Example sentences of "[pers pn] 's [adj] [verb] that " in BNC.

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1 It , it depends on , on your individual circu , if your sister has a baby for you , she 's unlikely to say that I would be recompensed for my loss of earnings .
2 Polyester and polyurethane are quick-drying paints and it 's surprising to learn that bodies can be buffed only hours after their final coating .
3 It 's better to admit that you do n't know and then go away to find out the answer , than to make up an answer that is not true !
4 It 's reasonable to suppose that people go into this business in search of fame .
5 We 've got clients , for example , where we are waiting for the sale of land to get our monies in , so it 's reasonable to expect that we 'll see that within the next three years .
6 I do n't think it 's reasonable to expect that you will ever get rid of jealousy or fear or anxiety .
7 Users often report experiencing the sort of twisted non-Euclidian dimensions associated with the Old Ones , so it 's reasonable to assume that this is how Mait made contact with them , or with whatever race memory remains of them , which amounts to the same thing . ’
8 He showed particular interest in that subsidence , it 's reasonable to assume that his object was to return to it at a time when there would be no one around to interfere with him .
9 Sybil also heard Angy giving Delia her address so it 's reasonable to assume that she was expecting a visit from her some time .
10 It 's reasonable to think that a two million bite from a fortune of several million is a bearable loss .
11 And er and although it nobody could ever say that the union was politically motivated er it it 's strange to relate that at union meeting when the general strike started and we of course we were n't in the T U C we were too small anyway , although I know that there 's been unions with twenty eight members in the T U C now .
12 But it 's strange to think that the day 's not so far away when players like Robert Cray , Bonnie Raitt and Jimmie Vaughan , for so long representatives of the new American blues generation , will themselves be looked on as the elders of the blues .
13 It 's strange to think that pile of tapes is all that 's left of Nicola 's life , is n't it ? ’
14 It 's sad to see that so many people feel that they have to move away .
15 ‘ Chimpanzees are so like us intellectually and physiologically , it 's absurd to think that we ca n't have some kind of rapport . ’
16 If , then , this column is going to be devoted to what could be called the ecology ( or Eco-logy ) of popular culture , it 's obliged to recognize that none of the emblematic artifices and artefacts of that culture , be they movies , commercials , headlines , photographs , typefaces , fashions or fads , can any longer be trusted to be ‘ innocent ’ ; that even if the crisp elegance of the typeface in which this article is embedded emits a ‘ meaning ’ as much as does the text itself , that meaning is also just as conscious and deliberate .
17 It 's impossible to answer that questions , Bill , really .
18 Although we have night or day flights from Manchester , Glasgow at Gatwick , it 's impossible to arrange that all of these are timed to suit yacht turn-rounds , elusive Greek ferries or the available coaches .
19 It 's odd to realise that Albert Barnes , the cantankerous Pennsylvanian who amassed one of the greatest collections of Matisse , Picasso and Cézanne , went to school with both William Glackens and John Sloan .
20 benefits , not knowing where to find out about benefits , and I think it 's right to say that benefits agency staff are there to give information and there is a
21 Er , overall I think it 's right to say that we 're disappointed by these results but we 're not downhearted .
22 It 's nice to report that virtually all these have a sound fishkeeping function built into their design — in most cases they form a nice cave or one shape or another .
23 ‘ The Sex Pistols ’ , he wrote , ‘ are very New York and it 's nice to see that the British have produced a band capable of producing the atmosphere created by the New York Dolls and their many imitators , even though it might be too late … ’
24 Clear seems to be all the rage in the US these days , what with Miller Brewing coming out with a beer that not only tastes watered , but actually looks like water , a Clear Tab from the Coca Cola Co and Pepsico pushing something called Pepsi Crystal , so it 's nice to see that IBM Corp being right up there with the trend — enter one of those hallowed and long-standing computer rooms these days and like as not you 'll be able to see right across it with no Big Iron to impede the view — the transparent mainframe .
25 Clear seems to be all the rage these days , what with Miller Brewing coming out with a beer that not only tastes watered , but actually looks like water , a Clear Tab from the Coca Cola Co and Pepsi Co pushing something called Pepsi Crystal , so it 's nice to see that IBM Corp is right up there with the trend — enter one of those hallowed and long-standing computer rooms these days and like as not you 'll be able to see right across it with no Big Iron to impede the view — the transparent mainframe .
26 We we should discuss a bit about this document and I too have had the er dubious honour of reading John Major 's speech and it 's nice to see that both Tory speakers have actually managed to take half of it each and paraphrase it .
27 It 's nice to see that it was action anyway and the rest of the
28 It 's nice to think that one is eating the same grapes as Anne Boleyn and Nell Gwyn . ’
29 It 's nice to think that the last of the Stuarts might have ended up as Pope . ’
30 Eating out or shopping on holiday in Hungary is a real pleasure and it 's nice to know that bringing home presents and souvenirs wo n't break the bank .
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