Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [pron] [verb] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , I know some people might think we are because we occasionally partner each other , but you should have known better — or perhaps not , since you never had any scruples about being a party to another man 's infidelity six years ago , which leads me to believe that this show of conscience on Cavell 's behalf is just that — show ! |
| 2 | But the real question is , rather , whether there is any commonly accepted core of meaning among the various uses of the term which entitles us to say that this or that way of using it constitutes an abuse or misuse of it . |
| 3 | The precipitate nature of the admissions and the legal imposition which propels them means that residential staff are faced with outcomes of decisions in which they and the families played little or no part . |
| 4 | In fact , many Club guests choose to take the full trips package at the very start of their holiday , which means they know that certain nights out and meals are already catered for — and you 'll be amazed how much that can save you on the food and drinks bill . |
| 5 | But something about him makes me feel that this time he will do what he has said . |
| 6 | So he , Mr Major , is wrong when he says he believes that that dialogue , that process that you began with Gerry Adams has run its course do you |
| 7 | ( 10 ) It 's possible that there 's life on Mars ( 11 ) It 's possible that there 's life on Mars and it 's possible that there is no life on Mars ( 12 ) It 's possible that there 's life on Mars , and in fact it is now certain that there is Now from this set of dilemmas the notion of implicature offers a way out , for it allows one to claim that natural language expressions do tend to have simple , stable and unitary senses ( in many cases anyway ) , but that this stable semantic core of en has an unstable , context-specific pragmatic overlay — namely a set of implicatures . |
| 8 | Indeed , it leads me to suspect that subconscious folklinguistic beliefs have influenced sociolinguists ’ choice of settings for data collection . |
| 9 | However , utterances of ( 38 ) -(40) and the like can in fact convey a great deal : ( 38 ) War is war ( 39 ) Either John will come or he wo n't ( 40 ) If he does it , he does it Note that these , by virtue of their logical forms ( respectively : x ( W(x) — W(x) ) ; p V p ; p — p ) are necessarily true ; ergo they share the same truth conditions , and the differences we feel to lie between them , as well as their communicative import , must be almost entirely due to their pragmatic implications . |
| 10 | ‘ You mean , ’ says Felicity , ‘ it makes you think that this whole society is morally ambiguous . |
| 11 | If the right hon. Gentleman is genuinely concerned about recovery , what does he think that higher taxes would do to it ? |
| 12 | What does he think that that does for the Government 's competition policy ? |