Example sentences of "[pron] [is] [adj] that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But ‘ belong ’ — she is fearful that for her at least the word may explode , may vanish in a puff of smoke as delicate as the smoke that trickles from Fenna 's nostrils when he is asleep ; as delicate as the fronds of smoke that drift mysteriously from the end of Phoebe 's cigarette when she gestures impatiently in conversation . |
| 2 | She is adamant that under no circumstances would she consent to further use of a nasogastric tube , whether or not she was drugged to such a degree that she felt little discomfort as it was pushed down into her stomach . |
| 3 | It is going to be a great atmosphere and it 's fantastic that between us we have sold 70,000 tickets . |
| 4 | Perhaps it 's surprising that in some cases the learning outcomes and performance criteria were not being assessed or applied — all the National Certificate publications stress that these features are at the heart of the competence-based system and that they can not be varied under any circumstances . |
| 5 | However , it 's surprising that in on representative government utilitarianism barely surfaces and that almost no mention at all is made of utility apart from in a very general way . |
| 6 | Of land on the registers he says hopefully , ‘ it 's possible that in areas with planning restrictions , planning permission might be given more readily in order for it to be cleaned up as part of development ’ . |
| 7 | It 's essential that in the terms of the er report from the social service committee that we work , we work to the framework within that report . |
| 8 | It 's comforting that on an adjacent sound stage they are making a comedy called Otto : The Love Story . |
| 9 | We fully support and endorse the deposit greenbelt boundaries , then I think it 's inescapable that at at some point that is going to lead us to leapfrogging over the greenbelt boundary , at some stage during the the the plan period , there may well be sufficient erm commitment and identified sites to mop up in in the short term , but by the end of of the plan period it 's it 's my belief that there will be a need to address this issue by bringing forward proposals for a new settlement , er which obviously Selby district er full fully supports . |
| 10 | The Department of Transport says it 's ridiculous that after seven years Hereford is still no nearer getting its bypass . |
| 11 | It 's interesting that despite all that 's been said about migration and I 'll come back to it , but we actually start , the county and ourselves , from the same point , more or less , within about four four dwelling I think . |
| 12 | I think it 's significant that on page one eight six of our , of the blue book , we report four sentenc for er lines from the top two presbyteries expressed a desire for the whole practice of infant baptism to be re-examined , only two presbyteries . |
| 13 | I think it 's significant that in Scotland many people have absolutely no time for the monarchy ! |
| 14 | It would be interesting to know , but however that may be , it 's significant that within this very first paper Trivers makes this prediction and my interpretation of penis envy is effectively what , about what , Trivers predicted . |
| 15 | and we do n't see it and it 's disgraceful that for another five years they 're going to get even less and less |
| 16 | With this policy of constant development and improvement , it 's clear that with Heathrow , Gatwick and Stansted , London will not just lead Paris , Frankfurt and Amsterdam — our position as the number one international airport group in the world will be in no doubt . |
| 17 | If we say , you see , that the function of the dream is to safeguard sleep , and to fulfil wishes , then it 's clear that in the real world not all wishes are fulfillable and it may well be that , that the latent thoughts , in some cases , is so alarming and so disturbing , that they can not be sufficiently disguised and will lead to a state of waking , and that waking proves of course that the dream has failed in its function of safeguarding sleep . |
| 18 | But when my father took over , when he came back to Galashiels , he started in bicycles and there was quite probably ten bicycle shops in Galashiels at that time and er he gave , well he , he attracted business with his efficient way of repairing bicycles and er it 's funny that after about a number of years , we were between the last , after the last war I should say , the Second World War , er we were about the only people for , for a period the only bicycle shop in Galashiels . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's funny that after all these years I still have n't forgotten what I 've been taught — so it must have been money well spent . ’ |
| 20 | However , scientific research is expensive and it 's natural that to some extent those who fund it , should expect to see returns and be able to influence its direction . |
| 21 | It 's important that at least some of the grilles are fitted with quick-release locking systems , so they can be quickly removed in the case of fire . |
| 22 | but er I do n't know if you can get this information to er to your fellow students but it really concerns the graduation rehearsal which takes place on er Friday erm on Friday we 're going out er as a group on Friday afternoon at one fifteen to Church House er to run through the rehearsal procedure er the graduation it 's important that on that day that you bring along your robes bring your robes with you and bring your , bring them along , they should be pressed so that you can er wear them er the you should also please |
| 23 | I want to make a limited point at this juncture , I reserve the right to come back later on , and it 's become three points as a result of the discussion we 've already had , my view on the contribution of the of the greenbelt to the York issue is n't just the setting of the city , it 's the character of the city , and that would include the central city and the historic city , and the need to limit the physical expansion and size of the urban area because of the implications inside the historic city , and that would certainly apply to other cities with greenbelts that I 'm familiar with like York , like er Oxford , which the character suffers from expansion , possibly excessive , Norwich , that considered a greenbelt , and London , if you like that did n't get its greenbelt until we had the character rather drastically altered , so I think it is n't just the setting and how you see the city from the ring road , it 's actually what happens inside the core , the second point I want to make is really for clarification perhaps , er and it relates to the question of allocations between the built up area and the inner edge of the greenbelt , as I understand it all those allocations are already er included in the Ryedale local plan , and are already therefore included in the commitments that we looked at in Ryedale , I do n't think there is a further reserve of spare opportunities that might be used either before or after two thousand and six , that 's certainly my understanding and if anybody was was taking a different view I think that should be clear , and now I come to the one point that I was actually going to raise , erm I think it 's important that in this discussion of the relations between York city and Greater York , that we get a , early on , a clear view of what the requirements are in York , not just its capacity which we 've discussed so far , and a figure of three thousand three hundred seems to be a fairly common currency , but its requirements , and I want to address a particular question to the County Council , which is in my proof , so they 've had as it were four weeks notice of it . |
| 24 | It 's obvious that in their heart of hearts the Japanese do n't really trust calculators . |
| 25 | From what we learned the first evening we were here , Rose is very well heeled and it 's obvious that by sharing her home , Dora enjoys a lot of luxuries she could never afford by herself . |
| 26 | It 's true that at times the many ledges give some discontinuity to the routes , but they also provide good stances . |
| 27 | A spokesperson commented : ‘ It 's true that without them we may well have closed . ’ |
| 28 | Yes I suppose it 's true that for somebody like me I 've been involved in quite a lot of different groups over over the years and the quarry men 's support group is it 's difficult to put in words really er exactly how it 's erm you know I think it 's very easy f for groups to become sort of s set really and er well I 've always wanted it to involve everybody and I think it does that in a way it sort of er it 's quite special to all of us in in a funny sort of way it 's er you know we feel quite committed . |
| 29 | Jacques Fouroux maintained a sane approach when he wrote after the Paris quarter-final : ‘ It 's true that since the beginning of the World Cup the refereeing has played a significant role in the outcome of the game , but it would be chauvinistic to say the same about the way Mr. Bishop has refereed . |
| 30 | Erm , it 's true that in general we do have different memories than other people do er but it does n't seem to be fully individuating in that any change in the contents of the memory would produce a change in . |