Example sentences of "[coord] [be] [adv] [v-ing] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had ceased operations in February 1992 on the basis of government 's pledges to provide land and credits , and were now demanding that these pledges be honoured . |
| 2 | John , in his Gospel , seems to be following the date set by the Sadducees and is therefore saying that Passover day was on the Sabbath , the day after the crucifixion . |
| 3 | The Minister is backing away from the commitment that the Scottish Transport Group and the Government gave , and is now saying that the money must go back into the Treasury 's coffers . |
| 4 | By the time the main course arrived — an unappetizing leg of chicken in breadcrumbs accompanied by boiled sprouts — Loretta had done a complete U-turn and was fervently hoping that Koogan would consent to lend them a key . |
| 5 | The Collectanea , on the other hand , almost certainly influenced both the tone and direction of Henry 's statements on the subject , for unlike Tyndale its authors were not calling for Henry to seize new powers in order to reform the church , but were merely insisting that he was already head of the church and only needed to exercise a pre-existing authority . |
| 6 | The academic who describes himself at cocktail parties with the words ‘ I am a physicist ’ or ‘ I am a historian ’ is saying something about his self-perception ( essentially a researcher , not a teacher ) ; but is also saying that he subscribes to the disciplinary code imposed on its practitioners . |
| 7 | As far as the Channel Tunnel is concerned it has reluctantly accepted the need for on-train immigration checks but is still insisting that customs checks must be carried out at the terminals , against the advice of commercial interests who see such checks as detrimental to the ‘ user friendliness ’ of the Tunnel . |