get to know what we believe ’ . |
| 20 | I shall argue that it is their particular use of rhetoric that permits this . |
| 21 | I would say that it is our job to let people judge for themselves and have the opportunity to see controversial productions , whether it 's dance or drama , and unless people have the opportunity , and unless the companies are given the chance to perform their own thing , that drama and dance in the long run will die . |
| 22 | He may recall that it was his party and not mine that cut health and welfare expenditure in the 1970s . |
| 23 | Wright already has six this term and although statistics will show he was only second on the bill yesterday , discerning patrons will appreciate that it was his intuitive skills that lifted the depression of a scrappy first 30 minutes . |
| 24 | No one can say that it was I who insisted on having someone in . |
| 25 | Although the parents are primarily responsible for establishing the norms in such relationships , the eldest child can find that it is she/he who bears most or all of the responsibility because the parents themselves are , like those of many anorexics , either relatively or completely isolated . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't think it is theatre , and I also think that potentially it 's extremely destructive to the individuals involved , though you can argue that it 's their choice . |