Example sentences of "[to-vb] that [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Christians are meant not only to believe in Jesus , but to know that we have eternal life ( 5:13 ) and it is the task of the Spirit to bring this quiet confidence home to us .
2 We like to know that we have financial security , family security and health security .
3 But it hurt , damn it , to know that anyone held that opinion of her .
4 Writing appears to demand that they use muscular movements which are not natural to them .
5 With more nitrogen , less condensed tannin and less enzyme inhibition in the young leaves of Shorea compared with Eugenia , it is not surprising to discover that they suffered more damage .
6 It was a very great shock to me to discover that I had motor neurone disease .
7 Recognising that relocation may have a worse effect on married staff than on single workers , it is not unusual to find that they receive higher allowances .
8 They stared at each other in silence for a moment , surprised to find that they shared some fragment of a common cause : the unsolved mysteries that troubled them both , though twenty years and half a world apart , were somehow one and the same .
9 She opened a small round leather box to find that it contained tiny gold collar studs and several pairs of cuff links .
10 You are likely to find that you need more fillings when you visit the dentist .
11 People like me in the past used to rail that we had commercial enterprises using the college .
12 It will be shown in a later chapter that there seems to be no evidence to indicate that he held that post before holding the kazaskerlik , while there is positive evidence that he held it after holding the kazaskerlik .
13 She was pleasantly surprised to see that we use real food and the only cheating is to under-cook it , sometimes brushing it with oil or water to keep it moist .
14 Closer to them , it was possible to make out individual characteristics ; to see that they had trailing leaves instead of hair and huge , reaching branches instead of arms .
15 In other words to see that they get more benefit for the effort that they put into it .
16 I promise the Hon. Gentleman that no trust hospitals will be created without those hospitals first agreeing to the totality of their obligations and without their being monitored thereafter to see that they fulfil those obligations .
17 I was moved to see that she had absolute faith in my goodwill , for she took the bag without glancing at the contents .
18 Richard patted himself to see that he had some matches on him , a gesture which appealed to Nenna , and walked off up the Embankment to call a taxi .
19 It is better to report that you had insufficient time to collect certain data than to produce half baked results .
20 In his welcoming address at the Kremlin in July 30 , Gorbachev stressed that " we are starting to realize that we need each other " .
21 You do n't seem to realize that you have certain obligations to me , a certain loyalty owing to me .
22 ‘ You have to remember that we have ten-year-old boys in here . ’
23 ‘ It was after that weekend gig in Zimbabwe — but I seem to remember that you took two weeks ’ leave immediately after that , so perhaps you never knew .
24 We 've got attendance I was going to suggest that we made that attendance stroke punctuality
25 There is no evidence to suggest that they made substantial wartime gains in terms of occupational pension entitlements .
26 And you know it is wrong to suggest that I 've any motives in that quarter because , between you and me , I ca n't stand the man .
27 On page 37 of his volume of reminiscences [ Burton was to write in an article on rugby ] , Mr Williams is kind enough to suggest that I had distinct possibilities as a player were it not for the lure of tinsel and paint and money and fame and so on .
28 ‘ I 'd like to suggest that you install public telephones at your garages . ’
29 A. The state of amphibians being so threatened at the moment , I am almost reluctant to suggest that anyone keeps native species , but I have to concede that the common toad Bufo bufo is a fascinating animal .
30 ’ We did a great deal on behalf of Nicholas Brown and are very surprised to hear that he has any complaints about the Foreign Office .
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