Example sentences of "[be] [adj] that [pron] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am sure that the 7 million or so patients who will benefit from nurses being able to prescribe will be grateful that he has chosen a Bill which will certainly be passed and will certainly — once it has reached the statute book and is implemented — have practical benefits for that many patients . |
| 2 | A member who considers that such principles have been breached should be careful that he does not waive or condone the breach . |
| 3 | ‘ How can I be feeling sorry for myself , when I should be sad that he has died ? ’ |
| 4 | The value charge of such a word reflects the mores of the language users , and they may be unaware that it has two distinguishable components to its meaning . |
| 5 | If merely set at a given focal length , the zoom lens will simply act as a normal though infinitely variable lens ( between its limits ) and the viewer will be unaware that it has been used at all . |
| 6 | He called for a reduction in the special car tax , and I am sure that he will be delighted that it has been halved . |
| 7 | The whole poem , at this stage as was pointed out in the section on Wordsworth 's creed uses language ambiguously , though it must be obvious that he does believe in ‘ something out there ’ . |
| 8 | Several directors are believed to be unhappy that he has kept details of the negotiations from them . |
| 9 | ‘ I want to be sure that everything runs smoothly when this blasted delegation gets here tomorrow . |
| 10 | If we conduct an interventive experiment , and inject a drug which results in an animal not performing some task on which it has been trained ‘ correctly ’ ( I wo n't bother putting that word into inverted commas henceforward ; I have already spelled out that what we read as correct in an animal 's behaviour is interpreted by our criteria , not necessarily by its own ) , how can we be sure that what has been blocked or disturbed is the memory rather than the motor or sensory activity on which its expression depends ? |
| 11 | If you have a few people taking orders for the same goods , you must be sure that one does n't commit the firm to a big shipment when another has just sold the last of the stock . |
| 12 | Even if you are confident that your present arrangements are adequate can you be sure that nothing has been overlooked ? |
| 13 | It prepared them for exactly the kind of material they can expect to see on the day — and because it is written by the examiners themselves , you can be sure that it tells you exactly what the examiners are looking for ! |
| 14 | ‘ The idea I have in view whilst I make the demonstration ’ may be of a particular right-angled triangle with sides of a certain length , but I may , nevertheless , be sure that it holds of all right-angled triangles if , by not mentioning the ways in which it differs from them , I use this one to stand for them all . |
| 15 | Second , how can we be sure that it provides for an accurate and reliable estimate of that population ? |
| 16 | However , we can not even be sure that it has got the causal effects absolutely right . |
| 17 | Williams attempts to show that if we examined the commonplace idea of equality of opportunity thoroughly , we find ourselves carried down a sort of ‘ slippery slope ’ towards insisting that only if everybody has succeeded to the same degree can we be sure that there has been genuine equality of opportunity . |
| 18 | If he finds it necessary to copy , to study the work of other painters , or any way to seek for help out of himself , he may be sure that he has received nothing of that inspiration . |
| 19 | Bound up with the question of compliance with specification is the question of acceptance , since , until the goods have been accepted by the buyer , the seller can not be sure that he has discharged his basic liability to perform the contract , even if he has delivered the goods to the buyer . |
| 20 | How many such stories lie hidden from us we can not tell ; but we can be sure that he reflects many of the aspirations of his day : as a merchant on land and sea , in the Baltic , the North Sea and the Mediterranean ; as a pilgrim to the shrines of England and Scotland , to Saint-Gilles , to St Peter and to Jerusalem , he accomplished what many others were doing , and far more aspired to . |
| 21 | The protection that she is offered is so grossly inadequate that the Minister should be ashamed that he has done nothing about it . |
| 22 | He vacillates between describing the connection between creativity and psychosis as ‘ folk-loristic ’ and ‘ clearly exaggerated ’ , and confessing to be puzzled that it has been documented so often . |
| 23 | MEB has very stringent safety rules for its staff and customers will be concerned that it does n't happen again . |
| 24 | The rolling stall turn is one of the most difficult manoeuvres and it should be apparent that it requires a clean , high powered , helicopter . |
| 25 | That prior to despatch of the Information memorandum we have the right to renegotiate the fee scale triggers should it be apparent that there has been a significant decline in land values . |
| 26 | Anyway , you should be thankful that she 's got a clean name , and so have you . ’ |
| 27 | It followed that no individual should boast of his role ‘ but be thankful that he has been permitted to be useful ’ . |
| 28 | The organisers of the match , which is sponsored by The Times newspaper , will also be anxious that he does not go two down as the public may start to write off his chances . |
| 29 | Ontology is the branch of philosophy concerned with existence : How can you be certain that anything exists , apart from you yourself ? |
| 30 | This was to have travelled to and from Waterloo via Havant , Fareham and Eastleigh and no doubt many enthusiasts in that area will be disappointed that it has been cancelled . |