Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | To-day , the world 's great athletes in almost every sport have the opportunity to earn large sums of money as a result of their skill and dedication , and no-one begrudges them that , but the Olympians compete in the Olympic Games solely for the glory and the chance of winning a gold , silver , or bronze medal . |
| 2 | Always fascinates me that , a little person driving a big car . |
| 3 | Er I 'm not sure er er I 'm sure there 's a place for them you know and someone wants them that 's lovely but we 're not hearing enough really of the Beautiful Dreamers would n't you agree ? |
| 4 | If a guy owes you that sort of money , you do not squash him with your car . |
| 5 | So the myth has it that Ms or Mr Trim very carefully calculates how much food ( or how many calories ) to forgo in order to afford an occasional large meal ( on holiday or at Christmas for example ) . |
| 6 | The consensus has it that economics will be the key stick with which the CEGB 's opponents , and perhaps even a few of its friends , will beat the board . |
| 7 | Business mythology has it that computer firms in Japan are no good at software and will never break the dominance of IBM , the world 's biggest computer company . |
| 8 | Do n't worry about some Strangelove of a character turning your innocent little toy into a satellite vaporiser , theory has it that military research is second rate because you can not do good research behind screens of secrecy and away from the cut and thrust of peer review . |
| 9 | Legend has it that Tax Exempt Special Savings Accounts ( Tessas ) originated in 1990 eve-of-Budget , back-of-an-envelope doodlings made up by John Major when he was Chancellor . |
| 10 | AN intriguing story has it that Traffic Minister Kenneth Carlisle 's American wife Carla , after attending the Sorbonne , spent three years in France lecturing on poultry . |
| 11 | Common misconception has it that rock'n'roll was invented when Alan Freed first foisted this brash new music on the unsuspecting good burghers of Cleveland in April 1952 . |
| 12 | Word has it that Unix System Labs has structured its pricing schedule so that its OEMs could bring Destiny out for $350 . |
| 13 | Rumour has it that last season their manager dressed a dozen tailor 's dummies in Aston Villa strips for his team to practise their passing and dribbling sills . |
| 14 | The objector has it that what we taken to be effects need not be necessitated . |
| 15 | One estimate has it that British ELT materials are available in more than 100 countries . |
| 16 | The conventional way of defining financial accounting ( the convention was established in 1966 by the American Accounting Association 's A Statement of Basic Accounting Theory ) has it that accounting is a purposive activity , i.e. it is directed towards a specified end . |
| 17 | It is available now , but has not had the take up that Windows has enjoyed — one cynical comment has it that of the less than half million copies actually in use , the better part were given away — and yet it is a very capable operating system with some excellent features . |
| 18 | Popular myth has it that poor peasants and casual workers in the Third World do not pay tax . |
| 19 | City talk has it that Pittencrieff , which is rich enough to swallow both Brabant and Aberdeen , is about to bid about £11 million for Aberdeen , valuing it at 22p a share . |
| 20 | The story has it that young de Malleray , a second-lieutenant in the same regiment , having heard the first news but not the sequel , was himself on the way up to the line that evening , and encountered his father 's Colonel . |
| 21 | Conventional wisdom has it that management can not focus its attentions on more than seven critical success factors serviced by up to forty critical business processes . |
| 22 | ‘ And he wants it that way . |
| 23 | I mean what it needs it that random pixel degradation across the page to give you back the letterpress look . |
| 24 | ‘ He frightens me that one . |
| 25 | The second point is on correspondence , I 'm absolutely certain that when a member of public writes in to any department , not necessarily highway , he expects and needs an immediate response , now I know you have , you have started the acknowledgement of our system , but I think it 's , it does n't go far enough , an acknowledgement card that simply says the thing is received and is receiving attention , needs to then indicate the individual to whom that matter has been passed for attention and that leads me to the third point and I think the general complaint on the public is that local government is seen as faceless people and I think we have to get in our mind to name people within our department , there 's not one mention about it in our promise , I think we need , unless I 've not read it , but I think , I think we , yes , but I think we need to mention people by name , senior people within the department who will respond to particular things and certainly where public comes into contact within the offices we must get around to wearing a name badge who says who that person is , people want to relate to a person and I think we can do that if we try . |
| 26 | When he licks you that 's his way of sayin' ‘ I likes you and you makes me happy ’ . ’ |
| 27 | Freidson ( 1977 , p.15 ) warns us that ‘ … confusion lies in the fact that the word profession is used to refer both to concrete historical occupations and to an intellectual construct or ideal type , without consistent attention to the relationship between the two ’ . |
| 28 | The Literary Guild offers you that value . |
| 29 | Your eyes and your mouth show me that feelings are important to you , but your forehead shows me that common sense is your main guide in life . |
| 30 | Those wavering voters who were made nervous by Kinnock 's Boyo Valley exuberance are comforted by the dignified but determined way in which Mr Smith , the Edinburgh attorney par excellence , reassures them that , as it were , not only will they get the house , they 'll get custody of the children as well . |