Example sentences of "[to-vb] that [adv] [art] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Every bullet has his billet ’ is a distinctively modern saying , first recorded in that form in 1765 , and in use up to the present day to indicate that sometimes no precautions work ; yet saying the proverb , and believing it , probably never stopped anyone taking cover . |
2 | Having been involved in a substantial amount of this sort of work for 15 years , I believe it is correct to aver that once a person reaches 60 there is an unwritten rule or convention which determines that he or she shall not receive a first appointment . |
3 | The only way out of the dilemma is to suppose that sometimes the photon gets through and sometimes it does not . |
4 | Johnson went on to explain that here the composer derives much of the melodic material from a Gallic lament for the dead . |
5 | If it fails to achieve that then the decision has not been properly designed . |