Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] that [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IF IT worries you that the national survey on sexual habits is not going to take place , you could take comfort from the thought that it probably wo n't make a vast amount of difference in the long run . |
| 2 | Legend has it that a real giant terrorised the locals . |
| 3 | But rumour has it that a sevens tournament is going to be organised in Moscow in September to decide who takes over the Soviet place : Russia , Ukraine , Georgia , Latvia or Kazakhstan . |
| 4 | Somewhere in the middle of the fifteenth century , legend has it that a little girl was tending sheep here when a young lady came to play with her . |
| 5 | Word has it that an unlikely combination of forces have come together in a bid to establish a new standard for installing Unix software from graphical user interfaces and will be showing their stuff next month 's Uniforum show in San Francisco . |
| 6 | Legend has it that the once-rounded peaks had their tops lopped off by a supernatural force to make a flat-topped bed and table for St Columba when he visited the island in AD585 . |
| 7 | Popular idiom has it that the four themes are very imperfectly combined in the family : ‘ children ruin a marriage ’ , ‘ sex and family life simply do n't go together ’ , and so forth . |
| 8 | Orientalising wisdom has it that the rural masses know nothing about politics and are satisfied with the new commodity economy generated by the privatisation of land . |
| 9 | Rumour has it that the new product will have two inferfaces — the familiar character-based screen and a GUI lookalike , with button bars and WYSIWYG editing . |
| 10 | Why … well pit talk has it that the reigning world champion Ayrton Senna might just be signing for the team next season … if he comes will Nigel go … what 's his future … this is what he told Central South … |
| 11 | Popular mythology among mothers has it that the first child is always the most ‘ difficult ’ , and it is easy to see why this should be so . |
| 12 | Tradition has it that the first fenoderee was actually a handsome prince from the proud fairy tribe of the Ferrishyn . |
| 13 | And rumour has it that the big-name band will be outrageous rockers Guns N' Roses . |
| 14 | Built by William the Conqueror in thanks for his victory over King Harold — legend has it that the high altar marks spot where Harold died from an arrow through his eye . |
| 15 | Western Province are in the same boat , and rumour has it that the little general , Dawie Snyman , will replace Hannie Bekker this season . |
| 16 | ‘ History shows us that the inherent strength of American communities and institutions can be attributed in large part to the freedom Americans had to experiment without the deadening hand of capital control . |
| 17 | Evacuation thus shows us that the ideological consensus of wartime , so stressed by Titmuss and some historians , was something of a myth . |
| 18 | This assures us that the continued supply is of normal quantities required anyway , but it also makes discontinuation of supply a positive harm rather than a refusal to help . |
| 19 | Edinburgh ensures me that no wild animals are caught to replace dead animals . |
| 20 | If , whatever a man 's real intention may be , he so conducts himself that a reasonable man would believe that he was assenting to the terms proposed by the other party , and that other party upon that belief enters into a contract with him , the man thus conducting himself would be equally bound as if he had intended to agree to the other party 's terms . |
| 21 | On television , the lugubrious Jim advises us that the Canadian lager he is paid to promote is horrible stuff , and should be avoided . |
| 22 | But , he said : ‘ When I see how well the Neighbourhood House is being used it annoys me that the obvious move to expand the service is thwarted by lack of cash . ’ |
| 23 | He tells me that the National Front 's ‘ a load of rubbish ’ , that politicians are ‘ a waste of time ’ and that when he sees his nan , … ‘ she 's always on about me getting a job . |
| 24 | I mean , you know , if you see an advert in the paper that tells you that every fifty pence you spend is going to save a child 's life by providing it with Diralite or providing it with food that it needs for a money , or something like that , I mean how can you justify keeping any fifty pences at all yourself ? |
| 25 | One group tells you that the nineteenth-century owner , a wealthy merchant , had a beautiful daughter who drowned in an accident in a nearby lake . |
| 26 | Indeed , first impression tells you that the new car 's chassis feels a little less sharp and agile than its predecessor 's . |
| 27 | ‘ If that editor were here tonight , I would love to issue a challenge to him : if someone tells you that the Royal Bank increases any customer 's charge without prior notice , he 's wrong . |
| 28 | Check it ; if someone tells you that the Royal Bank , because of the experiences of the recession , is no longer interested in lending to viable businesses — large or small — he 's wrong . |
| 29 | Check it ; and if someone tells you that the Royal Bank is now only interested in improving its bottom line , and no longer cares about people at all , he 's wrong . |
| 30 | Trying to be positive about her inability so far to have a child , Wendy says she tells herself that the whole experience has made her a stronger person . |