Example sentences of "[noun prp] [that] [pron] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | A spokesman said Mr Wood had opened negotiations with Standard Chartered , a London-based overseas bank , as far back as January , but only told Mr Buxton that he was leaving last Monday . |
| 2 | They had been told by Earl Spencer that there were sadly insufficient tickets for him to invite them , but Diana used her own allocation to ensure they were there . |
| 3 | But one look at the lacklustre picture presented by the normally spirited Harriet convinced Meredith that she was not even aware the protesters were there , let alone that she had approached so close . |
| 4 | Bunny agreed with Meredith that there was nothing wrong with Dawn Allenby apart from her love of beauty , an affliction she was ill-equipped to fight . |
| 5 | If he was not back tonight , then he would be tomorrow and if he was late , she must tell Bert that they were going to Ireland on Tuesday , early . |
| 6 | Ross MacKay , director of the Institute of Economic Research at the University College of North Wales , Bangor , told the North Wales 2000 Prospects and Opportunities conference in Llangollen that it was much too early for the Government to consider scrapping regional aid to Clwyd and Gwynedd in favour of the South East of England . |
| 7 | ‘ And I gather from Jeff that I was right . ’ |
| 8 | The appellant , in evidence during the trial , had insisted that he had made it clear to Mr. Burt that he was not a fully qualified accountant , although he had passed some examinations . |
| 9 | A desperately disappointed Shreeves , currently in Cardiff helping Wales prepare for next week 's World Cup qualifier against Romania , was told on Tuesday that he was no longer required at White Hart Lane . |
| 10 | ‘ I gather from Noakes that it was crouching in a gateway . ’ |
| 11 | Then one of her aides came along and must have thought from the name Adams that I was a nationalist . |
| 12 | There are passages in this book which are curiously enigmatic or coy ; but I 'd recommend it to anyone and I 'd freely tell them about Dennis that he 's a good old boy , a sound socialist , a grassroots climbers . |
| 13 | Again she saw Gazzer in her mind , laughing with Bella , clowning around , never taking anything seriously and she knew that she could never find the right words to convince Bella that he was dangerous . |
| 14 | Angry deputies of the parliament , the Supreme Soviet , voted 125-16 to ask the Constitutional Court to rule on the president 's announcement on Saturday that he was assuming special powers to force through a referendum on who rules Russia . |
| 15 | He 's desperate to score one and it was rather curious on Saturday that it was his shot , parried by , a player with an England pedigree should better than the Palace goalkeeper did on that occasion . |
| 16 | That 's why , cos she said I 'm just gon na know , I was gon na say to Richard that I was gon na ask Richard if if Emma , if he wants to go out with Emma ? |
| 17 | By Easter week it was clear to Richard that he was making no headway against a well-conducted defence and that in terms of political psychology it was risky to stake his reputation on one big success . |
| 18 | Oh , he told Richard Richard that he was , he was gon na se , he wanted to smack Pete 's face in ! |
| 19 | The first reaction is to reassure Mr Gorbachev that there was no bold US ambition to take strategic advantage of the collapse of Moscow 's empire . |
| 20 | To distinguish the snakes , the term Rainbow Serpent is applied , due to the widespread belief among Aborigines that they are capable of assuming the form of the rainbow when they desire to do so . |
| 21 | Is it possible that in 1943 or 1944 she would have told him , liberated Parisienne that she was , the details ? |
| 22 | So vague , indeed , is Mustakimzade that one is led to suspect that he doubts the validity of Abdulkerim 's claim to the Muftilik . |
| 23 | His big thing at the moment does n't seem to be women but some ruined castle down in Berkshire that he 's getting restored . ’ |
| 24 | He concluded by telling Scott that there was no need to hurry with the revised elevations as he would only be asking Parliament to vote sufficient for the foundations during the present session . |
| 25 | He 'd never settled back into civilian life , and after telling his family at Wood Burcote in Northamptonshire that he was going camping in France , wrote to say he 'd enlisted with the Croats . |
| 26 | He wanted to tell the Blands that there were people willing to take care of their son for the rest of his life , if they would allow it . |
| 27 | Well there 's that awful saying in football Lucy that it 's a funny old game , it often bears the truth . |
| 28 | In case you 're not fluent in Japanese , Katharine Over is telling her friend Lucy that she 's about to join the Prime Minister on a diplomatic mission . |
| 29 | Microsoft Corp and SAP AG , Walldorf , announced on Friday that they are extending their existing relationships based on SAP 's announcement last month that it would put its client-server-based R/3 applications up under Windows NT : the worldwide agreement elevates the joint technological co-operation to the next level , adding joint marketing and development — the two will exchange technology and industry expertise and experience to improve development of client-server system architecture and products . |
| 30 | IBM Corp says its Personal Computer Co shipped 30% to 35% more personal computers in the first quarter than it did during the year-ago period , and vice-chairman Jack Kuehler expects it to be ‘ reasonably profitable ’ in 1993 — but the personal computer business is now so volatile that making forecasts more than a quarter ahead is a mug 's game : following Conner Peripherals Inc 's warning on Friday that it is seeing oversupply and soft demand for disk drives ( CI No 2,142 ) , observers are saying that grey market prices for 80486s are now weak ; Finis Conner said on Friday that Conner would have to slash production and payrolls in the months ahead to remain competitive — ‘ The market is in total disarray , ’ he said ; ‘ the pricing that has occurred in the last four to five days has been something I 've never seen believes the booming personal computer industry is showing signs of slowing after being fuelled for over two years by the price war . |