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

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1 Detectives hunting the murderer of an old age pensioner say they 're convinced that someone in his tiny village community is shielding whoever is responsible .
2 ‘ With George Courtney retiring at the end of the season , we 're hopeful that somebody from the North-East will get on the Football League list , and with luck , it could be me . ’
3 Francesca herself had characteristically taken the line that the Foreign Office ought to have been glad that someone on the staff was that closely involved with the American political Establishment .
4 ‘ The IRA are sure that somebody in the organisation is talking and it 's really put the wind up some people .
5 I am sure that everyone in this room satisfies the Rabbinic condition for discussing the chariot of Ezechiel ( ma'ase merkava ) — namely to be wise and able to deduce knowledge through wisdom of his own — but I do not propose to indulge in this subject .
6 In view of what my hon. Friend has said — with which I am sure that everyone in the House agrees — I hope that the Bill will have a speedy passage through the House .
7 Now I suppose some of these ARE useful ( although I 'm not sure which ones ) but I am sure that none of them help develop my ‘ personal , moral and social values ’ as claimed by the school prospectus .
8 Councillor Bookbinder was his opponent at the last election , if I am not mistaken , and I am sure that he at least doubled my hon. Friend 's majority .
9 Yet again he had reason to be grateful that no-one in Vienna argued with a uniform .
10 The prison has to be convinced that none of its inmates are a danger to the public , but last week Trevor Hanson , a convicted rapist there allegedly attacked a woman while on home leave from Leyhill .
11 I 'm sure that none of the Springbok players will have felt like that as they came off the pitch , but , in the long run , the losses will benefit them .
12 If we could be sure that everyone in the community was equally generous , it might be possible to finance social services by announcing how much it would cost to run the Health Service per head in the coming year and then leave it to individuals to post an appropriate sum to their local health authority .
13 The ‘ doomsters ’ would have been discredited , and you can be sure that plenty of people would have pointed this out forcefully .
14 But you must be aware that lots of guitarists today are still trying to do exactly that …
15 He said : ‘ We consider our offers to be reasonable and generous in the circumstances and we are disappointed that none of these were taken up . ’
16 Alexis and Paul Gilmour are keen that everyone in Holybourne who wishes to sign the petition can do so .
17 I am disappointed that none of those hon. Members is in his place , because I had been looking forward to their contributions and should have liked to address the odd remark to them , but I shall do that in any event .
18 It is possible that none of the top three will take the honours , for Edinburgh Civil Service are once again coming with a tremendous run , reminiscent of last season , when they fell at the final hurdle .
19 When the rosy spectacles are laid aside , it is clear that what to the husband and children can be a refreshing hobby — after all they are more often than not the consumers , not the producers , of the home-made jam — to the wife can be another variant of the natural mother image and in everyday terms can mean longer than ever hours at the chopping board .
20 The director of a bank in Ljubljana has said ( Politika , 8 October 1987 ) : ‘ It is clear that none of us has become a director without the approval of the Party 's cadres section .
21 From our results , it is clear that none of the mutations introduced in the different tRNA Asp variants considerably affected the synthesis of m 2 G at positions in the aminoacyl-stem and D-stem ( Table 1 ) .
22 In three years ' time it is likely that everything in the country , including rugby ticket prices , will have escalated by 45 per cent .
23 This is an altogether more simple reading of the section , and would apply where the policeman comes across a person who is using abusive language , and comes to the conclusion that it is likely that somebody in the audience will intervene to put a stop to it , using unlawful violence ( citizens may have the power to prevent a breach of the peace , but not to preserve the public quiet ) .
24 An oft quoted tenet that it is inevitable that someone with FAP will develop a bowel cancer , is also disproved by this study .
25 And , at 10 minutes per page for a 24-pin dot matrix printer it 's likely that anything over one copy is going to be treated in this way .
26 ‘ It is horrifying that anyone in transit can find their way on to an aircraft undetected .
27 It is important that someone like Diana is not afraid to touch leprosy patients . ’ .
28 It is important that someone from the senior management team should exercise day-to-day oversight and responsibility for Compact activities .
29 This can be compared with the gold content of the undated coins in the Sutton Hoo burial , and it is apparent that none of them could be later than AD 630 .
30 As the calculations are worked out it is vital that everyone in the Government ensures that all expenditure is scrutinised , that no money is wasted and that cuts do not fall on or anywhere near the people who are worst off in our society .
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