Example sentences of "[verb] [that] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if I tell her the truth and insist upon it , I shall be disobeying my husband and causing his mother unnecessary worry , she reflected , and was forced to accept that having made a cross for her back , she would have to bear it . |
| 2 | Well , I 've found now I do a combination of what 's that stuff , erm , orbathol that seems to help a bit . |
| 3 | It was night now and I turned for home , an awestruck child again , but joyful in the new world of understanding that had supplanted the dark , African fears . |
| 4 | Do you think that 's had an effect on your your mates as well ? |
| 5 | So books that seek to inform the public about illness are simply adding to the problem . |
| 6 | The appeals were opposed by Robert Harman QC , who argued that to have allowed the Press to stay in court , subject to a postponement order , for the disputed hearing would have served only to satisfy the ‘ inquisitiveness ’ of Old Bailey journalists . |
| 7 | We looked in vain in Siemens AG 's first half report on Monday for any mention of its Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG computer subsidiary , and with all the dreadful economic news coming out of Germany , it began to assume the air of the dog that did n't bark : Siemens said of its overall business that it did not show any revival in the first half , and that continued economic decline affected domestic business and led to a decline in incoming orders , and there was no recovery in its foreign business ; laying it on with a trowel , Chancellor Helmut Kohl 's leading economic advisor was quoted on Tuesday as saying that German workers failed to recognise the danger of high wages in a time of recession , and that German products were too expensive for world markets as wage increases outpaced growth in productivity , and earlier , Siemens Nixdorf had had to rebut a magazine report that its losses would be even worse this year , saying that it was certain that its results would improve this fiscal year ; the article , in Manager Magazin , also said that Siemens was looking for a replacement for Siemens Nixdorf management board chairman Hans-Dieter Wiedig , and added that plans to reduce the workforce to 41,000 by 1995 from 47,200 at the end of February could well be accelerated . |
| 8 | Bamrung Boonpanya , who helped to organise protests against the pollution of the Nam Siew river , says that trying to get the police to enforce the law was ‘ like running after rats ’ . |
| 9 | I was amused by J. Lipton 's letter in the November issue , in which he says that having driven a nail in the wood , if it splits , he knows he should have used a screw . |
| 10 | After a week of such treatment , he mounted her , sending her into the same orgy of bucking that had dislodged the grooms and all the Mendoza boys . |
| 11 | It is widely accepted that attempts to apply the concession theory in modern conditions are inapposite : there is no longer any ‘ privilege ’ involved in obtaining corporate status and the source of companies ' ’ economic energy ’ undoubtedly lies in individual initiative and not in the state . |
| 12 | It is not just cost that has made the DIY holiday so popular , although traditionally they have been the break for those on a tight budget . |
| 13 | We owe it to our children and grandchildren to spare them from the epidemic of smoking-related disease , disability and death from smoking that has marked the middle and later years of the 20th century . |
| 14 | Several of the Covenanters , including some of the officers , told Morton that the order of the day had been ‘ No quarter — No prisoners ’ and threatened to kill the prisoner but the powerful blacksmith declared that having spared the man 's life he would defend it with his own . |
| 15 | Tonight in the first of two reports , Richard Barnett looks at the traditional family links that have sustained the regiment down the centuries , in The Glosters … |
| 16 | Mr Guerin , who sold his International Signal and Control company to Ferranti in 1987 for £420m , has admitted creating numerous fictitious arms contracts that helped to create the illusion of prosperity . |
| 17 | FERRANTI International is planning legal action against a series of obscure European registered companies which acted as intermediaries in the ‘ phantom ’ arms contracts that have brought the UK defence contractor to the brink of collapse . |
| 18 | The bags under their eyes reflect the wild mood swings that have afflicted the party since the first week . |
| 19 | Some moths even emit bat-like ( ultra- ) sounds that seem to put the bats off . |
| 20 | We have been mesmerised by Dean Acheson saying that having lost an empire , Britain has not yet found a role . |
| 21 | It warned that vets performing the operation routinely would face an allegation of ‘ disgraceful conduct ’ which could result in them being struck off . |
| 22 | THE Dairy Council for Northern Ireland today warned that moves to reduce the school milk subsidy would affect children most at risk in Ulster . |
| 23 | That would be good enough to earn a UEFA Cup spot , provided that United win the Rumbelows Cup at Wembley on Sunday . |
| 24 | when they had a horse running that stood to lose the firm a lot of money . |
| 25 | Soil that appears to have the characteristics of staining more than deposition , particularly on plastic surfaces , may be chemically bonded . |
| 26 | The problems of physical shortages and the volume of highly liquid financial assets accumulated during the war ( high incomes during the war period , with few goods and services to be bought , led to high savings ) probably meant that attempts to regulate the economy by monetary means would have failed . |
| 27 | Even though it meant that going to fetch the letters gave you scratches and nettle-stings . |
| 28 | SEVEN minutes from the end of extra time Bolton broke the deadlock in their Littlewoods Cup third-round replay that had produced no goals for 113 minutes … only to let Swindon equalise two minutes later to take the tie to a second replay at Bolton next Tuesday . |
| 29 | Glasgow South hopes that having proven the professionalism of Sales and Service operation all the blocks will be treated in early 1992 . |
| 30 | The Prime Minister also feels that having taken the flak for the longest recession since the war , Mr Lamont is entitled to receive the laurels when the predicted recovery begins . |