Example sentences of "be [verb] that [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally she chose a plump boiling fowl , in deference to that great Gascon King of France , Henri Quatre , whose ambition it had been to see that all his subjects were well fed enough to have a chicken in their pot each week , and had made La Poule Au Pot a loved and traditional name for restaurants . |
| 2 | In each case , if I am to claim that this revelation or experience is of ‘ God ’ , and is not simply an expression of some form of mental delusion which should be referred to a psychoanalyst , then I am forced to debate the interpretation that I am giving . |
| 3 | It has been hypothesised that this characteristic is due to extra chromosomal material in the X chromosome as compared with the Y chromosome . |
| 4 | On the other hand , it has been recognized that such concessions can , if applied fairly and without discrimination , aid the efficient administration of the tax system . |
| 5 | It was standard procedure for such conglomerates to collect contemporary art , now that it had been recognized that such art was plentiful , reasonably affordable , and able to yield substantial returns . |
| 6 | It had long been recognized that many species are protected from predators by colouring that provides camouflage . |
| 7 | Offenders who are mentally disordered suffer the stigma of being labelled as both ‘ mad ’ and ‘ bad ’ , although for centuries it has been recognized that some people have diminished responsibility for their actions as a result of mental abnormality and that punishment and retribution , usually demanded by society of someone who has committed a crime , should be dispensed with in favour of providing humane care and treatment . |
| 8 | In most countries , governments have accepted an increasing role in regulating health , safety , and quality standards because it has been recognized that this is a potentially important area of market failure . |
| 9 | D'Indy may be excused for missing the point of Rameau 's ‘ tied ’ and slurred crotchets : only in our own time has it been realised that these denote the kind of tremolo recently studied by Stewart Carter . |
| 10 | Between six and ten years ago , there was a hundred and eighty pits in this country , yes a hundred and eighty pits , now we have a handful left and it has been leaked that all thirty one pits will still be closed within twelve months , done quietly and by the back door ignoring procedures and over the years this is what has been done . |
| 11 | Is it not perverse , therefore , that some people are suggesting that those hospital trusts should be wound up ? |
| 12 | There is an item about this joint staffing watch at item ten , which suggests that the government are also finding that it 's got limited use , and are suggesting that these returns should be completed on a different basis , and rather than quarterly , annually . |
| 13 | Furthermore I am suggesting that each team should be no larger than 16 staff . |
| 14 | I am suggesting that this relationship is also to be found in games , in the arts and in life . |
| 15 | So I mean I I I am suggesting that this appears to be a ready made useful document that that forms part of a at the right time , we put this out to back up the the rest of the er the document . |
| 16 | It has been calculated that some 37% of families would be better off , and 37% worse off , as a result of the change from Community Charge to the Council tax . |
| 17 | As it was , he did n't understand that he had to stand still , because he had n't been taught that this was required . |
| 18 | Advice has been received that such work would not be more than 5% of the adviser 's time . |
| 19 | While manufacturers were perceived as the traditional users of sales promotion , now retailers and financial institutions are realising that these techniques can help build business . |
| 20 | The educational background and training of chartered librarians in Britain has not been well understood by teachers , and in particular it has been noticeable how reluctant spokesmen of the School Library Association have been to acknowledge that some librarians have received a special training in work with children of school age , with materials for children of school age , and involving more than an acquaintance with the study of educational systems and methods and of child development . |
| 21 | Where some women are free to make vows of chastity , we are reminded that all women should be free to refuse men access to them . |
| 22 | There is no similar obligation to report where a debentureholder enters into possession and it has been recommended that this omission be corrected . |
| 23 | It might have been expected that such a paper from Nägeli , who was one of the most distinguished botanists in Europe at that time , would have had immense impact on the early development of plant ecology . |
| 24 | With the flat , disciplined North German plain rattling past , he suddenly remembered when he had first been posted to Germany how surprised and even unnerved he had been to find that all the buildings seemed familiar . |
| 25 | It has been claimed that some will have to choose between keeping warm and having enough to eat . |
| 26 | However , it has been claimed that some doctors in the province will perform abortions in certain circumstances . |
| 27 | It has been claimed that these free-for-all/do-it-yourself Group attacks justified the early Command view that it was wrong to form a corps d'elite . |
| 28 | The aristocracy — ie. titled landowners — do still exist and have been joined by the very wealthy ( through ownership or investment ) : it has been reckoned that this 1% of adult population owns one-quarter of all the wealth in Britain . |
| 29 | Sometimes historians assume when they are writing that this context already exists in the mind of the reader ( e.g. that you are familiar with a particular person or idea ; that you have background knowledge of a topic ) . |
| 30 | Geoffrey Ross comments ‘ It has been noticed that many men wash their hair in water that is too hot ( which over-stimulates the sebaceous glands and so makes the scalp greasier than it should be ) and are rough-actioned with the towel when drying the hair . |