Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] that [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , so few are aware of his background and he being , shall we say , a little unorthodox in his dealings with people , never seems to think of it or to realize that in some circles it might be of — of help to him . |
| 2 | " All men have said or thought that at one time or another . |
| 3 | But the central point is that we need firmly to shift out of the mode of thinking that assumes that at pensionable age most people become useless burdens ; to realize that most of them have at least as much to offer as many people in their twenties , and hence actively seek ways to use their abilities positively . |
| 4 | The 40 staff execute 3,500 trades a day on average , and Vine-Lott has set himself a target of more than doubling that in five years ' time , including a considerable proportion on behalf of other institutions , such as the Halifax Building Society , for whom it is already doing work , as well as other brokers and banks . |
| 5 | I believe , therefore , that Rousseau was right to look with apprehension on the fragmentation of society into a collection of interest groups , and to see that in such circumstances it is all too easy for the general interest , the good of the community as a whole , to be lost sight of . |
| 6 | Even nobles who had at one time covertly recommended such a union were alarmed by the unseemly haste , and realized that in any case the tide of national opinion was against the match . |
| 7 | The whole group burst out laughing and agreed that on that occasion she should be ‘ let off ’ her reading . |
| 8 | In 1909 they took the par as 84 , and agreed that in mixed foursomes , when short of a male partner , ladies could ‘ play with other ladies ! ’ |
| 9 | The Ministry said that 97.25 per cent of the electorate of approximately 11,000,000 had voted , and reported that in some areas , including in the disputed Western Sahara , there were 100 per cent " yes " votes . |
| 10 | According to Mosley , the interruptions showed the necessity for the fascists to have a defence force and demonstrated that for many years past there had been no freedom of speech in the country . |
| 11 | I would like to extend this idea and suggest that in larger homes there are likely to be groups of residents with particular needs requiring appropriate provision , such as those with severe physical disability , considerable mental infirmity , ethnic minority elders more estranged than usual in a residential environment , and those who are terminally ill or dying . |
| 12 | It calculates that for every 100 hundred trees cut done only nine are planted , and concludes that in some countries fuelwood supplies will soon be exhausted unless massive replanting is undertaken . |
| 13 | Fitzgerald calculated the critical number of samples needed to be 80 per cent certain that the mean score would be no more than one year out , and found that in one book it was 72 samples — which amounted to nearly half the book ! |
| 14 | These words were used specifically of Whitman 's writing about lilacs or the mocking-bird , and revealing that at such moments his theories and beliefs dropped away like needless pretexts . |
| 15 | The learner notes what has happened in the past , and assumes that in like circumstances , the same will happen in future . |
| 16 | Now , let me say there 's one component of what Brian and Gerry have been saying , which I most passionately agree with as it happens — get that bit off my chest first — and that is that until we have a clear understanding of the mechanisms and processes of development , the processes whereby an egg turns into an adult , our theory of evolution will , indeed , be very imperfect , and we do not have such a theory , erm it 's exceedingly important that we should work on such a theory , and such a theory it is n't sufficient simply to say ‘ Oh well , there 's a genetic programme for development ’ and imagine that in other ways actually said something , because you actually have n't . |
| 17 | On the amount of damages , Mr Lightman said the Court of Appeal had a special responsibility to bear in mind the ‘ dangerous precedent ’ which could be set by such awards , and added that in this case the award was out of all proportion to the alleged libel . |
| 18 | The second sub-section looks at the implementation of more sophisticated open-loop control schemes and shows that in many cases the choice of software- or hardware-based control depends on the aspects of performance which are most important in the particular application . |
| 19 | However , Mr. Philipson seeks in effect to draw a line down the centre of the Atlantic , and to suggest that in some way the supervisory operations of the Federal Reserve Board and those of the Bank of England are separate and unconnected . |
| 20 | Some teachers described the inspection as a very artificial set-up and claimed that in general people were not giving ‘ normal ’ lessons . |
| 21 | It was an order totally alien to the most basic principles of the religion they were fighting to uphold , and showed that after 40 years of the struggle , some of those fighting under the flag of the Covenant had lost sight of the most important aspects of their Faith . |
| 22 | The management system must store software so that it is secure from illicit , inadvertent or malevolent modification , and ensure that after any movement of software its integrity is maintained intact by performing a Cyclic Redundancy Check . |
| 23 | Her father respected her wishes , and declared that from that day on , they were all brothers , and no one would do any harm to any chimpanzee . |
| 24 | Now , in 1805 , he can only see ‘ glimpses ’ , and fears that in old age nothing will be left . |
| 25 | She knew he was being evasive and sensed that in some way he was trying to protect her . |
| 26 | As a header of the ball he was phenomenal and it is amazing how many of his goals came from his head , while he possessed an extremely powerful shot — and remember that in those days the leather ball collected any moisture on the pitch and could finish up weighing several pounds ! |
| 27 | Fig 62 showed the variables in foot placement and indicated that for smaller boards the foot is placed slightly further forwards . |
| 28 | In its 1990 annual report to foreign-aid donor countries , the World Bank castigated the government for a " particularly poor " budgetary performance and warned that without economic growth at a sustained 5 per cent , the prospects of alleviating the country 's severe poverty were dim . |
| 29 | I 've visited several large gardens recently and find that in many cases the plants in the herbaceous borders are supported by plastic-coated wire frames of varying sizes . |
| 30 | Pluralists deny that higher social classes monopolize power and believe that in liberal democracies the wishes of the people determine government policy . |