Example sentences of "[conj] that they [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 There was no indication that they , unlike the aggro leaders , were actively engaged in inciting other fans to join in the scraps or that they led concerted attacks against the opposition .
2 Sometimes they possessed knowledge about sex , but could not admit that this was sexual , or that they had those sorts of desires .
3 It is hard , after a lifetime of sharing disappointments and problems with a parent , to find that they are no longer capable of sustaining conversation , that their memory is failing or that they have little interest in things outside their own immediate situation .
4 Secondly , on the issue of the precedents for making a defendant prove his defence in the way in which the Bill requires , I argue that every year — certainly since I have been in the House — we have created numerous new offences which have defences attached to them , usually for those who can show that they acted reasonably or that they used due diligence to ensure that they avoided committing an offence .
5 For preference shares may often be virtually indistinguishable from debentures except that they afford less assurance of getting one 's money back or a return on it until one does .
6 On the return of No. 16 to Sutton , the remainder of the J type were sent to Hendon one at a time and similarly rebuilt , except that they retained four windows .
7 And that they registered similar changes when other creatures — insects , spiders and so on — suffered pain in their presence .
8 Some historians have argued that nationalism was the outgrowth of the desire by élites to gain economic and political power , and that they manipulated indigenous symbols to this end .
9 Er er and that they sit two hours doing e and exam you know for somebody who can watch at all .
10 He took particular care of young players , seeing that they were well-fed and well-lodged and that they sent some money home to their parents each week .
11 Against this , Ryan advanced the humanistic belief that the major canonical texts are not inherently reactionary , and that they contain implicit images and models of human freedom which transcend their immediate historical context and which later readers can respond to .
12 Complaint was frequently made that excessive numbers of underforesters were appointed , and that they levied oppressive exactions to maintain themselves and the grooms or pages by whom they were accompanied .
13 ‘ He told me they had auditioned a lot of people back home and that they had five names in America that they were auditioning , and I was the first that day .
14 From a local survey they found that many girls of this age were very frightened in labour , which made it worse , and that they had little idea about coping with a tiny baby .
15 But on the whole it seems true to say that the minors and the ladies were at their lord 's disposal , and that they had little chance of resisting what he did ; but that none the less the lords were limited by custom , and even a king would be expected to consult his counsellors when he disposed of an heiress , as Henry I promised to do in his coronation charter .
16 They added that they were working for the government undercover and that they had enough evidence to ‘ make the charge stick ’ .
17 To those observers looking on it seemed hard to believe that the average IQ of the room 's inhabitants was 149 , and that they had more honours between them than a collection of top class civil servants — and to think that they had been reduced to such a pitiful state as this .
18 And that they let those beliefs shape their lives — as if their lives were of no account . ’
19 Some felt their children had been hurt by the family breakdown and that they needed additional care .
20 It is equally important , however , that children understand mathematical concepts and processes and that they see some purpose in learning the subject .
21 Other researchers , such as Clarricoates ( 1978 ) and Stanworth ( 1981 ) , found that teachers tend to spend more time talking to boys , and that they have more difficulty remembering girls ' names .
22 So far as assistance to grandchildren in adult life is concerned , the American evidence suggests that grandparents do assist financially and that they define this assistance as a gift , unlike financial support between the other two generations which is more likely to be defined as a loan , or as part of an exchange ( Hill , 1970 , pp. 69–70 ) .
23 Mr Deputy Speaker I I 'm grateful to the honourable gentleman for posing the central question and I hope in the course of my remarks I will satisfy the house , if not all Labour members , that the settlement proposals are at is all to the good and delivered by councils throughout Wales and that they offer enough money er to avoid sacking essential staff , certainly the offer enough money to avoid sacking any teacher who is needed in the classroom .
24 Some may think that these are just nice debating points , and that they bear little relationship to what actually happens .
25 ‘ I 've since had quite a number of first division chairmen clearly indicating they did not consider it a final offer and that they want this thing settled , ’ said Taylor .
26 Is my hon. and learned Friend aware that in the Baltic states today the problems of lack of food and hunger are just as serious as , if not more serious than , those in the big cities of the former Soviet Union , but that they receive little attention ?
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