Example sentences of "[is] [pron] that [pron] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 What you 've described must be something that erm that that families of people who are suffering from eating disorders must feel very much , that there 's nothing that they can do to , to help .
2 There 's nothing that we can say or do here to add the distinction , to add distinction er to what was done here forty years ago .
3 Er but I , as I say , there 's nothing that anybody can do really
4 ‘ But I 'm also a man , ’ Edward said softly , ‘ and there 's nothing that I can do . ’
5 We can not sit idly by and watch Yugoslavia tear itself to pieces , watch people being killed in vast numbers , and watch the wonderful archaeological and architectural gems being destroyed , while saying that there is nothing that we can do .
6 and Jehovah proceeded to go down to see what they see , to see the city and they tell that the sons of man have gods , after that Jehovah said look there are one people and there is one language for the north and this is they start to do , why now there is nothing that they may have in mind to do that will be unobtainable for them , come now let us go down and their confuse their language , he 'd be speaking to angels now would n't he
7 Perhaps some hon. Members will be quite content to say to their constituents that they understand their problems and sympathise , but that there is nothing that they can do about them as the matter is out of their hands .
8 It proves to them that it is their situation which defeats them , not themselves , and there is nothing that anyone can do about it .
9 One of my greatest frustrations is having to tell my electors , in correspondence and personally , that there is nothing I can do about a proposal because a decision has already been taken somewhere else — albeit by ministers , one of whom is a Member of the House — that there is nothing that anyone can do because the decision has been taken outside these shores , so there is no point in writing to me .
10 Hardly a word had passed between them but now the gunman looked up and said quietly , ‘ There is nothing that I can do . ’
11 there is nothing that you can do about it
12 " He 's learned-everything that I can teach him .
13 In the case of both Interleaf and Xerox 's Documenter the companies have also recognised the importance of being able to accept textual or graphic information from other sources and this is something that we would expect to see other vendors follow suit on .
14 I do n't think it is something that we would accept .
15 And that is something that we shall want to look at to see what impact this has on the rest of the curriculum .
16 The fact that their citizens leak into the city to avail themselves of our facilities is something that we might deal with in another sphere , even on day residents were seen to attend the theatre in this town recently , erm unfortunately this authority does n't see fit to actually subsidise the theatre .
17 That is something that we should proclaim loud and clear .
18 I think it is something that we should encourage churches to talk about , the districts to talk about speaking of the district secretary I !
19 There is something that we can do — we can give leadership , and we must play our part in trying to end this terrible spiral of despair and killing in the North of Ireland .
20 No no , there are natural , we always have a strong preference for something but we can actually develop them , just like management style we have a strong preference for , for one style but it is something that we can learn can get more and try and rationale sort of like theoretical we can try and rationalize what 's perhaps happening is that in situations when we 're not gaining a lot and it could be that it 's because it 's had a lot of activity and we can actually gain more from it we can rationalize it and analyze it .
21 Approaching the fabliaux with a mind prepared to find moral instruction in the texts , however unpromising they might superficially seem to be for such interpretation , is something that we can reconstruct as an authentic medieval mode of reading — " " All that is written is written for our doctrine " " as St Paul has it — although there is little direct evidence for the application of such literary theory to vernacular literature as well as the classics before the fourteenth century , and even then the extent of such application is difficult to assess .
22 If we house them we need to look after all the people , we make no apologies for the fact that this is a budget slanted towards equal opportunities and to an anti-poverty strategy and that is something that we will fight to preserve and we would expect support from at least some quarters in order to achieve an egalitarian status in this city .
23 I , I agree that it is something that we must make sure that we arrange in future because people do get nervous about the cars out there unattended and er
24 Sunday trading , for example , is something that one would think was a national matter with the subsidiarity rule applying .
25 This is something that you may feel a need to be sure of , and it is quite possible to devise tests which will give at least a good indication of the likely impact of the ad in these terms .
26 This is something that you may have already influenced .
27 and the rest of it 's up That is something that you 'd have to find out
28 Now it is something that you could find out for yourself but on the other hand it is there and I would like to highlight it and bring it to your attention .
29 This is something that you will have discussed with the minister when you arranged the wedding and may vary according to religion and/or ceremonies decided upon .
30 It really is something that I would like to see us achieve in the future and if this can be brought forward by meeting the developer down there , then I would be , certainly be in favour of that and I would certainly like , and this is what we said at this meeting , to find out a little more detail of exactly what they were offering but we have to be minded all the time , as I said again , is how we 're going to acquire permission to go over one or two different land owners ' lands .
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