Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [be] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The US Baby Bells are telling the US powers that be that they will invest $100,000m upgrading their networks if they are permitted to carry any services they choose on them — if not , they will simply allow their networks to deteriorate and decay : no , they do n't actually go that far , but they say they will collectively invest only $25,000m . |
| 2 | The reason Taiwan 's normally placid students got upset is that the assembly is showing unexpected signs of vigour . |
| 3 | Another way of seeing this is that the event horizon , the boundary of the black hole , is like the edge of a shadow — the shadow of impending doom . |
| 4 | The only thing that makes me doubt that is that the general proposition underlying it appears to have received some incoherent support from the Leader of the Opposition . |
| 5 | my Lord all that follows now is that question costs in this my Lord there is no doubt that er this is the painful experience for both the plaintiffs and of course for doctor who is unrepresented and therefore must inevitably feel rather isolated in this matter erm , however in my there is no reason to er depart from the usual principal of the costs which should follow the event and of course we know as it the loss on the subsidiary appeal and so I do n't press the point on that cos the reality as you 've already probably anticipated is all the work has been done erm on this appeal the subsidiary appeal I ask , I do n't ask for costs on that , in my submission it should be both sides bear their own costs on that , the reason I say that is that there was no , there was no cross appearing in respect on it in effect , cos after all , all you were doing was er trying to get the same as the other side if we lost , so no worm of can of beans can be done by doctor I had one parallel in my whole skeleton on that , er , but we have substantially succeeded on the main issue and so I , I would ask that costs in favour of the plaintiffs on , on that and here and indeed below . |
| 6 | The reason say that is that I mean , Wednesday erm nights is , if you like , football nights . |
| 7 | The reason the vendor shareholders may be willing to accept this is that they can defer their capital gains tax liability deriving from the disposal of their Target shares if s135 TCGA 1992 is satisfied and clearance under s138 is obtained . |
| 8 | The reason I say this is that they dive just like a peregrine , folding their wings and plummeting like an arrow into the sea to catch their prey . |
| 9 | The reason I say this is that i ) , there does not appear to be financial problems with the Club and ii ) , there has been no talk of buying another class player . |
| 10 | The British intent when signing this was that it would finally deliver the free-trading and outward-looking ‘ home ’ market . |
| 11 | He goes you smell gorgeous is that California Poppy I goes merr like California syrup of Figs sumdy 's let aff , definately . |
| 12 | The injunction which still holds good is that we should use our resources with as much single-mindedness and astuteness as the unjust steward displayed but in our case to further the interests of the Kingdom of God . |
| 13 | What must always remain paramount is that the definition of God shall be so formulated that followers of occupations of every conceivable kind will be able to accept it , without any particular calling provoking in its members reason to doubt its value . |
| 14 | You know , you can grow bananas in Scotland if you want , the reason why you can do that is that we have the technological know-how in order to do that . |
| 15 | What has not yet been made clear is that the vice-chancellors are seriously split over the issue and some are expressing grave misgivings over the direction being taken . |
| 16 | However , all too often when two-spit digging is recommended , the point that is not made clear is that we should be thinking primarily about the needs of the plants that are to grow in the dug soil . |
| 17 | The reason for wanting 18 is that there are nine genes , and each one can mutate in an " upward " direction ( 1 is added to its value ) or in a " downward " direction ( 1 is subtracted from its value ) . |
| 18 | Most people believe that the British tax system is highly progressive , that is , the more you earn the more you pay , and the routine chant of those who earn most is that they are over-taxed , that ‘ if taxes were reduced we 'd have more incentive to work harder ’ . |
| 19 | I mean I think the message that they were communicating last was that it 's about them being appearing to be a good |
| 20 | Where Musgrove and John Hopkins , who put it all together , got lucky was that they chronicled a period of success that may never have been equalled , let alone exceeded , by any British golfer . |
| 21 | What I do see wrong is that it 's smaller than it needs to be . ’ |
| 22 | Yeah but you got ta remember these are that these are being posed on basically |
| 23 | The sweetener for those who find themselves paying more is that they could qualify for transitional relief which which will cover the increase . |
| 24 | What happened first was that the CIVC told the growers to harvest an extra 10% over the official 13,000 kilograms limit for that year , but to store it separately until the situation clarified . |
| 25 | What should become apparent is that , while companies do make substantial financial contributions , a more important contribution they can make is expertise and management skills . ’ |
| 26 | What will become apparent is that practitioners are unlikely to find answers to the tensions and problems of child abuse and child protection work in any clear-cut way in the research . |
| 27 | But what I 've got booked is that I finish when 's Christmas ? |
| 28 | And if it does n't seem to be there ask Phil because , you know that is that only by asking him that I discovered that these worked last week . |
| 29 | Another way to put this is that men , the more powerful gender group , impose their own definition on the masculine/feminine opposition . |
| 30 | What has become apparent is that the hype chorus has become counter-productive by its very volume . |