Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [vb infin] that [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Can I just mention that the reason why some of the older properties in this village has steeper pitched roofs is not because they 're pantiled now , because originally they were erm , thatched , and the thatch needs a very steep pitch and particularly when there 's a erm a gable end higher than the pantiles , it 's where there was a thatched roof originally , but most of the older properties in this village are only one room wide , so you ca n't get a very big roof on , no matter how steep it is , the proposed houses here are in fact virtually sort of two rooms wide are n't they , so that means they are wide at the eves , I I would personally have thought that erm they could have been pitched a bit less .
2 May I just say that the majority of people will care for their animals but it is those people who buy , we have s er cases where erm people will turn up on Christmas day and say to their elderly relative , We bought you a puppy .
3 ca can I just say that the introduction of the Choices booklet need a real bit of it was a bit
4 can I just add that the information in this , is in fact incorrect .
5 Chairman could I also confirm that the County Council would not be prepared to discount any particular sector in Greater York on the basis of one criteria , even if that was a valid criteria in the terms that er that Mr suggested .
6 Chairman could I also mention that the county council has a conference centre down in Havstock Park which I think is probably bigger er than this particular room erm may well also have catering facilities .
7 May I also say that the Department 's concern would be taken more seriously if it did not take over three months to get replies from the Secretary of State to hon. Members who draw his attention to accusations that have been made in relation to what goes on in Castlereagh ?
8 But can I really maintain that the affliction is ‘ visible , painful , incurable , distasteful to others ’ … ?
9 ‘ But did n't you just say that a ship at sea does n't transmit ? ’
10 Please could you also ensure that the delay in making this request does not mean that the work is excessively held back .
11 Would you also confirm that the plan is not to be accompanied by a letter .
12 ‘ Look , do you really think that the Senate of the University of London is going to care two hoots about a footling little first-year lecture ?
13 Do you really believe that the performance appraisal system ( currently so fashionable ) is helping achieve profit ?
14 I am asking the vendor 's solicitors if they will accept a reduced deposit but in the meantime will you please confirm that the bank has agreed to loan you 95% of the purchase money .
15 Would you please ensure that the plug is correctly fitted with the right fuse ?
16 Shall we just say that a checkerboard solution is unjust by definition because it treats different people differently for no good reason , and justice requires treating like cases alike ?
17 Do we still believe that the sun goes round the earth ?
18 Can we reasonably maintain that a woman must continue with a pregnancy in the full knowledge that she will give birth to a baby which will be either stillborn , or live a few days , even hours ?
19 Can we honestly assume that the way they are in school will be the way they relate to an employer , or to younger children in an adventure playground ?
20 How often do we , we really feel that the bride and groom are the people who make the choice ?
21 First , do we really accept that a man in the act of undressing suddenly decides halfway through that he will hang himself and goes up to the garret without his boots on to carry out the terrible act ?
22 Must we then conclude that the Zande are in these terms irrational , incapable of rational , cause-and-effect reasoning ?
23 In none of his parables or stories or recorded interviews does he ever suggest that the material world is evil and that wealth is in itself bad .
24 Does he further agree that the time has come for a period of consolidation ?
25 Does he further agree that the report condemns the trendy , discredited methods put forward by Labour and calls for a return to traditional teaching ?
26 Does he further agree that the fact that 71 vessels have been ordered by the Ministry of Defence since 1979 confirms what my hon. Friends and I have always believed — that under the present Government the Royal Navy will continue to play an important role and provide a fine career in the foreseeable future ?
27 Does he further accept that the failure of the common agricultural policy , coupled with doubts about the realisation of the level playing field for goods and services by the end of next year , mean that this is a singularly inappropriate time to extend the competence of the European Community ?
28 Does he further accept that the report identifies that there has been serious disturbance in primary schools in recent years ?
29 If you 're asking a civil engineer to do some work for you i if that civil engineer has a degree does it automatically mean that the work 's going to be perfect and wonderful ?
30 Will he also confirm that the Government will place the order for the fourth Trident submarine as soon as possible ?
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