Example sentences of "be [verb] that [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Credit Suisse said that although it had been decided that none of the managers could represent the bondholders , it would be advising them and providing them with information . |
| 2 | It has been said that nobody with eyes in their heads or any appetite for the oddities and splendours of the human achievement or the natural scene can possibly be bored in Edinburgh . |
| 3 | ‘ You 're saying that something about me niggles at you ? ’ |
| 4 | And we 're also having a sponsored Tree Best , where we 're hoping that lots of children will come along dressed up as trees , and have raised at least £10 sponsorship each and we 're having performances on a rainforest theme , and a dancer who will be doing a dance for rainforest , and there 's some rainforest type music and things like that , and there 'll be prizes and certificates for the children who are trees , and there 'll be an exhibition that head office are launching . |
| 5 | I am told that none of the new franchise applications have senior women as part of their management . |
| 6 | The second point is that we have been told that we in Wales would return to the rates . |
| 7 | As she saw movement near the doors Eleanor said , ‘ I have been told that you in America enjoy such freedom that socialism is not needed . |
| 8 | By saying that God ‘ transcends ’ the universe we are saying that none of the limitations that apply to finite life — such as being in a particular place — applies to God . |
| 9 | Indeed , adjusting the figures to take account of those whose area of residence was not known , it can be calculated that one in ten youths on the most affected estate were known heroin users during 1984–5 . |
| 10 | It must also not be forgotten that we in Britain , at least , tend to get our latitudes wrong when looking across the Atlantic . |
| 11 | It thus has to be accepted that none of the cases cited provides in its ratio a decisive basis upon which Woolwich can rely to support its claim . |
| 12 | Whilst the automation of this process remains only a distant possibility , it must be conceded that none of these techniques is directly usable as described . |
| 13 | Indeed it can be argued that none of this greatly mattered . |
| 14 | Can it be demonstrated that what at first sight appears to be a paradigm case of indigenous , national forces dispossessing transnational corporations , is in fact a clear illustration of the emergence of the transnational capitalist class in Nigeria ? |
| 15 | It should be noted that none of these modules contributes to current SVQs , though they may be used to prepare candidates for the SVQ modules ( see Annexes 2 and 3 ) . |
| 16 | I should like it to be understood that we in Northern Ireland do not expect our tourism promotion to be taken over by Bord Failte . |
| 17 | Perhaps a couple are looking at one another in a different light — it is to be remembered that one in three marriages now ends in divorce . |
| 18 | How would it be proved that something against the rules of war had occurred ? |
| 19 | It is to be hoped that nothing like that will happen again . ’ |
| 20 | Thus it has been estimated that one in four women who lose their jobs do not appear in the monthly claimant count . |
| 21 | By the time Chiang fell upon his Chinese communist rivals and destroyed the Canton commune in the spring of 1927 , and thus terminated the League 's existence also , it has been estimated that something like 200 ‘ graduates ’ of Ho 's Canton course had returned to Vietnam and although many of them were arrested , it was a significant infusion to be added to what might be called the natural sources of discontent . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , Tories did remain committed to the principles of passive obedience , non-resistance and indefeasible hereditary right , but they were to argue that none of these had been compromised by the Glorious Revolution . |
| 23 | ‘ The secretaries were determined that somebody at least should make use of them , and there was much pressure put on me to do so . |
| 24 | It is considered that something in the region of 40g daily should be quite sufficient to protect your health in all the ways which have been described , and to make it much easier for you to control your weight in the future . |
| 25 | It is reported that everyone in the area has lost a relative as a direct result of pollution . |
| 26 | Now it is recommended that we in section nine and four A , in brackets four , someone move . |
| 27 | Grant and the rest , however , believe the fans should know how the board feels about Celtic 's crisis , but it is thought that no-one on the board wants Brady 's resignation . |
| 28 | It is thought that none of the selection of vintage aircraft sold , the Stearman , for example , reaching £30,000 against a reasonably realistic estimate of £35–38,000 . |
| 29 | It is anticipated that one in five Britons will be carers by the turn of the century . |
| 30 | It is known that none of the three thousand or so of letters were received by the children until their return home . |