Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [prep] that [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Yes I 'd be grateful for that chairman if that could be arranged thank you .
2 Later , I had cause to be grateful for that clause .
3 Though in West Germany they do not present the politically balanced slate so dear to advocates of the STV , they could easily be used to that end .
4 First , it may be spatial in that prices are set to reflect demand conditions in different geographical markets , those prices not reflecting different costs of supply .
5 You do have people from both sexes , of equal abilities and potential strengths , and it would be possible at that stage to have a training pool of people , which perhaps , er redress the balance , and perhaps er gradually have available many people , but you can only do that , if people come forward without skills that you need in order to train them into the jobs .
6 And you think that you 're lucky to be alive in that respect , but I 've never really thought that I was specially picked out for some reason to carry on living .
7 How can anyone still be alive in that city after the days and nights of bombing since the 6th June ?
8 Mr Chapman was prosecuted under s 37 of the 1974 Act , which states that where an offence under any of the relevant statutory provisions committed by a corporate body is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of , or to have been attributable to any neglect on the part of , any director , manager , secretary , or similar officer , or a person who was purporting to act in any such capacity , he , as well as the corporate body , shall be guilty of that offence .
9 ( 6 ) Where an offence under this section committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of , or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of , any director , manager or secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate or any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity , he as well as the body corporate shall be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly .
10 ‘ All the Englishmen in the squad are very experienced and any Lions ’ side must be strong on that quality .
11 If she truly loved someone , she could not be indifferent to the fate of other people , because her beloved would be dependent on that fate , he would be part of it , and she could no longer feel that mankind 's torments , its wars and holidays , were none of her concern .
12 I mean probably women are more daring you know because they 've got less to lose in a way I suppose if you if you 're not a councillor you can be more er you know or if you 're not worried for your job or you know or if there is n't a definite structure I suppose in the lodge there 's the definite people that always say the same things you know what I mean and it 's it 's less easy to be spontaneous in that situation I would think you know .
13 The only thing that will be acceptable from that point is intellectual sharing .
14 ‘ We only meet about three times a term , ’ one drastically lean lady was telling him ; ‘ and the dates are always fixed well in advance so all you have to do is arrange to be free on that evening . ’
15 He could not say what he just thought , which was that she should be afraid of that place now .
16 You must be careful with that laugh .
17 You had to be careful around that part of the world .
18 ‘ You 'll be careful in that car , wo n't you ?
19 The university wants to expand from 6,800 students to 15,000 by 2030 and it is clear some private fee-paying would be instrumental in that expansion .
20 It is possible that the ELISA antibody testing on serum may not be reliable in that antibody may be lost if storage is inadequate and there is frequent freezing and thawing .
21 My aim is to start further ‘ up-stream ’ than that , by helping teachers who wish it , to get in a frame of mind where they can be interested in that kind of advice .
22 Perhaps both Party leaders will be interested in that bit .
23 In spite of all the traumas of the last four years Meg 's inner self was too confidently rooted to be prone to that kind of sexual or social self-abasement .
24 ‘ Not at the start , Doctor , let me be clear on that point .
25 On the one hand you 're giving them extra responsibility so yes the bigger might be bigger for that reason .
26 Otherwise a £10 fee will be payable for that month .
27 At regular intervals , usually monthly , the contingency previously agreed to be appropriate for that stage of the work should be added to the current estimate to produce the current forecast of the final cost .
28 Pushing heavy crates expends a lot of energy , so planning would be appropriate in that task too .
29 One reason is that the commercial transaction test seems to go too far ; many transactions which will be generally regarded as perfectly legitimate forms of investment , are entered into solely , or at least predominantly , for tax reasons , and I think it would be wrong to suggest that they might be taxable for that reason alone .
30 Lately , he had been of a mind to trace his son Arnold Thomas , but until such a day as he might be fortunate in that respect , he had no one except the lily-livered David .
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