Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [adj] [verb] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am rather inclined to think that the working conditions in this part of the country are opposed to the development of first class footballers , ’ he said . |
| 2 | Where post-conciliar theology will say that the Eucharist gives the Church its unity , pre-conciliar theology would undoubtedly have been most likely to declare that it was the papacy that did so . |
| 3 | Students who work with Reading Skills for the Social Sciences , are most likely to notice that they read with greater confidence and that they have a better command of academic/specialised vocabulary as a result of using the book . |
| 4 | As ever , the people who will suffer from Labour 's failure are among those who are furthest removed from the political process ; who are most likely to believe that the outcome of the election has little to do with them ; and , hence , who are least likely to be taking part in the election postmortem on why Labour lost . |
| 5 | Not only that , as men of power , pillars of the community , they are most likely to believe that they can get away with it without getting caught . |
| 6 | Her family and acquaintance would have been greatly astonished to learn that Camille considered herself prematurely grown-up , and she herself was waiting for the day when she could tame her anger into cold bitterness and frame it into phrases as cutting as tempered steel . |
| 7 | However , those farmers who are more exclusively business-oriented — the agribusinessmen and active managerials — and are less concerned about village affairs , may have been somewhat relieved to find that the village population no longer expects them to engage in time-consuming and tedious parochial administration . |
| 8 | I am sufficiently egotistical to believe that one of the reasons why they failed was that I was not present . |
| 9 | I am especially pleased to hear that he now supports the tests introduced by my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Science . |
| 10 | The tax and social security authorities are less likely to consider that the motive for doing so is avoidance . |
| 11 | I am so pleased to think that his kind of socialism ‘ without the state ’ is now coming to the fore again in Labour politics . |
| 12 | It is to our American friends , I am so pleased to hear that you are coming to Framlingham to celebrate your anniversary . |
| 13 | My dearest Victor , I am so happy to know that you will soon be home . |
| 14 | In fact , Salmonella are so vulnerable to heat that they are killed if they are at 70°C ( 160°F ) , or hotter , for 2 minutes . |
| 15 | The new models are so easy to operate that even wayward teenage sons can cope with all the washing while you 're away . |
| 16 | I count it a double honour to represent Framlingham this afternoon and to offer you a welcome back , a welcome into our homes which we look forward to seeing you on Saturday and we are so thrilled to think that so many of you have made the journey back to visit us and I echo the sentiments of another speaker , do n't let it be so long before you come again . |
| 17 | Aromatic herbs are the ones most used in cooking ; no two are alike and some are so difficult to describe that even to say they are clove-like gives the wrong idea . |
| 18 | The facts of political geography are alone sufficient to suggest that there might be many occasions when the Duke of Aquitaine found himself at odds with the Taillefers and the Lusignans . |
| 19 | It had been so easy to assume that the Tarvarians were human because they acted like men . |
| 20 | But they are nevertheless able to agree that it is sometimes possible to elaborate functional relations of the sort we have considered . |
| 21 | Having said that , courts and tribunals are generally vigilant to ensure that an alleged deal bringing a job to a conclusion by mutual consent truly reflects the reality of what has occurred . |
| 22 | Just to say that erm we 're very keen to see that the Mid Sussex Council has come to the county and asked for guidance and I 'm very pleased also with the response that is er proposed back to them . |
| 23 | Many of these were prisoners of war or internees and er we 're very happy to report that these got home after the war and we have many of them here today that were prisoners of war . |
| 24 | Few things are more poignant than a holiday romance , and we 're very happy to say that over the years we 've brought more than a few couples together who are now living happily every after . |
| 25 | Once she had visited a friend who had a room in a house in North London ; she had accompanied her friend into the small back garden , and had been deeply shocked to find that the walls dividing the row of small terraced gardens were only two feet high . |
| 26 | Among MPs and peers , enough dupes or worse are always available to say that such and such a revered British institution — in this case , British justice — is a sham . |
| 27 | One of the dangers of majoritarianism is that majorities are always apt to forget that in another context they might constitute a minority . |
| 28 | It would have been more honest to say that I thought the litterbug needed a lesson . |
| 29 | It would have been more accurate to say that all policemen and women ‘ should have ’ such a role , for unfortunately many do not ( see Trojanowicz and Pollard 1986 ) . |
| 30 | ( A trifling proportion , perhaps — though students of the trivial are usually intrigued to learn that all the dissolved salts in the sea , were they to be dried out , would be enough to cover the entire land surface of the planet to a depth of 150 feet . ) |