Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [to-vb] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | … So … it may be a very unusual and surprising decision that I have reached , but I intend here , appreciating the seriousness of the position , the ramifications that could follow , I propose to direct that these proceedings are stayed . |
| 2 | I want to emphasize that these shapes are not artists ' impressions . |
| 3 | From the lists I made , I came to feel that European culture in the last millennium may have had some 100 real heroes , the mastersingers of Europe , of which I have tried to identify half . |
| 4 | In this chapter , I hope to show that these distinctions are important and not merely a play on words . |
| 5 | As I go back downstairs I begin to feel that this woman is making fools of us all — of Summerchild , Tite and Harold Wilson , of Ken Hurren and myself . |
| 6 | As the lorry braked ferociously in the lonely country road with a hiss of air brakes , and began to career backwards towards my Mini , its reversing lights two angry eyes beaming at me , I began to see that same skyline as the place I most wanted to be . |
| 7 | As we began to talk I began to realize that these people were just like me . |
| 8 | But since the pain I have to experience to learn the concept is necessarily my pain , this explanation leads to our asking ourselves the question , ‘ What possible reason could I have to think that other people ever have what I mean by ‘ pain ’ ? ’ — a question which invites the answers , ‘ None ’ ( solipsism ) or , alternatively ‘ An argument from analogy ’ . |
| 9 | In its absence we would n't even be able to understand the question , ‘ What possible reason could I have to think that other people ever have what I mean by ‘ pain ’ ? , let alone the answers that have been given to it . |
| 10 | I try to accept that one day , somehow , I 'll understand . ’ |
| 11 | But I had to accept that this examination was far more important to them . |
| 12 | I wish to ensure that environmental considerations are properly taken into account . |
| 13 | and I need to ensure that this experience erm well I I need to make sure that I will be evaluating it in a similar way as I went along . |
| 14 | I have to say that each morning when I walk off platform 16 , I invariably see five or six BR employees hanging around doing nothing in particular . |
| 15 | I have to say that neither piece is vintage Schumann , but when the old magic really starts to work ( as in the ‘ Gloria ’ and ‘ Agnus Dei ’ of the Requiem ) , one is left in no doubt that Schumann 's was a creative mind of the very first order . |
| 16 | He really wants the mud to show his best , but I have to say that this ground helped him get the trip . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ As an investor , I have to say that this environment does not allow me to put more money into Hong Kong . |
| 18 | Now I that 's a luxury I have to say that most recruiting people do not get . |
| 19 | And although I have to admit that this tale of a French prince who is turned into a frog by his wicked aunt and grows up to be a prince among frogs and a secret agent to boot , did n't grab me , it will surely keep the little ones enthralled . |
| 20 | I wanted to ensure that foreign visitors who came to this country were also covered by insurance . |
| 21 | I wanted to believe that this man — this stranger — had seen me and wanted me . |
| 22 | All of which goes to show that masculine reason and logic are perhaps not so strong as you may have supposed . |
| 23 | The arguments in Beyond the Pleasure Principle which sought to establish that all organisms aim at death , a return to the state of inanimate matter , were admitted by Freud to be ones which could be overthrown by later biological research . |
| 24 | Yet in sharp contrast to this development , the 1985 Act provides expressly that evidence which tends to suggest that illegal tapping has taken place is not to be admitted in court . |
| 25 | She describes them , for example , as ‘ infantilised ’ ; she accepts without question research which purported to show that most women despised each other ( Millett , 1977 , p. 55 ) ; she sees women as having little ‘ self-respect ’ , and as devoting almost all their time and attention to pleasing and flattering men . |
| 26 | The preparations within the programme are easy to apply which helps to ensure that delicate skin tissues are not damaged in any way during application . |
| 27 | The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has announced a series of guidelines which aim to ensure that environmental priorities are taken into account in every project which it supports . |
| 28 | So if you want to see that old mother of yours it 'll have to be by road . ’ |
| 29 | If the physiotherapist sets the correct goals , they will be achieved , but she has to recognize that each patient reacts differently to rehabilitation , depending on a variety of factors . |
| 30 | But she needs to remember that deciding strategies is easy ; implementing them is hard . |