Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [that] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Europe has figured large in the past year and I am delighted that Save The Children is among the first of United Kingdom non-governmental organisations to establish an office in Brussels and mount a pan- European operation . |
| 2 | However , we believe many Planning Committee members are fearful that voting to refuse will make them vulnerable to unpleasant accusations that they are uncaring of the needs of terminally ill children . |
| 3 | Even if all-out confrontation is avoided , many US academics and journalists are convinced that skirmishing between the three will dominate the post-Cold War era . |
| 4 | AN INDEPENDENT investigation into the costs of the planned shake-up of local government is being sought by leading council finance officials , who are convinced that figures already provided for the Government are wrong . |
| 5 | I am convinced that Scattering Day by Patrick Carroll was drama of the very highest quality . |
| 6 | Just because you 're assertive that does n't mean you 're gon na get everything that you want because you 're not being assertive just means that other people are aware of what you want . |
| 7 | They 've each got ideally a circle and a line so they have identical features but they 're different letters so clearly , I mean it 's quite obvious , it 's not only the features present but also their relationship to the other features that 're present that determines what type of letter is recognised So any model of perception would have to take that into account . |
| 8 | Yes I mean issue with illegitimate children or his affair means that I mean even the line he was running is okay because I 'm rich so it 's not gon na and it 's not gon na and so he 's got these two sort of values , that if you are a single parent and you 're poor that makes you lesser and more immoral than if you were a single parent and you 're rich . |
| 9 | We 're sure that machine knitters will think of other uses — perhaps those who can use a sewing machine could run up a fabric tool and accessory holder which could be suspended off the side of the knitting table ! |
| 10 | We 're sure that having come this far you wo n't want to miss out on anything and we really do recommend you join us on these trips as it can be very expensive if you try to do it all on your own . |
| 11 | They 're worried that having the two groups together is a recipe for trouble , and goes against the Government 's own policy . |
| 12 | You 're certain that comes from the plane ? ’ |
| 13 | I do n't know if you 're aware that using low sulphur coal , reduces only by 50% whereas if you use the other method it reduces by 90% , and what , in fact , Didcot are doing by that , is really not giving us a very good service . |
| 14 | so erm investing into industry which I do n't know much about , and I , I am suspicious that invest into industry anyway erm so it 's gon na have , to work it 'll have to be quite a long term policy , well I imagine it would n't be a short-term policy . |
| 15 | I am conscious that to question publicly the established methods of English study is to lay oneself open to the charge of giving aid and comfort to the philistines and utilitarians who want to remake higher education according to their own ideals , if that is the word for them . |
| 16 | ‘ I am glad that has been made clear . |
| 17 | We are confident that Challenge EDP will make this happen . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ We are confident that had these words [ sc . |
| 19 | sure but again I mean if there was a market for this I am sure that to take that and splinter it off into a unit it costs money to get people that want to come into this business |
| 20 | I am sure that had nothing to do with her withdrawal but the way she did it raised more questions than it answered . |
| 21 | I am sure that to conceal from a child the fact that he is adopted is both foolish and cruel . |
| 22 | It cost me £58 and again is in excellent condition , and would have been double that price new . |
| 23 | Entropy-enthalpy compensations are evident that result in relatively small net free energy changes for the ten combinations despite the large range of stacking exothermicities . |
| 24 | I 'm sorry that does n't sound right . |
| 25 | It is the ones that happen to be durable that exist as rocks . |
| 26 | I 'm afraid that sounded rather bossy … ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm afraid that does n't mean anything to me . ’ |
| 28 | And the w the road might have been widened but the houses are the same and er the er of course with a lot of The old factories have been pulled down , Mills was pulled down , that was a v very prosperous f factory at one time , when I was a boy , but er I 'm afraid that went according to you know the lack of trade . |
| 29 | PPC : Back issues are available from our subscriptions department on 091 510 8787 , but I 'm afraid that issue 3 ( the August issue ) sold out — there are none of that issue left ! ) . |
| 30 | So I 'm afraid that did put me off . |