Example sentences of "[verb] [vb infin] that [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to Virginia Cowles they met Freddie de Guingand , Montgomery 's Chief of Staff , whom they both knew , after lunch , and he let slip that an Anglo-American landing was planned in Algeria , code-named Torch . |
| 2 | The result was that ministers called for a radical reform in the OECD countries ' approach to economic activities , " to help ensure that the basic life support systems of Planet Earth are not endangered . " |
| 3 | He actually fired a public relations officer who had dared argue that the real sales figures were one or two percentage points short of the goal . |
| 4 | For really I think that the poorest he that is in England hath a life to live , as the greatest he ; and therefore truly , sir , I think it 's clear , that every man that is to live under a government ought first by his own consent to put himself under that government ; and I do think that the poorest man in England is not at all bound in a strict sense to that government that he hath not had a voice to put himself under ; … ( p. 53 ) |
| 5 | We have an excellent reputation in Oxfordshire as an Education Authority erm and a reputation which extends around the country , so I do see it as a vote of confidence , and I am very pleased about it , but I do think that the whole exercise was somewhat premature in the light of the erm research and investigation that was going on into the tertiary college , and indeed the consulting process actually ran through at the same time as the campaign was running on whether the Banbury School should opt out , and erm regrettably I think has lost something as a result of having the two run together . |
| 6 | Now , I 'm not going to go into a discussion about Dickens ' view of women , which was fairly peculiar , but I do think that the popular feeling of the times was very much inclined towards the ‘ Little Dorrits ’ . |
| 7 | I do n't believe in national character in any biological sense , but I do think that the German people were ready for a person like Hitler . |
| 8 | Now , there are a lot of aspects of Israelite society I would n't identify with , like stoning delinquents , but that is an aspect I think we could learn from , and I do think that the extended family is something I miss , I yearn for . |
| 9 | And yes , the police did think that a young person , sex unknown , had been on the scene of the suicide . |
| 10 | did recognise that the developing state of the law might require a reconsideration of the position even in that context . |
| 11 | We do not know what interest rates were in Israel but we do know that the annual rate of interest in the ancient Near East was very high : in Babylonia and Assyria it was 20–25 per cent for money loans , 33 per cent for loans in kind and frequently more ; in Upper Mesopotamia and Elam rates were higher , reaching 50 per cent for money loans ; in the Ptolemaic period in Egypt rates seem to have been around 12 per cent . |
| 12 | But I do know that the real Louise Müller was removed some time ago so that you could take her place . ’ |
| 13 | However , we do know that the first import into Trinidad was Bhaluk Princess Barbella , imported by Mrs Margaret Wattley . |
| 14 | I would say , incidentally , without elaborating , that this is potentially beneficial to the health of the cows , because we do know that the major problems of ill health in cows are the production diseases associated with very high yields . |
| 15 | And Hitchcock 's films do demonstrate that a British filmmaker could learn from Hollywood , but yet create distinctive national films , and without breaking with the commercial filmmaking culture as Close Up 's writers proposed . |
| 16 | Exactly what powers he had in that direction was not clear , but the Board did promise that no former member of the staff of an undertaking taken over would suffer any reduction of salary or conditions of service . |
| 17 | Then I thought … well , as it happens , I did know that the old lady — MM Hamilton — had died earlier this year , and of course that could have meant that Dad 's job had packed up and they 'd had to move . |
| 18 | Like all analogies , this one can mislead as well as help , but if we do feel that a reasonable case is being presented to us , and that the internal evidence of the research fits together coherently and comes to a result which is ‘ beyond reasonable doubt ’ then we may be prepared to accept this piece of research , based though it is on informal interviews . |
| 19 | Of course , sometimes we do feel that the other person has been rather abrupt in ending the conversation , and that is the moment when we should do our ethnomethodological analysis to identify what it was that they , or we , failed to do as part of bringing the conversation to a proper and recognizable end . |
| 20 | The Standing Orders of the House , particularly those of the House of Commons , do ensure that a substantial amount of time is made available for non-governmental business . |
| 21 | Good-quality collars can be bought at virtually every gunshop but do ensure that a top-quality swivel is located between the collar D and the line itself . |
| 22 | I do believe that a great work of art strikes a subtle balance between what seems too obvious and what seems too difficult . … |
| 23 | And I I do believe that the Roman boats had two . |
| 24 | Gilbert : ‘ But we do believe that the biggest god in the world is the penis , it 's the most important thing in life . ’ |
| 25 | Some Anglicans would certainly go further : the Bishop of Birmingham , the Right Rev Mark Santer , who is the Anglican co-chairman of the theological commission trying to overcome doctrinal differences between the two Churches , says : If Anglicans and other non-Roman Catholics really do believe that the Christian Church is called to be at peace with itself , how — given the fact that Christians are sinful — do you actually keep the show together ? |
| 26 | This is not considered in much detail by Marslen-Wilson and Tyler ( 1980 ) ; however , they do suggest that the acoustic-phonetic information needed to define the word-initial cohort must include the first vowel of the word . |
| 27 | I do hope that the warm display of unity by all political parties over Maastricht does not herald the start of another dark road . |
| 28 | And we do hope that the Chief Officers of this Authority will show the commendable st restraint they normally have . |
| 29 | So it is ‘ Beginners please ’ this month and I do hope that the old hands will bear with me . |
| 30 | Fixed-term stock did imply that the national debt would have to be repaid , one day , but for most of the eighteenth century control of the cost took priority over reduction of the principal . |