Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] these [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 If we also assume that my neighbour assumed that I knew these facts about the world , and that I interpreted her words according to the co-operative principle , then we can also see why the way she actually phrased her request is not only true and relevant , but also brief and clear .
2 grandma er said when she went to China and that she saw these bogeys on the back of bikes that they were carrying
3 Surely we do not wish to deny that she saw these hazards despite her being unable to tell us anything about what she saw .
4 I 'm actually going to recommend that you regard these things as codes , and that you only put twelve of these actually into your active binder and put the other fourteen in a storage binder as spares .
5 It is crucial that you answer these questions for yourself , because through learning to understand the source of your own reading pleasure you will begin to see how to produce that pleasure for other readers .
6 It is essential , therefore , that you show these numbers on all documents on which you record NI contributions .
7 But in fact the good news is that you run these courses for food handlers and the hope is that by running these courses you wo n't have so many cases of food poisoning .
8 The House will understand that , although we prefer these matters to be resolved by competitive tendering , in this case we are effectively talking about a single supplier , so it is vital to get the contract right .
9 It is not part of Locke 's empiricism that we know these things by observation and experience .
10 Finally then , as feminists , it is vital that we raise these issues in our trade unions , our work , our political parties and at local grass-roots level , insisting that feminist demands are incorporated into the general political strategy and so broadening the socialist perspective .
11 It is because of this historical dimension to the religion that those arguing ( for example ) for the ordination of women apparently find it so difficult to say , in the way in which it has been possible to maintain in the sphere of politics , that we hold these truths to be self-evident , that all human beings are created equal and must not be discriminated against .
12 The other notable exceptions are ‘ ordinary wear and tear , ordinary leakage and breakage , inherent vice of the subject matter insured ’ — although these are normally expressed as specific exclusions on the face of the Policy , it should be borne in mind that we have these defences at law .
13 It is important that we bear these differences in mind when we attempt to analyse the formal nature of public sector organisations .
14 Erm , now they changed the order that they put these things in , so I need you to tell me as we go along which ones are which .
15 It is a sign of Marx 's and Engels 's intellectual courage that they put these laws to the test by seeing whether they accorded with what was then known about early cultures .
16 The individuals may function well in different compartments , and while they may have inhabited the same house for 30 years , believing they are together , they may , in fact , not be together as far as their hopes and expectations go , so it is terribly important that they voice these things to their partners .
17 The schools were quick to point out to us that they regarded these figures for truancy as an underestimate .
18 Spinoza says that it is no mere accident that this is never so , but that it is built into the essential nature of human beings that they need these relations with others for the achievement of personal fulfilment .
19 Hopper insisted that he wanted these lads in the film , not the one the production people had selected .
20 Perhaps for future competitions consideration could be given to the fact that anyone entering these competitions from areas a distance from London should not be disadvantaged and venues arranged so that extra cost is not incurred and the prize could then be truly enjoyed by everyone .
21 And I get these pains in my stomach .
22 And after these peoples , others had come : now and then , Davide passed , in a clearing in the grove , a stone hut , white and conical in shape , like the turbans of the Saracens who were overlords here long ago and who built these shelters for summer days when the heat in the grove swelled too burstingly to bear .
23 A good definition of an actuary might be ‘ a person who is qualified to calculate risks and probabilities , and who applies these skills to financial and business problems , especially those involving uncertain future events such as life insurance and demographics ’ .
24 Now , if you set these changes against the objectives of the concurrent advertising campaigns for these brands , expressed in terms of changes of attitude , you find — if you are lucky — that the attitudes have , indeed , changed in the intended direction .
25 If you gave these figures in January nineteen eighty five , approximately by when would they be out of date and inaccurate and would require updating ? , approximately when ?
26 We think it might be voles , we think it could be squirrels , we do n't seriously think it 's anything bigger but I 'm afraid we do n't think there 's anything you can do about it but if you want further investigation then if you send these objects to Fred care of the programme , he will give you a personal diagnosis .
27 Of course there are , and ought to be , a thousand images of God in which we represent him as changing his mind , forgetting , being angry , being him , doing all kinds of creaturely things ; our language of worship , of gratitude for existence , has to be full of such metaphors and images ; we must take these metaphors seriously , but if we take them literally , if we mistake these images for God , we are idolaters .
28 In some ways we should consider ourselves lucky if we get these types of responses to stress , because for others , unfortunately , there are other responses to stress that may also occur , such as ulcers and heart disease , from which we may get less warning .
29 If we relate these figures to others , for example the recent finding that young children spend 25 hours per week watching television ( 1300 hours per 365 days ) we realise that , while schooling may provide a significant element in a child 's formative years , it is by no means the only or most pervasive one — nor is it , for many children , necessarily the most important .
30 If we put these fragments of information together , we can construct a picture of black adolescents ' perceptions of Creole use and attitudes which is similar to that given by Sutcliffe .
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