Example sentences of "that [noun prp] be [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tell him to leave it three or four days , then to notify his cousin that Steiner is being moved to St Mary 's Priory . ’ |
| 2 | Complaining that Czechoslovakia was being called upon to " underwrite German reunification " , Stracar announced that from Aug. 9 the crown was to be revalued against the convertible rouble for trade with East Germany . |
| 3 | Reports published in Beirut newspapers on Aug. 28 and quoting a senior source in the Shia Amal movement claimed that Arad was being held by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in Iran , having been captured by Amal in Lebanon in 1986 after bailing out of his aircraft , and then sold by Amal to the Revolutionary Guard for $500,000 . |
| 4 | Some reports in early December alleged that Arad was being held in Syria , having been handed over to the Syrian government by Hezbollah , although Hezbollah officially denied any knowledge of Arad . |
| 5 | Bouterse , who had claimed that Brunswijk was being held on drugs charges , complied with a government written order , and released the Jungle Commando leader on March 28 . |
| 6 | There are , of course , further complications , notably in the form of Cherubino , an adolescent page-boy who is romantically in love with the countess ( a feeling which is almost mutual , and to which the count takes exception ) , and in the fact that Figaro is being pursued by an old harpy named Marcellina , who is trying to trick him into marriage with her . |
| 7 | Unsurprisingly , there was talk that Dustin was being considered for the title role of Portnoy 's Complaint , the film version of Philip Roth 's novel of a Jewish mother-dominated boy with masturbation problems . |
| 8 | Now , though , comes the word that Confederacy is being developed by Ivan Reitman — coming up soon in Ghostbusters II , which he also wrote — and if all goes well , he will be directing it for 20th Century Fox . |
| 9 | She knew that Maggie was being polite , trawling for subjects to pass the time till she could safely move away . |
| 10 | Hard as he is working on the switch , it may be that Bayfield is being groomed in the rigours of international rugby so as to be better able to step into Dooley 's shoes when he finally retires , probably at the end of this season . |
| 11 | Here it is fairly obvious that Chutney is being addressed , and that Dad is the speaker . |
| 12 | We brought the figure down having at le , and waited two years and that 's th , I think that proves the lad 's foundation to the argument of how desperate the fire service need , need this station and it has absolutely nothing to do with Dovelands school er er whatsoever as far as I 'm concerned , I 'm the spokesperson for public protection not education and that 's it and er I 'm surprised er er that I know erm er er that Mr is is a very , very good supporter of the er southern fire station and supported us in the er in the er question we asked at the last council er meeting and er I 'm surprised he has n't spoke or even Mr who er , who likes to s , who likes to speak in the chamber but I 've has n't supported the fire station . |
| 13 | Fortunately Nicole did n't understand a word of her answer , though , from the thunderous frown that crossed Piers 's face , she would have been stupid not to have realised that Alyssia was being facetious . |
| 14 | The word is that Bath are being helped by a man who has been a kicking coach in the National League of American Football . |
| 15 | But he believeth that Jesus is is the son of God . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , we did n't have anything like that , ’ John protested , and Ianthe , remembering her uninteresting cheese sandwich , also felt that Mervyn was being a little unjust . |
| 17 | ‘ If I were to tell you ’ , I said , trying to look each one of them in the eye , which is not an easy thing to do with ninety-odd people , ‘ that Wimbledon was being invaded by alien beings from another planet , you would probably laugh and call me a lunatic . |
| 18 | She tells Karen that Victor is being excluded from school indefinitely for bullying and for kicking Joan . |
| 19 | In a press interview with the Reuters newsagency on Feb. 14 the Israeli ambassador to the USA , Zalman Shoval , said that Israel was being " given the run-around " by the US administration over the guarantee ; his remarks were described by Bush the following day as " outrageous " . |
| 20 | Of course , we know that Abraham is being tested . |
| 21 | Did you say anything to the effect that Lawrence was being harboured at the flat at or did he merely say he was concerned for the safety of the occupier ? |
| 22 | It has been suggested that Britain is being ‘ flooded ’ with refugees . |
| 23 | During the Abyssinian crisis the Socialist League ( the main left-wing grouping in the Labour party ) opposed the call for sanctions against Italy , fearing that Britain was being ‘ led under the banner of the League into another imperialist war . ’ |
| 24 | Nevertheless the British embassy did not believe that Britain was being written off as a " negligible " force , nor had the common Anglo-Saxon heritage been totally forgotten . |
| 25 | The problem is that Charles is being harried into an early grave by the burden he 's unable to set down . ’ |
| 26 | Nyasha never told her father that Manyara was being nasty to her because she did n't want to upset him . |
| 27 | The problem for strategists is that Microsoft is being somewhat vague about is own positioning of NT in the marketplace . |
| 28 | It was not , Anna reflected , unlike doing the church flowers , except that Tim was being so much nicer to her than Miss Dunstable or Freda Partington ever were . |
| 29 | We could n't work it out , although I noticed that Terry was being very cool about the whole thing . |
| 30 | She was frustrated , too , that Hunter-Blair was being so elusive . |