Example sentences of "[am/are] [adj] [to-vb] that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , I am prepared to confirm that in my evidence to the Select Committee I made it clear that the regional electricity companies were obliged to purchase the most economic electricity on the market . |
| 2 | I am delighted to report that despite the increase both of magpies and crows last year , I have observed over the winter feeding period the usual mixture of birds . |
| 3 | As a regular viewer of Casualty , I am delighted to see that at last television producers have acknowledged that nursing auxiliaries like myself ( and health care assistants ) do exist , as a health care assistant has now been introduced into the programme . |
| 4 | More sober advocates are content to imply that in Britain a Conservative constituency party would field a wet , a damp and a dry candidate , whilst Labour candidates would range from deep crimson to shell pink , and the Liberal Democrats would presumably run at least one ex-Liberal and one ex-SDP candidate . |
| 5 | You , you , you 're right to say that on the whole there , the managerial farms were in , in the north , although there w there was clearly some in the south |
| 6 | To put it differently , if spatiotemporal relations are to be appealed to in support of the thesis that there can be numerically , not just qualitatively , distinguishable ontological existents , it is necessary , in the first place , to clarify the conditions under which such relations can be significantly claimed to reflect the structure of an objective world , and in trying to do so we are likely to find that in some form or other we need to assume what such relations are supposed to explain . |
| 7 | I am glad to report that in the past few months we have made real progress with the car manufacturers . |
| 8 | At the first , there was not much co-operation , but I am glad to say that in October the association announced a scheme similar to that which my hon. Friend suggested — to offer discounts to certain car owners who have security devices fitted when the car is being made in the factory . |
| 9 | I am glad to see that at last many parents now appear to be doing this . |
| 10 | Meanwhile , the book 's last essay , titled Black Women and Feminism , takes to task those African-American feminists who are reluctant to acknowledge that by ignoring sexism in the Black community they have left unaddressed the abuse and subjugation of Black women by Black men . |
| 11 | From a fixture in my possession , I am able to record that through fares from Bishop 's Castle ( assume third class return ) were : — London 45s 8d ; Wolverhampton 8s 6d ; Liverpool 19s 9d ; Whitchurch 6s 10d ; Oxford 11s 3d . |
| 12 | So far , I am happy to say that in the case of children — I was about to come to that exception — and in the case of rape victims , the balance that Parliament has chosen , in that it has granted exceptions in those cases , has proved to be an effective one . |
| 13 | He has been working very long hours setting up in business here in er in this area er he gets home late at night and I 'm afraid to say that over the last few months he 's been nagged continuously by his girlfriend who wants him to try and sort out financial arrangements because the relationship between the two of them 's not been very good . |
| 14 | I 'm glad to say that in the Navy such luxuries were not a part of our conditions of service , and when I was ordered back to Germany in 1949 I had no option but to return . |
| 15 | The work is most fascinating , the the records they hold are quite er large and erm , I 'm pleased to say that on their request , the Conservative group have have given the records of our group meetings since nineteen sixty to nineteen eighty-six to the , erm , record office , and before anyone rushes over , there is a , a , a slight before they 're released to the public . |
| 16 | I 'm pleased to say that in the course of the last six months we 've seen a strong recovery in profits . |
| 17 | The introduction and distribution of safety representative kits is an important factor in the role of G M B members at local level , and I 'm proud to say that in my own region , ninety three percent of the reps receive their kits . |
| 18 | I am pleased to report that in 1992 I was able to substantially achieve one of the objects of my Presidency , the refurbishment of the main exhibition galleries at Portland Place , making it more welcoming to members and the public and better able to put the case for architecture . |
| 19 | I am pleased to report that in recent years commercial and retail development in Belfast have reached unprecedented levels . |
| 20 | I am pleased to report that in 1992 , ICI continued to improve the environmental performance of its operations worldwide and to make good progress towards meeting its environmental objectives . |
| 21 | I am pleased to say that after decades of decline , the United Kingdom 's share of world trade in manufactures flattened out in the mid-1980s , increased in 1989 and 1990 , and looks most likely to have increased again in 1991 . |
| 22 | But that in no way affected my admiration for what Winston had done , and I am pleased to think that on one or two occasions I have been able to render him some modest service in the way of a reward for this particular display of public courage . |
| 23 | However , I am pleased to recall that by the time dinner was served an hour or so later , nothing but efficiency and professional calm was exhibited on the part of my team . |
| 24 | We are pleased to see that at least the Labour Party now are deciding that they can at last work with the Government . |
| 25 | Of course , this a justified objection ; and I am ready to concede that in most historical examples one might like to point out things probably did happen that way round . |
| 26 | ‘ There is , in my judgment , no evidence from which I am entitled to conclude that in deceiving his wife as to the effect of the documents , [ Mr. O'Brien ] was acting on behalf of the bank . |