Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [verb] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the hon. Gentleman knows , it is not general practice to confirm or deny that nuclear tests are about to take place . |
| 2 | The behaviourist theory of knowledge says that for someone , S , to know or believe that some proposition p is true is for S to be disposed to behave in some way which is supposed to be appropriate to the world 's being as p says . |
| 3 | However , Dr Robert Runcie , the then Archbishop of Canterbury , claimed in the House of Lords ( 2 February , 1987 ) that ‘ there is no automatic trickling down process that ensures that increased wealth will benefit the poor . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ They 're going to try and get that other door open , ’ she told me . |
| 5 | After his meeting with Jorge Mas Canosa , leader of the Miami-based Cuban-American National Foundation ( CANF ) , in late December [ see p. 38669 ] , the Russian Foreign Minister , Andrei Kozyrev was reported as saying that all aid to Cuba would be halted . |
| 6 | On March 31 , Sierra Leonean commanders were reported as saying that 2,150 men of the 3,000-strong national army had occupied part of Lofa County in Liberia . |
| 7 | Yes we could do so it would be a matter of judgement for the er er for the Home Secretary how far to take it and he would have to balance the likelihood of er other countries all ratifying and the inconvenience to those taking part in the election here er if er there is some uncertainty to the end and maybe having to revert to the current constituencies , er I hope and expect that these matters will be settled in the next few weeks . |
| 8 | ‘ We hope and pray that young men will take very seriously the police campaign with the media for an end to the knife-carrying cult . |
| 9 | This account provoked an immediate riposte from Postman ( 1955 ) , who objected that no mechanism had been specified to explain the process by which differentiation occurs and argued that associative processes constituted a possibility . |
| 10 | Push and stretch that upper arm just a little further and hold for 1 second . |
| 11 | In 1829 Elie de Beaumont put forward the idea that the Earth is contracting and argued that compressional stresses set up in the crust as a result of the cooling of the Earth 's interior would give rise to faulting , folding and thickening of the crust , and eventually to the formation of mountain ranges . |
| 12 | He was in a beautifully cut suit that moulded that fine physique and made her blush with wanting . |
| 13 | But when Alice said , ‘ Fräulein , repeat after me : ‘ We do n't need a baby here … ’ she had smiled and nodded that great head , floppy on its neck even with her stiff collar . |
| 14 | Rather than declining offers out of hand it may be appropriate to decline offers as they stand but to suggest that potential purchasers may wish to reconsider their offers ( or perhaps certain aspects of their offers ) in the light of further information . |
| 15 | This proposal has become known as " Saint-Venant 's principle " , often interpreted as implying that local eccentricities of stress are not felt in distances greater than the largest linear dimension of the area over which the forces are distributed . |
| 16 | In one major respect it is different , though : her two pauses of 0.6 seconds ( lines 11 and 13 ) are interpreted as signals that other speakers may now have the floor . |
| 17 | ‘ I love yer very much an' I 've bin 'opin' an' prayin' that one day yer 'd realise that yer 've fallen in love wiv me . ’ |
| 18 | Critical comments are frequently made in the press stating or implying that Swiss law lends itself particularly well to illegal trafficking in works of stolen art . |
| 19 | Finally , Griffiths was concerned to ensure that the quality of services was regularly inspected and suggested that local authority registration and inspection units should be strengthened and supported by a national inspectorate . |
| 20 | 4.1.2 It is understood and agreed that all IEATP grant payments relating to the Project will be made to the Lead Organization as principal . |
| 21 | To verify or disprove that therapeutic vaccines can induce an anti-HIV immune response of such a kind that it has clinical , positive consequences ; and |
| 22 | ( 2 ) Where a competent objector desires to object in relation to any application , he shall , not later than seven days before the meeting of the licensing board at which the application is to be considered : ( a ) lodge with the clerk of the board a written notice of objection which be signed by the objector or his agent and shall specify the grounds of his objection and ( b ) intimate his objection to the applicant in the manner provided by subsection ( 3 ) below , and an objection shall not be entertained by the licensing board unless it is proved or admitted that such objection was intimated to the applicant as aforesaid . |
| 23 | A few Atlanticists , as one might term the doubters , decline to recognize or admit that such things exist . |
| 24 | And then she kind of jumped into this absurd thing of suddenly saying that meant that all women were housewives , and that wages for housework was the thing that united all women . ’ |
| 25 | While such large molar masses are now taken for granted , it was difficult in 1920 to believe and accept that these values were real and not just caused by the aggregation of much smaller molecules . |
| 26 | The constitutional framework reflects and sustains that political culture by providing an almost paralysed political system that sets one branch against another and hamstrings those who aspire to lead . |
| 27 | ONE ELEGANT RELIC hardly describes the superb first prize that awaits the winner of our April competition but it is the correct answer to the anagram posed and wins that same prize for Lesley Allen of Hartshill , Stoke-on-Trent . |
| 28 | The culmination of these claims to national identity and of sentiments of this nature came in the preamble to Henry VIII 's Act in Restraint of Appeals of 1533 : ‘ Where by dyvers sundrie old autentike histories and cronicles it is manifestly declared and expressed that this Realme of England is an Impire , and so hath been accepted in the world … . ’ ( 36 , iii , 427 ) Here one finds an explicit statement of views on the nature of England , as well as practical conclusions drawn from them concerning the government of the Church . |
| 29 | Now , just for once try and earn that over-inflated salary we pay you . |
| 30 | Perhaps you would like to learn a new skill , rekindle an interest in a former hobby — or simply try and make that new girl at the office feel more at ease . |