Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pos pn] [noun sg] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Following convention , we use an asterisk * to indicate our belief that these examples are wrong . ) |
| 2 | The authors use the Wentwood case study as evidence to support their contention that scientific assessment of competence and consistent reinforcement of training by everyone charged with the welfare of the student can result in remarkable achievements in the skills of daily living . |
| 3 | It was not uncommon for respondents to express their incredulity that any solicitor could give an undertaking the compliance with which lay outside of his or her control . |
| 4 | Others in shopping malls followed as David managed to persuade his mother that such locations were essential in America because of the long distances from homes to towns . |
| 5 | I do n't know what experience he has had to justify his claim that corporal punishment is no deterrent . |
| 6 | He uses a study of past periods of warming stretching back over several millions of years to confirm his view that more carbon dioxide to nourish plants , more warmth , more rainfall , more arable land as the frontiers of ice are pushed back will mean bigger harvests . |
| 7 | Darlington Environmental Watch spokeswoman Maggie Bosanquet said : ‘ We will be urging an early meeting with Euro MP Stephen Hughes to outline our belief that this money , so desperately needed by local industry and residents , should not be squandered on an unnecessary road . ’ |