Example sentences of "[vb mod] [that] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These saggy snaps show more clearly than any words could that Fergie has some weighty matters on her mind . |
| 2 | I would that Anne displayed the maturity of her half-sister — sometimes she is like a child of eight instead of a damsel of fourteen ! |
| 3 | Likewise the hand sign might mean ‘ continue ’ or ‘ would that things remain roughly as they are now , in lumps or in intervals . |
| 4 | In general terms , however , the present state of the law is that an individual who has reached the age of 18 is free to do with his life what he wishes , but it is the duty of the court to ensure so far as it can that children survive to attain that age . |
| 5 | For in those matters which are beyond the reach of absolute knowledge , it is within the province of man 's own responsibility to decide what , for the time being , can be or can not be accepted as truth , and , as there can be a Created God , so can that God be the product of created truth . |