Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [that] [pron] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone agrees that something will have to be seen to be done before the next annual general meeting in February . |
| 2 | He will try to choose in order to minimise this evaluation and a similar analysis to that for player I shows that he can achieve this by solving LPII* . |
| 3 | Someone suggests that he might have skills to offer others on the scheme . |
| 4 | The outside world talks of a war crimes tribunal but nobody supposes that anything will come of that . |
| 5 | We will have a new procedure called Continuous and Non-Standard Surveys which says that they will follow the basic procedures , except where this does n't make sense , and if it does n't make sense the job will have in it 's Master Job File a statement of how , it does comply with whatever it has to deal with . |
| 6 | This common experience recommends the approach to writing which says that you should start immediately by writing your ideas down , being prepared to discard them later when your thinking has evolved beyond your early plan . |
| 7 | I have a Rule of Life ( No. 74 , actually ) which says that you can work your way out of most situations if you can give yourself enough thinking time . |
| 8 | Hey and listen , Pat , I do n't want to see or hear any reference to that part of the plan which shows that we can save up to a billion dollars a year by supplying components from the European plants to fit US manufactured vehicles . |
| 9 | Mark himself states that it would have been remarkable for Jesus to have found fruit on the tree for it was not even the proper season for fruit . |
| 10 | The multiple-scenario forecast is considerably more useful than the broad band of uncertainty which declares that anything might happen between widely separate best and worst cases . |
| 11 | As I have argued all along , although a consideration of possible criteria is important in a wider context , the idea of numerical identity can not be literally " defined " in terms of the criteria of re-identification of particulars , which means that we shall have to look elsewhere for an answer to our problem . |
| 12 | We all set Fridays aside for preparation , which means that we can collaborate closely on course work . |
| 13 | Fewer than one in ten of LEAs in England and Wales have conducted thorough language surveys , which means that we can assume that most schools still have less than adequate knowledge about the languages and dialects known to their pupils . |
| 14 | It says , that not only does it save it 's money when it comes to when we 're putting in the tender bids , but actually the profits it makes goes back into the County Council , it has a two- prong saving of averages to this council , and we 've known and seen in the years that it 's been running that money has come back into county council balances , which means that we can have more money to spend on other services . |
| 15 | Perfect or absolute Truth , which is known by faith , is beyond our empirical grasp which means that we must act in the knowledge that we are holding on to such truth as we are able to apprehend in this world . |
| 16 | These trading companies handle about half of all Japanese exports and approximately 65 per cent of imports which means that they can arrange the purchase of raw materials from abroad , organize the export of finished goods as well as marketing within Japan . |
| 17 | Some require what Abraham Maslow called self-actualization , which means that they must do the task that their nature demands . |
| 18 | Most big banks make the same charges for club accounts as for ordinary personal ones — which means that you may have to pay up to 70 pence for every cheque you write . |
| 19 | ‘ I know less than nothing about you , and if you 're important , which you must be if you 're a , well , a tycoon , then I expect you entertain a lot — friends , business associates — which means that you 'll need someone who 'll be a credit to you — and I do n't know if I can ! |
| 20 | You can choose your own hours , which means that you can fit in with the needs of your baby . |
| 21 | so I said but I 'm not disappointed but she said just listen to what I 've got to say , she said , erm , because anybody else that 's failed we 've just said I 'm sorry we ca n't have you , but she said with you , we all feel that you 've got so much to offer she said I 'm gon na offer you a relief post which means that you can go into other people 's ho er other homes , all around , all different hospitals if somebody 's short , they can call on you and I said could it be a full time job , will it give me enough money to say that I 'm working ? |
| 22 | Better than that , the Power Launcher itself has a timed event facility , which means that you can set it to open an application at a given time — so that file you promised to send to a colleague via modem by ten o'clock on Thursday can be sent automatically , even if you 've taken the day off sick ( assuming the cleaner has n't switched your PC off , of course ! ) |
| 23 | This is because computerised information is not as rigidly organised in advance , which means that you can search through it in any way you please . |
| 24 | Or you can apply for an ecclesiastical licence from you local diocesan council , which means that you can dispense with the formality of having the banns called at all . |
| 25 | Some purpose-built blocks of flats fortunately have rubbish chutes on each landing , which means that you can dispose of the rubbish daily down to a large bin . |
| 26 | The Post Office , of course , operates its own cheque account scheme — Giro — which means that you can have full bank facilities . |
| 27 | The leaves will need to be clear of the soil surface , which means that you will have a row of cuttings protruding some 3–4 inches ( 8–10cm ) . |
| 28 | The index is very well cross-referenced , which means that it can open up valuable new fields of research . |
| 29 | A written sentence , on the other hand , can more easily be HYPOTACTIC , which means that it can have complex relations between its parts — one inside another , rather than just one after another . |
| 30 | The Vienna doctors say that D-proline is neurotoxic , which means that it can kill brain and other nerve cells . |