Example sentences of "[vb -s] [that] [pron] [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This guarantees that his own offspring have sufficient space and food in which to grow . |
| 2 | While China insists that its open-door policy remains intact and continues to encourage investment from the West , it has revived a vocabulary of ideological struggle almost identical to that used in East Germany . |
| 3 | This occurs when he discovers that his beloved Caesar has been murdered . |
| 4 | Kermode recalls the seminars as occasions of good humour and tolerance , despite sharp intellectual disagreements , and he laments that their humane spirit did not survive later events . |
| 5 | They will have done him no good in the housing movement , which recognises that my hon. Friend stands for a real commitment , typical of this Government , to the needs of homeless people . |
| 6 | This not only hides it from predators but ensures that its soft body does not dry out . |
| 7 | But when your Mrs Peters finds that her little girl has stayed out late , what does she do ? |
| 8 | He soon remarried and it appears that his second wife had no qualms about sharing the bedchamber with her predecessor . |
| 9 | On behalf of the Inland Revenue , not always the best loved department of Government , I accept the kind compliments that my hon. Friend has paid to it ; I am sure that they will be echoed in all parts of the House . |
| 10 | Children tend to believe that those adults around them are all-wise and all-powerful and it follows that whatever these adults say must be true . |
| 11 | Even within state bodies , the development of internal markets , as in the National Health Service , means that their various sections seek to sell services to each other . |
| 12 | Massey 's schematic description of the forms of organization of capital in space , or more particularly of productive capital in space , is exceptionally useful , but its very utility means that her general account has to be qualified before it is employed . |
| 13 | This implies that their organizational strategy commences by considering the needs and wants of the customers . |
| 14 | The RSPB generally endorses the CC recommendations but considers that its own proposals provide better protection for all wildlife features and not just moorlands . |
| 15 | It was a mammoth task , but Finniston considers that his scientific background fitted him well for the challenge . |
| 16 | It has also meant visiting customers worldwide , but he admits that his greatest pleasure came from meeting the company 's own employees around the globe . |
| 17 | Focusing more particularly on forgiveness , Jesus defended the woman who had poured myrrh over his feet by pointing to the same reason : ‘ Her great love proves that her many sins have been forgiven ; where little has been forgiven , little love is shown . ’ |
| 18 | I tell you , her great love proves that her many sins have been forgiven ( Luke 7:47 ) . |
| 19 | Even overpraising does , at times , lead to tantrums as a child decides that your lavish praise means that you did n't expect much of him in the first place . |
| 20 | Likewise , the verb drink in a verb-object construction is the selector since it presupposes that its direct object bears the trait ‘ liquid ’ . |
| 21 | ICL Plc has gone to Palo Alto , California-based Highland Software Inc for a licence manager for its multi-user Unix software products : ICL is taking Highland 's FLEXlm product , and will start offering it next spring ; terms of the agreement were not disclosed ; the Putney firm claims that its total Unix installed base is now valued at $3,000m and that it is doing $750m a year with kit running Unix System V.4 . |
| 22 | Tektronix reckons there are over 2m 3270-type terminals installed in the US alone and claims that its 3270 emulation allows users to access 3270 applications running on IBM mainframes , workstations , or servers , or on the wide area network . |
| 23 | He claims that his dummy head does likewise . |
| 24 | Let us suppose the client suggests that they first wish to overcome their difficulties in using public transport , specifically buses . |
| 25 | The mining industry knows that its long-term security comes only from selling its product to customers at prices they can afford . |
| 26 | Far from undermining the adoptive relationship , his keeping in touch with his relatives often strengthens it : the child knows that his adopting parents accept not only him but that which belongs to him and thus acceptance has a broader , surer meaning ( p. 333 ) . |